Deputy Police Commissioner Leach watches liquor poured into a sewer, New York (about 1921)
Library of Congress photograph of New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach watching agents pour liquor into a sewer after a raid. The Library's date, 1921, carries a question mark.
- Date
- 1921
- Kind
- photograph
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Rights
- The Library of Congress item record states: "No known restrictions on publication." Collection: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Call number: NYWTS - SUBJ/GEOG--Prohibition--General [item] [P&P]. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-123257 (b&w film copy neg.).
The Library of Congress title, devised by staff from the photo slug, names John A. Leach, New York City Deputy Police Commissioner, at right, watching agents pour liquor into a sewer following a raid. The record dates the image “[1921?]”; the date is the cataloger’s query, not a printed one. The record also notes that the print was marked with grease pencil for publication.
The photograph is part of the New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. It shows a New York City police matter, not a federal seizure; the record does not say which agency made the raid. The copy stored here is the Library of Congress service JPEG.
