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And now a beer meter
And now a beer meter. Washington, D.C., May 1. To aid Uncle Same in collecting the tax on the millions of barrels of beer brewed in this country every year, the National Bureau of Standards has designed a master beer meter for use of the alcohol unit…
Treasury, Internal Rev. Chemist G.F. Beyer
Photograph of Treasury Department Chemist
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.
Bottles and barrel of confiscated whiskey
Bottles and barrel of confiscated bootlegged whiskey taken by Prohibition Bureau agents
Cases of whiskey confiscated by the U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau
Cases of whiskey confiscated by Internal Revenue and Prohibition agents during Prohibition.
IRS Agents carrying packages of confiscated liquour
Two agents carry packages of confiscated liquor past two black men