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Moonshine | Bootleggers
{Copper stills hidden in the woods & tricked out Model T's to outrun the law}
Thrilling Chase Thru Busy Streets of Washington
Bootleggers trying to outrun the police crash and end up in the hands of the Capitol police, 1922
Still Deep in the Woods
Dismantling a still, San Francisco, 1909-1932
Proud Moonshiners Pose with Still, 1920-1930
Trained to Sniff Out Bootleggers
German police dog used to trace bootleggers, 1923
Two Navy Nurses Tried for Smuggling
Two Navy nurses pose with their attorneys when tried by the General Navy Court for smuggling liquor into the U.S., Washington Navy Yard, 1925
Rumrunner Captain William (Bill) S. McCoy, ca. 1921
Whiskey Cases on Beach, Bimini, Bahamas
Rumrunnnig Contraband
Rumrunner sloop "Kirk & Sweeney" with stacked contraband, 1924
Rumrunner "I'm Alone"
Canadian rumrunner ship "I'm Alone" smuggled liquor to America, 1929
U.S./Canadian Conference on Liquor Smuggling, 1925
The Chase
US Coastguard Beale (CG-9) chasing a rumrunner, 1920s
Biggest Bootlegger in Northwest History
Roy & Elise Olmstead (with Roy's mother Sarah) at the Seattle courthouse, 1926; Roy started as a police officer to learn the bootlegging business from the inside. Eventually fired for bootlegging while on the police force he became the "King of the Puget Sound Bootleggers."
Smuggler Executed for Murder
Prohibition-era smuggler James Horace Alderman was executed by the federal government after being convicted for the murder of multiple Coastguard men during smuggling raids, 1029
End of the Line for Bootleggers
Policeman stands next to wrecked car and cases of moonshine, 1922
Blueprint of Still
Drawing of still confiscated by Seattle Department of Justice Bureau of Prohibition, 1930
Prohibition Cow Shoes
Wooden blocks carved to resemble the hoof of a cow were strapped to shoes. Moonshiners used these to disguise their tracks from police.
Government Officials Destroy Moonshine Still, 1900-1920
Largest Still in Captivity
Internal Revenue Service officers pose with largest still ever taken, 1922
Thrilling Chase Thru Busy Streets of Washington
Bootleggers trying to outrun the police crash and end up in the hands of the Capitol police, 1922
Still Deep in the Woods
Dismantling a still, San Francisco, 1909-1932
Proud Moonshiners Pose with Still, 1920-1930
Trained to Sniff Out Bootleggers
German police dog used to trace bootleggers, 1923
Two Navy Nurses Tried for Smuggling
Two Navy nurses pose with their attorneys when tried by the General Navy Court for smuggling liquor into the U.S., Washington Navy Yard, 1925
Rumrunner Captain William (Bill) S. McCoy, ca. 1921
Whiskey Cases on Beach, Bimini, Bahamas
Rumrunnnig Contraband
Rumrunner sloop "Kirk & Sweeney" with stacked contraband, 1924
Rumrunner "I'm Alone"
Canadian rumrunner ship "I'm Alone" smuggled liquor to America, 1929
U.S./Canadian Conference on Liquor Smuggling, 1925
The Chase
US Coastguard Beale (CG-9) chasing a rumrunner, 1920s
Biggest Bootlegger in Northwest History
Roy & Elise Olmstead (with Roy's mother Sarah) at the Seattle courthouse, 1926; Roy started as a police officer to learn the bootlegging business from the inside. Eventually fired for bootlegging while on the police force he became the "King of the Puget Sound Bootleggers."
Smuggler Executed for Murder
Prohibition-era smuggler James Horace Alderman was executed by the federal government after being convicted for the murder of multiple Coastguard men during smuggling raids, 1029
End of the Line for Bootleggers
Policeman stands next to wrecked car and cases of moonshine, 1922
Blueprint of Still
Drawing of still confiscated by Seattle Department of Justice Bureau of Prohibition, 1930
Prohibition Cow Shoes
Wooden blocks carved to resemble the hoof of a cow were strapped to shoes. Moonshiners used these to disguise their tracks from police.
Government Officials Destroy Moonshine Still, 1900-1920
Largest Still in Captivity
Internal Revenue Service officers pose with largest still ever taken, 1922
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