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Item 101697

Gin recipe, ca. 1925

Gin recipe, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: USA Media: Ink on paper

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Item 104491

Two women with whiskey glasses, ca. 1854

Two women with whiskey glasses, ca. 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1854 Location: Maine Media: Tintype

Item 98898

Lucretia Sewall letter to husband about baby, Portland, 1837

Lucretia Sewall letter to husband about baby, Portland, 1837

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1837 Location: Portland; New York, NY Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Temperance Watchman Club No. 1 banner, ca. 1848

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"Indeed, Dow left the moderates behind, including wine drinker Governor William King, who founded the first statewide temperance association."

Exhibit

Rum, Riot, and Reform

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"… the latter, "I have been a run-seller and a run-drinker, and have brought my wife and children into trouble and ppoverty, and I do not see how…"

Exhibit

Don't drink the vanilla, Lumber camp, ca. 1910

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… Native Americans were perceived to be problem drinkers. This local cartoon shows the stereotype."

My Maine Stories

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Story

History of Forest Gardens

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars