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Showing posts with label John A. Leach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John A. Leach. Show all posts

Friday, July 20, 2012

Vintage Photo


New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during the height of prohibition. Congress passed the "Volstead Act" on October 28, 1919. vintage
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Notes: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Title devised by Library staff using information from photo slug.