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crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2014/01/04/rum-running-submarines-off-croton-point/
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The photograph emerged during Prohibition's height, when "Rum Row"—a smuggling corridor stretching from Nantucket to New Yo
Date: Various
Source: crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2014/01/04/rum-running-submarines-off-croton-point/
License: Used with…
Wikimedia Commons (Currier & Ives)
Woman's Holy War — Temperance Cartoon
Currier & Ives 1874 temperance cartoon 'Woman's Holy War.' The Croton area had several speakeasies during Prohibition including the Nikko Inn, Mikado Inn, and Tumble Inn.
Date: 1874
Type: lithograph
Subjects: woman, horse, barrels…
Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map — Croton-on-Hudson (1924), Sheet 1
Sanborn map of Croton-on-Hudson during the Prohibition era (1924). The village had several roadhouses and speakeasies along the Albany Post Road.
Date: 1924
Location: Croton-on-Hudson, NY…
NASA/Langley Research Center
Curtiss JN-4 Jenny Biplane
Curtiss JN-4 Jenny, the type of biplane commonly used for aerial bootlegging during Prohibition. A Curtis biplane crashed near Croton on May 15, 1922, carrying 250 quarts of Canadian whiskey.
Date: c. 1918
Type…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2017/11/25/the-mystery-of-the-rum-plane/
The Mystery of the Rum Plane
On May 15, 1922, a Curtis biplane crashed on a farm near Croton-on-Hudson, New York, carrying a cargo of illegal liquor during the Prohibition era. The incident has come to be known…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2017/11/25/the-mystery-of-the-rum-plane/
The Mystery of the Rum Plane
On May 15, 1922, a Curtis biplane crashed on a farm near Croton-on-Hudson, New York, carrying a cargo of illegal liquor during the Prohibition era. The incident has come to be known…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2017/11/25/the-mystery-of-the-rum-plane/
The Mystery of the Rum Plane
On May 15, 1922, a Curtis biplane crashed on a farm near Croton-on-Hudson, New York, carrying a cargo of illegal liquor during the Prohibition era. The incident has come to be known…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2017/11/25/the-mystery-of-the-rum-plane/
The Mystery of the Rum Plane
On May 15, 1922, a Curtis biplane crashed on a farm near Croton-on-Hudson, New York, carrying a cargo of illegal liquor during the Prohibition era. The incident has come to be known…
crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2017/11/25/the-mystery-of-the-rum-plane/
The Mystery of the Rum Plane
On May 15, 1922, a Curtis biplane crashed on a farm near Croton-on-Hudson, New York, carrying a cargo of illegal liquor during the Prohibition era. The incident has come to be known…
Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
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