Confiscated Still, 1922
Library of Congress, hosted on Wikimedia Commons., 1922
$270
Print check at 24 x 18 in: 223 dpi, excellent. Trimmed 7.9% to the shape of the print.
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A National Photo Company press photograph of a confiscated moonshine still — plain documentary record, part of a wire-service series covering early Prohibition enforcement. This is the closest this house can honestly get to picturing moonshine itself: not the act, just the machine left behind. The total absence of drama in the framing — this was routine enough by 1922 to be just another assignment. The law found the still. The house never advertised.
- Maker
- Library of Congress, hosted on Wikimedia Commons.
- Date
- 1922
- Medium of the original
- Poster
- Original held by
- Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
- Credit
- Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00576
| Picture | 24 x 18 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 25.6 x 19.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 536 | Excellent | Trimmed 1.8% |
| 14 x 11 in | 383 | Excellent | Trimmed 3.6% |
| 16 x 12 in | 335 | Excellent | Trimmed 7.9% |
| 20 x 16 in | 268 | Excellent | Trimmed 1.8% |
| 24 x 18 in | 223 | Excellent | Trimmed 7.9% |
| 30 x 24 in | 178 | Good | Trimmed 1.8% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 134 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 111 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 5,368 x 4,373 px, b-w
- Tone
- Darks 7, lights 239 of 255; 0% clipped light, 1.1% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 16.17
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