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| Title | Photo of Prohibition Dry Squad members, 1919 |
| Date | 1919 |
| Notes | Washington voters passed a 1916 referendum, prohibiting the production of alcoholic beverages in the state. Three years later, the Volstead Act and the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution barred liquor nationally. Federal, state, county and municipal law enforcement authorities were responsible for enforcing Prohibition, rooting out bootleggers, rumrunners and moonshiners. |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County--Seattle; |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, contact The Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum, 317 3rd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, 206-748-9991, james.ritter@seattle.gov |
| Credit Line | Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
| Accession/Acquisition Number | 22019 |
