Police raid a gambler's den: book makers taken from the E Street address (1925)
A Library of Congress print of the January 1925 National Photo Company view of a police raid on E Street, Washington, captioned "Several loads of book makers were taken from the E. St. address by the police."
- Date
- 1925
- Kind
- photograph
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- Rights
- The Library of Congress item record states: "No known restrictions on publication." Call number LOT 12297, vol. 1, p. 27; reproduction number LC-USZ62-99829 (from a film copy negative).
The Library of Congress title is “Police raid a gambler’s den. Several loads of book makers were taken from the E. St. address by the police.” This print is from a film copy negative and is cropped tighter than the glass-negative print dated January 31, 1925; both carry the National Photo Company negative number 34089. The Library’s subject heading is Gambling–Washington (D.C.)–1920-1930. The photographer is not stated.
No one is named, and the caption does not say what became of those arrested. The copy stored here is the Library’s medium-size JPEG.
