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Order Number	00036663
Title	Moonshine raid
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 549-C.
Date	1951
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Vice Officer A.F. Van Court (left) examines a kitchen stove still. Still was found when they arrested "Tennessee Bill" Claridy (right), in his home at 1487 West Thirty-sixth Street. Claridy assertedly had been selling drinks over an improvised bar in his living room. The moonshine, made from ground barley and corn, was retailed at $8 a gallon, one-third the price of cheapest legitimate whisky, officers said.
Subject	Prohibition--California--Los Angeles. Liquors--California--Los Angeles. Crime--California--Los Angeles. Distillation apparatus--California--Los Angeles. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection