Contributed by Penobscot Marine Museum
Description
The Riverside Casino was a center of Southport’s social scene until September 5, 1937, when it was the scene of a spectacular fire. During Prohibition times in the 1920s and 1930s the Casino saw several "raids" in which Federal Agents searched for contraband liquor. It is recalled that several customers escaped by leaping from the porch where people are shown in the picture.
Beyond the Casino was the wooden bridge to Boothbay. In its later years the bridge was so rickety that the school bus stopped to let all the children off before crossing the bridge. The children walked across to re-board the bus on the other side lest the bus be lost and children drowned. The current (2020) steel bridge replaced this bridge in 1939.
About This Item
- Title: Riverside Casino in Southport, Boothbay, ca. 1915
- Creator: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Creation Date: circa 1915
- Subject Date: circa 1915
- Location: Southport, Boothbay, Lincoln County, ME
- Media: Glass Plate Negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Local Code: LB2007.1.110415
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Alcoholic beverages
- Casinos
- Docks and piers
- Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
- Gambling
- Photographic postcards
- Postcards
- Prohibition
- Southport (Me.)
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Penobscot Marine MuseumPO Box 498, 5 Church Street, Searsport, ME 04974
(207) 548-2529
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