Illegal alcohol being poured out during prohibition, Detroit, 1929

**gazhekwe** · February-21-14, 03:23 PM

A friend sent me this via e-mail. Is this a result of an alcohol bust, ya think?

**Honky Tonk** · February-21-14, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by gazhekwe

A friend sent me this via e-mail. Is this a result of an alcohol bust, ya think?

A red "X" in a box? I don't think so.

**Mikeg** · February-21-14, 05:20 PM

I think this is the subject photo:
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**Honky Tonk** · February-21-14, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by Mikeg

I think this is the subject photo:
Name: Illegally stored alcohol is poured directly from the window during Prohibition Detroit 1929 low .jpg
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Thanx, I couldn't resist. I'm looking @ the photo on a phone screen and it's hard to tell, is that smoke to the top left of the building?

[[Did you copy the photo into Word, then open it?)

**Dan Wesson** · February-21-14, 06:21 PM

I remember walking to Rose elementry school and on Baldwin by Medbury them revenuers were dumping a lot of corn mash out a second story window onto the side walk. I haven't thought about that for years.

**EastsideAl** · February-21-14, 06:38 PM

That's OK, my grandpa has a lot more in his basement.

**Jimaz** · February-21-14, 07:43 PM

Prohibition, Raids, Detroit, 1929

Alcohol, discovered by Prohibition agents during a raid on an illegal distillery, pours out of upper windows of three--story storefront in Detroit during Prohibition

It's a fantasy shower for Barney Gumble of The Simpsons.

**Mikeg** · February-21-14, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

Thanx, I couldn't resist. I'm looking @ the photo on a phone screen and it's hard to tell, is that smoke to the top left of the building?

[[Did you copy the photo into Word, then open it?)

I think that dirt and/or mold on the negative has affected the quality of the image.

**Honky Tonk** · February-22-14, 12:00 AM

Originally Posted by Mikeg

I think that dirt and/or mold on the negative has affected the quality of the image.

I'm on a real computer now, and I can see that, Thanx. Could be a prohibition bust. It looks like an awful lot of something coming out those windows, though. If it was alcohol, they sure were making a large quantity of it.

**Mikeg** · February-22-14, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

I'm on a real computer now, and I can see that, Thanx. Could be a prohibition bust. It looks like an awful lot of something coming out those windows, though. If it was alcohol, they sure were making a large quantity of it.

The Walter Reuther Library caption for this Detroit News photo reads:

"Prohibition, Raids, Detroit, 1929 - Alcohol, discovered by Prohibition agents during a raid on an illegal distillery, pours out of upper windows of three--story storefront in Detroit during Prohibition."

**beachboy** · February-24-14, 03:38 AM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

It looks like an awful lot of something coming out those windows, though. If it was alcohol, they sure were making a large quantity of it.

Lucky there were no smokers on the street ...

but flammability can depend on ambient temper-
ature, humidity, and alcohol proof.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol#Flammability
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_proof

EtOH is manufactured in increasing quantities today: