Image / Radio used by rum runners

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: Radio used by rum runners
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1931
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Federal officers sought "higher ups" in a Pacific coast rum ring, following seizure of a powerful secret radio station in San Francisco. The radio station assertedly flashed code messages to rum runners off Southern California. The radio, which operated on a 45 meter broadcast band, rivals in size those which were discovered on the New Jersey coast last year as the "nerve center" of a "rum empire." Photo shows one of the raided stations. Photo dated: December 11, 1931.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00036689
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 549-C
CARL0000039366
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/11513
Subject: Prohibition--California--Los Angeles
Liquors--California--Los Angeles
Crime--California--Los Angeles
Radio stations--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.