A man standing next to a confiscated moonshine still, looking at the contents of a glass. — Open the full imageJPG, 1024 × 751 px, 0.2 MB

Moonshine still confiscated by the Internal Revenue Bureau, shown at the Treasury Department

Library of Congress National Photo Company photograph of a confiscated moonshine still displayed at the Treasury Department in Washington, with a man looking at the contents of a glass.

Date: 1921/1932
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-DIG-ds-00136 (digital file from original item) ; LC-USZ62-96027 (b&w film copy neg.).

The Library of Congress title is “Moonshine still recently confiscated by the Internal Revenue Bureau photographed at the Treasury Department.” A man stands next to the still, looking at the contents of a glass. The photograph is National Photo Company No. 4214.

The record dates the item between 1921 and 1932, with 1921 as its index date, so no single year can be stated from the record. It gives no seizure location and no name for the man. The copy stored here is the Library of Congress service JPEG.

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