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Arrest of Charles Hough, bootlegger

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Call Number	X-29649
Title	Arrest of Charles Hough, bootlegger
Summary	Four men stand near hundreds of bottles of bootlegged wine, beer, and liquor on the steps of a building in Kansas. Beer bottles wrapped in paper are arranged on a table made from barrels and a wood plank. Whiskey, gin, and wine bottles are arranged on the steps below the table, by a still.
Date	[between 1920 and 1932?]
Notes	Condition: slightly discolored.; Formerly F41786; Handwritten on back of print: "Kansas, 261 pints of whiskey, 1 barrel [sic] of wine, 11 quarts wine, 4 kegs, 1 demijohn wine - Charles Hough bootlegger the opinion prevails that they got the wrong bootlegger - that it was really a bootleggee [sic].; Title hand lettered on front of print.; R7100296490
Physical Description	1 photographic print ; 11 x 11 cm. (4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.).
Subject	Alcoholic beverages--Kansas--1920-1940. Confiscations--Kansas--1920-1940. Police raids--Kansas--1920-1940. Prohibition--Kansas--1920-1940.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	F41786 DPLW
Filename	10029649.tif