Drawing of a still, from a Prohibition investigative case file (Seattle)
A dimensioned drawing of a still from a Prohibition-era Treasury case file at the National Archives at Seattle: a rectangular tank, a twelve-inch column and a condenser of copper tubing. The catalog calls the case typical of alcohol-manufacture investigations.
- Date
- 1924/1933
- Kind
- photograph
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- NAID
- 298446
- Rights
- A document in the General Records of the Department of the Treasury (Record Group 56), series "Investigative Case Files" (NAID 298428), held at the National Archives at Seattle. The item reads "Use Restriction: Unrestricted"; the series and file unit records read "Undetermined." A federal investigative record, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105. The stored copy is the catalog's 1,200-pixel scan, re-encoded.
The National Archives catalog title is “Drawing of a still.” Its description reads: “This document is from a case typical of the type of case investigated concerning the manufacture of alcohol during prohibition.” The drawing is dimensioned: a rectangular tank of 51 by 26 by 36 inches, a twelve-inch column 48 inches tall, a condenser of 3/8-inch copper tubing, galvanized pipe, trap screws and angle iron. “375” is written in pencil at the top.
The catalog gives no date for the item; the series runs from 1924 to 1933, which is the span given on this page. The file unit is titled after the subjects of the investigation; their names are not repeated here, because this drawing records equipment, not the outcome of a case, and the file’s result has not been read.
