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Two men pouring alcohol into a sewer during Prohibition in the United States.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-USZ62-12142)
Cases of whiskey confiscated by the U.S. Bureau of Internal Revenue during Prohibition.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZ62-96025)
Meyer Lansky, 1958.
New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital File Number: cph 3c20718)
In the Castellammarese War of 1930β31, Lucky Luciano betrayed his boss, Joe Masseria,...
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Carlo Gambino led the Gambino crime family between 1957 and 1976.
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Frank Costello testifying before the U.S. Senate investigating committee headed by...
New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital File Number: cph 3c20716)
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