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Beck, John - Interview
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1979 ?Item number (ISN):102762Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:ROBINSON, GeoffAccession:1988-0105Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1979 ?Production company:Geoff Robinson (Interviewer)Description:Oral history interview of former Maritime rumrunner, John Beck, by Geoff Robinson, to collect information on the days of liquor smuggling from the Island of St. Pierre and from the Canadian coast to the American coastline during US prohibition in the 1920s and early 1930s. Mr. Beck describes the hijack of "The Mulhouse", as well as other rum-running vessels and crews. <19mn 45s>Subjects:ALCOHOL INDUSTRY~CANADA~PROHIBITION~SMUGGLERS~SMUGGLING~ST.PIERRE & MIQUELON~UNITED STATESLanguage:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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