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Title
100-gallon alcohol still
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
Photo shows two Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs examining an alleged 100-gallon alcohol still. The still was attached to the wall-bed at right in such a manner that it could be swung back into a closet and out of sight on a moment's notice. Clarence A. Reisch was arrested in the raid and booked on charges of possession of a still. Photo dated: August 19, 1931.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00036666
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 549-C.
CARL0000039343
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/11489
Subject
Prohibition--California--Los Angeles
Liquors--California--Los Angeles
Crime--California--Los Angeles
Distillation apparatus--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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