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Still raided by Federal Alcohol Tax Unit Officers, Nashville, Tennessee, 1941 July
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Title
Still
raided
by
Federal
Alcohol
Tax
Unit
Officers
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
1941
July
Topical entry
Tennessee, Middle--History--Sources
Distilleries--Tennessee, Middle
Alcohol
Liquors
Distillation apparatus--Tennessee, Middle
Distilling, Illicit--Tennessee, Middle
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description
A
view
of the
moonshine
distillery
“raided
by
Federal
Alcoholic
Tax
Unit
Officers
C
.
I
.
Nelson
and
R
.
R
.
Tubb
and
Special
Investigator
F
.
F
.
Haddix
. The
plant
was
located
just
off
Old
Hickory
Boulevard
between
Whites
Creek
Pike
and the
County
quarry
…
. The
plant
,
which
had been in
operation
not
more
than
thirty
days
, was
described
by
federal
officers
as
being
a
‘two-in-one’
unit
.
While
one
unit
of the
distillery
was in
operation
, the
other
was
refilling
,
thus
making
the
plant
constantly
in
operation
.
Confiscated
were
sixty
gallons
of
whisky
, the
200-gallon
still
,
1,000
pounds
of
ice
, and
4,000
gallons
of
mash
. The
still
was
serviced
by a
large
truck.”
Source
:
Nashville
Banner
,
July
17
,
1941
,
page
19
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
412
,
Photographs
Collection
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
4
x
5
in.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
1941-07
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 412 302 Still Raid by Fed Alc Tax unit July 1941 004
Relation
Record
Group
412
Coverage
1940-1949
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Metro
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG 412
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