B+W photo of revenue agents unloading seized contraband liquor from rail car at 15th St., Hoboken, Jan. 21, 1933.
Entry/Object ID
2015.001.0066
Description
Black-and-white photograph of revenue agents unloading seized contraband liquor from railroad freight car at Fifteenth Street, Hoboken, January 21, 1933.
8" x 10" wide press print. Photograph taken by Acme Newspictures, Inc., New York Mimeographed caption attached to back. Dated file inkstamp: Ref. Dept. Jan 26 1933 N.E.A.[Newspaper Editors Association.] People are not individually identified.
Caption on back:
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212339
CUBAN LIQUOR SENT AS "FERTILIZER' SEIZED IN HOBOKEN.
Rum and whiskey valued at approximately $150,000 was seized by Customs men on a pier at the foot of 15th Street, Hoboken, N.J. on Jan. 23rd. The contraband was loaded in a freight car and covered with bones whcih was marked as fertilizer - which it would have been if the bones were the real contents. The above photo show the liquor being transferred by revenue agents.
CREDIT (ACME) 1/23/33.
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Building at the left is the Lipton Tea / Standard Brands building. The freight car belonged to the Pennysylvannia Railroad, but the railyard tracks in the street were part of the Hoboken Manufacturers' Railroad (or commonly known as the Hoboken Shore Railroad). Note the pier shed in the background with a Lamport and Holt Line sign.
This law enforcement action took place only a few months before the end of Prohibition.
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Cuba / railroad / U.S. Treasury /
Acquisition
Accession
2015.001
Source or Donor
Purchase
Acquisition Method
Purchase
Credit Line
Museum Collections.
Made/Created
Artist
Acme Newspictures
Date made
1933
Place
Location
Hoboken
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Width
10 in
General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2015-04-20
