- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of lawmen preparing to destroy moonshine still, McDuffie County, Georgia, 1953 or 1954]
- Creator:
- Herndon, C.W.
- Date of Original:
- 1953/1954
- Subject:
- Distillation apparatus
Municipal services--Georgia--McDuffie County
Distilling, Illicit--Georgia--McDuffie County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McDuffie County, 33.48285, -82.48137
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- McDuffie County, 1953-1954. Lawmen pause for a photograph on the site of a moonshine still fired by a steam boiler just before they proceed to destroy it. The still was discovered in the Rousseau section of the county located north of Thomson. The boiler and cookers can be seen as well as a fire hose which was used to pump water from a nearby creek to the still. In the right background are wooden fermenting or mash boxes. Back row, left to right: Boyce Norris, McDuffie County Sheriff Lynn J. Norris, unidentified revenue agent. Front row: revenue agent Charlie Tudor, Robert Phillips.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_mcd152
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:mcd152
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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