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Calm after the Storm.
Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: August 17, 2013
Caption: Calm after the Storm.
Additional Description: Titled "Scene of the Battle," this photograph of the first Silver Spring Liquor Dispensary, 8400 Georgia Avenue, appeared in Dec. 7, 1933 Washington Herald. An estimated 1,500 customers besieged the dispensary the night before to purchase legal liquor.
Close-up of photo on marker
Washingtoniana Division, DC Public Library

Submitted: November 5, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p291170
File Size: 1.823 Megabytes

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