File:Still confiscated from bootleggers, Seattle, ca 1921 (MOHAI 1376).jpg

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English: Still confiscated from bootleggers, Seattle, ca. 1921   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Still confiscated from bootleggers, Seattle, ca. 1921
Description
English:

In Washington state, Prohibition lasted from 1916 until 1933. During that time, making, selling, owning, or drinking alcoholic beverages was against the law. Local police and federal agents made regular raids and arrests. In this photo, taken around 1921, an agent views a confiscated still in the Federal Building.

Handwritten on sleeve: Still Federal Bldg. Caption by MOHAI staff.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Stills (Distilleries)--Washington (State)--Seattle; Prohibition--Washington (State)--Seattle
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date circa 1921
date QS:P571,+1921-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 nitrate negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
1376
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Credit Line
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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