Lincoln C. Andrews, Emery C. Ruckner and John Philip Hill standing outside the Capitol. — Open the full imageJPG, 640 × 516 px, 0.0 MB

Lincoln C. Andrews, Emery C. Ruckner and John Philip Hill outside the Capitol (1932)

Library of Congress National Photo Company photograph of three men before testifying to a Senate Judiciary subcommittee at the start of the fight to amend the Volstead law. The date, 1932, carries a question mark.

Date: 1932
Kind: photograph
Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Rights: The Library of Congress item record states: "No known restrictions on publication." Collection: National Photo Company Collection. Call number: LOT 12351-5 [item] [P&P]. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-46525 (b&w film copy neg.).

The Library of Congress title is “3 principals before testifying before the subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the start of the fight for amendment of the Volstead law.” The record names Lincoln C. Andrews, Emery C. Ruckner and John Philip Hill, standing outside the Capitol, and dates the item [1932?]; the query is the Library’s.

The record does not say which side of the question each man took. The copy stored here is the Library of Congress service JPEG.

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