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Coast Guard cutter Seneca: Prohibition agents examining barrels, 1924-1925 (Library of Congress)

Library of Congress photograph from the Coast Guard cutter Seneca series: Prohibition agents examining barrels on the boat. The Library dates the item 1925. A copy is stored here.

Date: 1925
Kind: photograph
Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Rights: The Library of Congress item record states: "No known restrictions on publication." Collection: Prints and Photographs Division (general file), Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Call number: LOT 7765 [item] [P&P]. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-50081 (b&w film copy neg.).

The Library of Congress titles this print “[Coast Guard Cutter, USS Seneca chasing and capturing a ‘rum runner’ 1924: Prohibition agents examining barrels on boat].” The brackets mark a staff-devised title. The Library dates this frame 1925 and the other three 1924, and gives the series date as about 1924-1925.

The Library marks the caption as “unverified, old data from caption card” and does not state the place. This frame carries a different lot number (LOT 7765) from the other three (LOT 7677).

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