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Title
8,000 gallon storage vats
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Worcester, C.B
Date Created and/or Issued
1930
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 of giant mash-storage vats, of which there are seven in one chamber in the "first cellar." Each has its own vent to the surface, and grain, sugar and yeast were dumped through these disguised openings. Officers reported seizure of several thousand gallons of mash and 5,000 gallons of finished alcohol. Photograph was taken by C.B. Worcester, superintendent of the Riverside Sheriff's office identification bureau. Photo dated: January 24, 1930.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00036662
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 549-C.
CARL0000039339
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/11484
Subject
Prohibition--California--Los Angeles
Liquors--California--Los Angeles
Crime--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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