Prohibited Alcohol Flood

Streams of confiscated liquor pour out of upper windows of three-story storefront in Detroit during Prohibition,1929

Source: retronaut | Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University | Chris Wild

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.