Destruction of Silver Creek Moonshine Still, Photo 1
 

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“Destruction of Silver Creek Moonshine Still, Photo 1,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 18, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/6587.


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Title

Destruction of Silver Creek Moonshine Still, Photo 1

Description

This image shows Bob Deviney in back left. Fred Hennessee is standing on the right watching a moonshine still destruction near Silver Creek, North Carolina. An unknown officer stands in the center with an axe. The "Moonshining in Burke County: The Career of N.C. ABC officer Fred Hennessee" scrapbook collection was created by Fred Hennessee during his law enforcement career, as deputy sheriff for Burke County, North Carolina, and as an officer for the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board.

Subject

Distilling, Illicit--North Carolina--Burke County--Photographs

Police--North Carolina--Burke County--Photographs

Source

AC.469 Moonshining in Burke County: The Career of N.C. ABC Officer Fred Hennessee (Originals are the property of Sharon Williamson and Margaret Stump, Morganton, N. C.)

Contributor

Morganton News Herald

Format

Black-and-white photographs
JPEG

Type

Image

Coverage

Burke County (N.C.)

Spatial Coverage

https://www.geonames.org/4458194/burke-county.html

Rights Holder

The copyrights of the photographs and newspaper clippings belong to the Morganton News Herald of Morganton, N. C.