University of Wyoming
Otto W. Plaga was a federal revenue agent during the prohibition period in Wyoming. He participated in numerous investigations and confiscations of illicit distilleries throughout the Casper, Wyoming, area. From 1923 to 1926 numerous photographs were taken of him and his colleagues after a significant raid or set of raids.
The Otto Plaga photographs, 1923-1926, document Plaga's participation as a Federal Revenue agent in the confiscation of illicit distilleries primarily in the Casper, Wyoming, area during the prohibition period.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Otto Plaga at the date of processing.
This material was received from Thelma Garton in 1995.
The collection was processed by John Hanks in January 1997. It was encoded by D. Claudia Thompson in June 2011.
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