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Another testing of bullet proof vests. The gun that was used in this test is believed to be an S&W Model 10 Revolver.

UNITED STATES - MAY 19: At an army base in Brooklyn, men drain 10,000 barrels of beer into New York Harbor during Prohibition. (Photo by Larry Froeber/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Prohibition agents emptying barrels of alcohol into the New York sewers, shortly after the Volstead Act became effective.

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