Bootleggers' wrecked car after a chase by Capitol police, Washington (21 January 1922)
Library of Congress National Photo Company photograph of a wrecked automobile and bystanders after a chase through Washington streets. The title says the bootleggers "come to grief at the hands of the Capitol police".
- Date
- 1922-01-21
- Kind
- photograph
- 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 12294, vol. 1, p. 26 <item> [P&P]. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-96758 (b&w film copy neg.).
The Library of Congress title begins “After a thrilling chase through the busiest streets of Washington” and says a couple of bootleggers and their car “come to grief at the hands of the Capitol police.” The photograph shows a wrecked automobile and bystanders in a street. It is National Photo Company No. 18491, dated 21 January 1922.
The same event is shown in another Library of Congress item, 2016832404, titled “Bootlegger’s wreck, 1/21/22.” The FBI’s history article filed here as the Bureau and the Great Experiment also uses a Library of Congress photograph of a 1922 Capitol Police car chase. The copy stored here is the Library of Congress service JPEG.
