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Description
Postcard showing the Neal Dow house at 714 Congress Street in Portland. and an inset portrait of Dow.
Dow (1804-1897) was an influential legislator and reformer who sponsored the "Maine Law," which banned the sale of alcohol in Maine.
The Dow family bequeathed the house to the Maine Woman's Christian Temperance Union. It serves as the group's headquarters and is called the Neal Dow Memorial.
About This Item
- Title: Neal Dow house, Portland, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Postcard
- Local Code: Coll. 4014; Portland--Buildings
- Collection: Postcard collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Dow, Neal, 1804-1897--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Dwellings--Maine--Portland
- Historic buildings--Maine--Portland
- Houses--Maine--Portland
- Legislators--Maine
- Maine Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Mayors--Maine--Portland
- Neal Dow Memorial (Portland, Me.)
- Prohibition--Maine
- Temperance--Maine
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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