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crotonhistory.org — https://crotonhistory.org/2014/01/04/rum-running-submarines-off-croton-point/
…apart."
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…