Vice Officer A.F. Van Court (left) examines a kitchen stove still. Still was found when they arrested "Tennessee Bill" Claridy (right), in his home at 1487 West Thirty-sixth Street. Claridy assertedly had been selling drinks over an improvised bar in his living room. The moonshine, made from ground barley and corn, was retailed at $8 a gallon, one-third the price of cheapest legitimate whisky, officers said.
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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