# "Hooch Hound" sniffs a flask on a Potomac pier (23 February 1922)

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/loc-2016846095-hooch-hound-1922/

Library of Congress National Photo Company photograph of a dog described as a "Hooch Hound", trained to detect liquor, sniffing a flask in the back pocket of a man fishing on a Potomac pier.

The Library of Congress title describes a "Hooch Hound, a dog trained to detect liquor (as suggested to Commissioner Haynes by a prohibition agent in Colorado)," sniffing a flask in the back pocket of a seated man fishing on a pier on the Potomac River. The record dates the photograph 23 February 1922. The title is unverified data from the National Photo Company, and the scene is a publicity staging, not an arrest.

A second Library of Congress print of the same scene is item 89707464. The copy stored here is the Library of Congress service JPEG.

## Sources

- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division: https://www.loc.gov/item/2016846095/