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Title: Authorities dumping Jamaica ginger liquor
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
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Photograph caption dated June 25, 1931 reads, "Photo, taken today, shows federal authorities dumping into the gutter 1000 gallons of alleged poisonous Jamaica ginger extract seized in an investigation that resulted from 'ginger jake' paralysis cases. The investigation brought indictments of six persons on charges of conspiracy to violate the prohibition act. In addition to the barrels, nearly 4000 four-ounce bottles of the stuff, each containing 'an acute case of jake paralysis,' according to officers, were destroyed."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00081917
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 549; HE-001-237 4x5
CARL0000080775
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/24909
Subject: Prohibition--United States
Alcoholic beverages--Contamination
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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