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Perspective NE Corner of Locust and Juniper Sts.
Perspective NE Corner of Locust and Juniper Sts.
Philadelphia Police stand near an alcohol distiller
A photograph of several officers standing near an alcohol distiller.
U.S. Bureau of Prohibition officers and their new shield
A group of men pose with the new U.S. Bureau of Prohibition shield.
Liquor seized during prohibition auctioned off
A customs officer auctions off over 2,000 cases worth of confiscated liquor from the Prohibition Era.
Prohibition bootlegging (Smuggler)
A man with two "holsters" to smuggle bootlegged liquor. In order to avoid the police, individuals like this man developed ingenious methods of carrying alcohol.
Prohibition bootlegging
A man has two "holsters" around his chest to help him smuggle bootlegged alcohol.
Grand Jury Investigation
Although summoned to investigate a pair of murders, the Special August Grand Jury in 1928 carried out a judge’s instructions to probe the illicit liquor trade in Philadelphia during prohibition.
Smedley Butler Destroying Kegs of Beer
Philadelphia received help from the federal government twice in the 1920s to combat its Prohibition-fueled crime problem. The first intervention involved the appointment of General Smedley Butler (1881-1940), shown here in 1924 destroying a barrel of…
Confiscated Moonshine Still
An Internal Revenue Service agent scrutinizes the contents of a moonshine still during the Prohibition era.