Bootlegger Car Chase and Crash

After a thrilling chase through the busiest streets of Washington

Here we present a stunning image of After a thrilling chase through the busiest streets of Washington, ... a couple of bootleggers and their car come to grief at the hands of the Capitol police. It was taken in 1922.

The image shows Prohibition.

We have created this collection of images primarily to serve as an easy to access educational tool. Contact curator@old-picture.com.

Image ID# 495B3177
Ref: loc/National Photo Collection

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This Photograph Comes from the Collection:

• United States History 1900s - 1930s

And is Part of the Following Theme Groups:

• American Life in the 1920s

• Prohibition

• Washington DC