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E. C. Yellowly, Chief of General Prohibition Agents, 1925
The man whose job title was the whole era's punchline and its policy.
What
A formal portrait of the U.S. Chief of General Prohibition Agents, photographed for the wire in 1925 — a real enforcement official, not a symbol.
Why
Every collection in this house needs a face for the other side of the ledger; this is his.
Notice
The formality of the portrait — a government-record photograph, not an editorial cartoon's caricature.
“He had a name. So did the bar he closed.”
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- Country
- United States
- Format
- Other
- Piece published
- E.C. Yellowly, Chief of gen. prohibition agents — National Photo Company press photograph, 1925
- Source
- Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection · LCCN 2016840404
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 extinguishedDestroying Liquor, 1923
Destroying liquor — 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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