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Destroying Liquor, 1923
The end of the supply chain, photographed.
What
Federal agents destroying confiscated liquor, photographed by the National Photo Company as part of the same documentary series covering Prohibition enforcement.
Why
This is what "extinguished" looked like, literally — not a metaphor, an actual disposal.
Notice
The procedural calm of the image — destruction as paperwork, not as theater.
“The record outlasted what it recorded destroying.”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 24x36" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
The Lost — mark extinguished- Country
- United States
- Format
- Other
- Piece published
- Destroying liquor — National Photo Company press photograph, 1923
- Source
- Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection · LCCN 2016848275
Scan: Library of Congress, hosted on Wikimedia Commons.
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (piece published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the piece’s own publication year, never a brand’s founding year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-16.
This brand was no longer in the market. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.
From The Dry Years
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The Lost — mark extinguishedConfiscated Still, 1922
Confiscated still — National Photo Company press photograph
The Lost — mark extinguishedLiquor Raid, 1922
Liquor raid — National Photo Company press photograph
The Lost — mark extinguishedE. C. Yellowly, Chief of General Prohibition Agents, 1925
E.C. Yellowly, Chief of gen. prohibition agents — National Photo Company press photograph
The Lost — mark extinguishedDrawing of a Still, U.S. Bureau of Prohibition
Drawing of a still — U.S. Bureau of Prohibition case-file exhibit
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