Confiscated Stills, 1929
This file appears in: From Temperance to Microbrews
Confiscation of alcohol stills and related items was a major Prohibition enforcement program. In this image, confiscated stills are headed to the county courthouse for assessment before being destroyed.
Image L87-1.39509-29 courtesy of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
This file appears in: From Temperance to Microbrews
From Temperance to Microbrews
Temperance activist Carrie Nation of Kansas was famous for smashing saloons with a hatchet in the days before Prohibition. Before Nation's 1910 visit to Spokane, the mayor ordered saloon-goers to leave town. Excess consumption and its impact on…
