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Putting a kick in the staid old Schuylkill here go a few barrels of beer -- not 1/2 of 1 percent -- into the Schuylkill River.
Prohibition agents used the law to the fullest extent in order to bring about their goal of a dry America.
Agents destroy confiscated beer.
A Consignment recently received from Phila., Pa. 749 cases of beer (18,000) bottles were today destroyed in the District of Columbia
Small group of men dumping wine from barrels into hole in ground
After confiscation Prohibition agents would often destroy the material if not needed for any prosecution.
Two men posing with a whiskey still
The Volstead Act primarily concerned the manufacturing and sale of alcohol. Prohibition agent were tasked to focus on illegal distilleries and transportation.
Cases of whiskey confiscated by the U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau
Cases of whiskey confiscated by Internal Revenue and Prohibition agents during Prohibition.