Chemist with New Formula of Denatured Alcohol, 1930 (silver gelatin print)

Written on back “558425.. WATCH YOUR CREDIT..INTERNATIONAL NEWSREEL PHOTO SLUG (BEYER-ALCOHOL EXPERI,) USING NEW FORMULA IN DENATURING ALCOHOL. WASHINGTON D.C…..G.F. X X BEYER, CHEMIST IN CHARGE OF THE LABORATORY OF THE INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL BUREAU OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, MEASURING OUT ONE PERCENT OF ALDEHOL AND ONE AND A HALF PERCENT OF ALCOTATE, TO BE PLACED IN A GALLON OF ALCOHOL. THESE TWO “ALS” ARE THE GOVERNMENT’S LATEST SOLUTION OF THE PERPLEXING PROBLEM OF MAKING THE THIRD “AL” ALCOHOL, UNDRINKABLE, BUT NOT DEADLY. THE NEW MIXTURE, WHICH WILL MAKE ITS BOW TO THE PUBLIC IN 1931, TASTES LIKE GARLIC WITH ROTTEN EGGS. R-12-31-30 AB.FM.LPG.COP.AUS.SWE. Laboratories & Doctors Offices