"Hooch Hound" sniffs a flask on a Potomac pier (23 February 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.
- Date
- 1922-02-23
- Kind
- photograph
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Rights
- The Library of Congress item record states: "No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see National Photo Company Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/275_npco.html" Collection: National Photo Company Collection. Call number: LC-F81- 17650 [P&P]. Reproduction number: LC-DIG-npcc-22716 (digital file from original).
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.
