Skip Navigation Links  The Library of Congress >> Researchers
Prints and Photographs Reading Room (Prints and Photographs Division)
  Home >> Image Lists

The Dry Years

Selected Images Relating to Prohibition from the Collections of the Library of Congress

These images were selected to meet requests regularly received by the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Governor Norbeck signing the "bone dry" law, Feb. 12, 1917
Governor Norbeck signing the "bone dry" law, Feb. 12, 1917
LC-USZ62-70026		 Silver City men erect Barleycorn monument
Silver City men erect Barleycorn monument
LC-USZ62-95479 		Two men standing outdoors with small still, one of them holding up bottle of liquor
Two men standing outdoors with small still
LC-USZ62-96022		 The Largest still in captivity
The Largest still in captivity
LC-USZ62-95475
Prohibition officers raiding a lunch room
Prohibition officers raiding a lunch room
LC-USZ62-95478		 A Consignment recently received from Phila., Pa.
A Consignment recently received from Phila., Pa.
LC-USZ62-95873 		[Woman putting flask in her Russian boot, Washington, D.C.]
Woman putting flask in her Russian boot
LC-USZ62-97941		 [Hooch Hound, a dog trained to detect liquor (as suggested to Commissioner Haynes by a prohibition agent in Colorado), sniffs at flask in back pocket of man, seated, fishing on pier on the Potomac River]
[Hooch Hound, a dog trained to detect liquor...]
LC-USZ62-96300
After a thrilling chase through the busiest streets of Washington, ... a couple of bootleggers and their car come to grief at the hands of the Capitol police
A couple of bootleggers and their car come to grief
LC-USZ62-96758		 One of the rum runners at night
One of the rum runners at night ...
LC-USZ62-42087		 [Barrels of confiscated liquor in building]
Barrels of confiscated liquor in building
LC-USZ62-96028		 Moonshine still recently confiscated by the Internal Revenue Bureau photographed at the Treasury Department
Moonshine still recently confiscated by the Internal Revenue Bureau
LC-USZ62-96027
[Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during the height of prohibition]
Watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid
LC-USZ62-123257		 [Representative William D. Upshaw of Georgia, a leader of the drys, standing on railing with crutch and holding umbrella, with dome of the U.S. Capitol under the umbrella
Representative William D. Upshaw of Georgia, a leader of the drys
LC-USZ62-95477		 The last big offensive
The last big offensive
LC-USZ62-84044		 [Representative John Phillip Hill of Maryland ... determined...to keep the country wet]
Representative John Phillip Hill of Maryland
LC-USZ62-95476

Find More

Search the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog: See the Thesaurus for Graphic Materials term, Prohibition, and related terms [view term (includes links to images)].

Rights and Reproductions

The images are presented for educational and research purposes. The Library of Congress is unaware of any restrictions on the use of the images. However, patrons who plan to publish or otherwise distribute any of the images should be aware that determination regarding the appropriate use of an image ultimately rests with the patron. The Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission for use of the images. For further information, see "Copyright and Other Restrictions That Apply to Publication/Distribution of Images"

Photographic copies of the images may be ordered through the Library of Congress Duplication Services.
Top of Page Top of Page
  Home >> Image Lists
  The Library of Congress >> Researchers
  March 25, 2022 		Legal | External Link Disclaimer

 Contact Us:  
Ask a Librarian