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Model of rum runner chaser at Navy Yard, [Washington, D.C.], 12/29/24 – Antique Print

Model of rum runner chaser at Navy Yard, [Washington, D.C.], 12/29/24, [19]24 December 29. — historic photograph
Model of rum runner chaser at Navy Yard, [Washington, D.C.], 12/29/24, [19]24 December 29.. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Model of rum runner chaser at Navy Yard, [Washington, D.C.], 12/29/24 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Model of rum runner chaser at Navy Yard, [Washington, D.C.], 12/29/24

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A scale model of a rum runner chaser, photographed at the Navy Yard in Washington, shows one of the fast patrol craft built to catch smugglers during Prohibition. The national ban on alcohol, in force from 1920 until 1933, drew the Navy and Coast Guard into a long pursuit of boats carrying liquor along the coasts and waterways. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented the city's streets, buildings and events in the early twentieth century, made this glass negative. Its title and date come from information written on the negative itself, which has not been independently verified, and the plate shows the streaks and blemishes typical of aging glass.

Created / published[19]24 December 29.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp note: Batch six.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,904 × 4,272 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-255889

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