Chief Prohibition Inspector: Major Buzzkill

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

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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