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Prohibition chief A. C. Townsend sitting at a desk and holding a pipe to his mouth
Half-length portrait of prohibition chief A. C. Townsend holding a pipe to his mouth, sitting at a desk in a room in Chicago, Illinois. A stack of papers is sitting on the desk
A Pair of "bootlegs" found in the office of Lincoln C. Andrews
The term "Bootleg" came out of the common practice of hiding illegal liquor in leg of the boot to transport the contraband liquid. In this photo Miss Hattie Klawans, clerk in the office of the prohibition czar, wears her new Russian boots which were…
W.A. Green Chief Prohibition Inspector
Photograph of Chief Prohibition Investigator W.A Green. Investigators went beyond traditional policing practices and began to conduct undercover work in order to stop bootlegging rings.