Jack Wright, Robert Smith, and Larry Cox with Confiscated Moonshine

This image shows, from left to right, Jack Wright, Robert Smith, and Larry Cox in 1976. They can be seen leaning on a car behind confiscated moonshine jugs. 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.

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

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

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.)

1976

Morganton News Herald

Black-and-white photographs

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Burke County (N.C.)

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

1970s

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