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Keywords: Distilling

Historical Items

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Item 104302

Recipe for reusing rose petals, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 104433

Ezekiel Day, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Daguerreotype

Item 135707

Alcoholometer set by Charles Gerletti of Glasgow, made 1834-1839

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1836 Location: Glasgow Media: Mahogany, glass, felt, paper

Online Exhibits

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Why Study the History of Drinking?

"… of later immigrants brought new brewing and distilling traditions—the signs of their cultures and often the means to fortune."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"… rum than beer, with cheap "New England Rum" being distilled in Boston, and later Falmouth. Apple orchards, that matured ten years after settlement…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1919 to 1934: The Nation Follows Maine Into Prohibition

"Underground brewers, distillers, and merchants found new opportunities to flourish as they had after the Maine Law was passed 70 years before."

My Maine Stories

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Story

The Equal Freedom to Marry
by Mary L Bonauto

Marriage Equality, Maine, and the U.S. Supreme Court