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Get to Know Major Walton Atwater Green, Chief Prohibition Inspector for Washington, D.C.

Meet Major Walton Atwater Green, the Chief Prohibition Inspector for Washington, D.C. in 1925. Don't let him catch you with some hooch - this is not a guy you want to cross. Learn more about Major W.A. Green and his role in enforcing Prohibition in the nation's capital.
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View of the Center Market of Washington, D.C. from the north entrance of the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, on October 16, 1909. There are horse-drawn carriages and carts, vendors, storefronts, and the Old Post Office is in background, center. In the foreground is the large wooden gate to the grounds of the Natural History Building and a small guard house next to it
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Meet Major Walton Atwater Green, Chief Prohibition Inspector for Washington, D.C. This is not a guy you want to cross. Don’t let him catch you with some hooch.

September 5, 1925. Washington, D.C. "W.A. Green, Chief Prohibition Inspector." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. (Shorpy)
September 5, 1925. Washington, D.C. “W.A. Green, Chief Prohibition Inspector.” National Photo Company Collection glass negative. (Shorpy)
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