This image is of the New York City Deputy Police Commissioner, John A. Leach in 1921. John, towards the right, watched as prohibition agents poured alcohol into the sewer following a successful prohibition raid.
Of course, this is only one small win for the prohibition agents. The prohibition era ran from 1920 until 1933 in the United States, and gave rise to such prohibition gangsters as Al Capone and "Bugs" Moran.
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at downtown in New York City, New York USA
Agents pouring liquor down a sewer during the Prohibition era. New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A Leach is watching while it looks like a man in the back is stealing liquor from a box! This was following a raid - probably on a speakeasy.