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Officers with confiscated moonshine, 1959
Sheriff Roy Baker (right), Deputy James Holt (center), and another officer pose with a pile of metal containers containing confiscated alcohol. James Holt was sheriff between 1973 and 1992. Poor copy. -
Axe demolition of illegal still, 1954
Two Martin County Sheriff officers use axes to demolish an illegal still operation. Sheriff Roy Baker present in the background. -
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Discarding moonshine, c. 1955
Sheriff Roy Baker (on right) helps another officer discard alcohol from an illegal still operation from a steel drum. Ground water pump also in view. -
Confiscated containers of moonshine, 1959
Martin County Sheriff, Roy Baker, and deputy deputy Floyd McAllister pose with a large stack of metal containers, likely confiscated alcohol from an illegal bootlegging operation. A house or other building in view behind the officers. -
Pouring out moonshine, c. 1959
Martin County Sheriff officers, including Sheriff Baker (center), work together to pour out carboys filled with liquid (possibly liquor or moonshine) confiscated from an illegal still operation. -
Illegal moonshine operation, c. 1959
Illegal bootlegging operation with a large still, glass carboys, and many upright steel drums or barrels in a wooded area. Sheriff Roy Baker (on right) and another officers stand in the background and one of the officers appears to be draining one of the storage containers. -
Illegal still operation, c. 1954
Two rows of steel drums filled with liquid, likely part of an illegal still/bootlegging operation after its discovery by the Martin County Sheriff's office and before its subsequent dismantling. Photograph appears to have been taken at night.Tags Containers -
Bootlegging bust, c. 1954
Two police officers stand with their legs up on overturned steel drums or barrels filled with granular materials. Photograph appears to have been taken at night. -
Burning of bootleg operation, 1954
Stack of large crates set on fire with sheriff officers standing by.