Norwood bootleggers may have used something similar to this 1930s-era beer keg to store their liquor and beer.

May 11, 1931-As a result of two liquor raids in this town Friday night by Chief Sullivan, assisted by Sergt Thomas H. Lydon and 10 patrolmen, Carmela Santora of 21 Heaton av, Norwood, and Santa DeFlaminio of 25 Heaton av, were arranged in the District Court yesterday morning and pleaded guilty to having liquor nuisances.

In the home of DeFlaminlo were 15 men and the squad seized 264 quarts of beer, 225 gallons of wine, and seven gallons of hard liquor.

On Santora’s premises there were nine men and the police found 1104 bottles of beer, three gallons of wine, and four barrels of beer which was brewing.

The pair pleaded guilty. Judge Clifford B. Sanborn fined them $100 each and sentenced them each to three months in the House of Correction, the sentence being suspended for one year.

Norwood Police Raid Man’s Store & Home-This Day In Norwood History-May 25, 1924

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Two big liquor raids were conducted by the Norwood police this afternoon, following closely on the heels of the two raids of the preceding evening.…

General-Alarm Fire Destroys Junior High School in Norwood-This Day In Norwood History-January 23, 1971

General-Alarm Fire Destroys Junior High School in Norwood-This Day In Norwood History-January 23, 1971

A general-alarm fire swept through Norwood Junior High School last night, threatening to destroy the four-story brick building. There were no injuries. The blaze was…

Office And Laundry Robbed-This Day in Norwood History-November 2, 1935

Office And Laundry Robbed-This Day in Norwood History-November 2, 1935

Chief William H. Sullivan and Sergeant William Barrett of the local police today started an investigation into two breaks which occurred here some time last…

Few Details Emerge In Case Against Peter Makarewicz On Eve Of Trial For Murder of Geraldine Annese-This Day in Norwood History-March 6, 1955

Few Details Emerge In Case Against Peter Makarewicz On Eve Of Trial For Murder of Geraldine Annese-This Day in Norwood History-March 6, 1955

DEDHAM. March 6- Tall, slim, delicately handsome Peter Makarewicz, 15, of Norwood, goes on trial in Norfolk Superior Court Monday for the murder of pretty,…

Norwood Police in Shootout with Trio of Safecrackers-This Day in Norwood History-September 24, 1945

Norwood Police in Shootout with Trio of Safecrackers-This Day in Norwood History-September 24, 1945

Mon, Sep 24, 1945 – 1 · The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Discovered on a woods road leading into the Neponset meadows, Norwood, at 11…

Makarewicz Refused Lie Detector Test, Jury Told-This Day in Norwood History-March 10, 1955

Makarewicz Refused Lie Detector Test, Jury Told-This Day in Norwood History-March 10, 1955

Peter Makarewicz refused to submit to a lie detector test when he was questioned about the murder of 15-year-old Geraldine Annese, it was testified today…