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Destroying Whiskey and Beer, November 1923

A dump of broken cases and the men still breaking them.

What

A National Photo Company glass negative captioned Destroying whiskey & beer, 11/20/23, held by the Library of Congress.

Why

The house holds the companion plate from the same day. This one shows the work from further back.

Notice

The foreground is nothing but broken glass.

“The landfill of the dry years.”

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 18x24" cleanly.

Size

$29.00

Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: National Photo Company
Country: United States
Format: Other
Piece published: Destroying whiskey & beer, 11/20/23, glass negative, 1923
Source: Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection · LCCN 2016848274

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Scan: Library of Congress; no known restrictions. 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 2026-11-01. Published 1923, before the 1930 cutoff; maker National Photo Company Collection; Commons reads Public domain with {{LOC-image}} {{LOC-meta}} {{PD-National Photo Company}} {{PD-US-no notice}} {{SDC-PD-US}}. Mark status dead is the registrar's reading of an old mark; no trademark search was run, so confirm before launch.

This brand was extinguished by Prohibition in 1920. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.