Keywords: Federal Court
Item 22090
Barrows' home, Federal Street, Brunswick, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Brunswick Media: Stereopticon slide
Item 61895
Federal Courthouse, Portland, 1911
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1911 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 51745
Assessor's Record, 138-150 Federal Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Cumberland County Court House - Exempt Use: Court House
Item 151703
U.S. Courthouse alterations, Portland, 1930-1931
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1931 Location: Portland; Portland Client: United States Treasury Department Architect: J. A. Wetmore
Item 151730
Cumberland County Courthouse, Portland, 1917-1947
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917–1947 Location: Portland; Portland; Portland Client: Cumberland County Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Exhibit
Prohibition in Maine in the 1920s
Federal Prohibition took hold of America in 1920 with the passing of the Volstead Act that banned the sale and consumption of all alcohol in the US. However, Maine had the Temperance movement long before anyone was prohibited from taking part in one of America's most popular past times. Starting in 1851, the struggles between the "drys" and the "wets" of Maine lasted for 82 years, a period of time that was everything but dry and rife with nothing but illegal activity.
Site Page
"… states of Massachusetts and Maine after the 1790 Federal Non-Intercourse Act, making treaties the purview of the Federal government only."
Site Page
"… to the last sixty to seventy years of State and Federal dealings with Tribes, and attempts at reconciliation, justice, and healing."
Story
The Equal Freedom to Marry
by Mary L Bonauto
Marriage Equality, Maine, and the U.S. Supreme Court
