Keywords: Illegal
Item 101152
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1865 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper
Item 102023
Thomas Robison from Thomas Hodges regarding illegal slave trade, Les Cayes, April 6, 1791
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Portland; Les Cayes Media: Ink on paper
Item 83454
Taylor property, N. Side Sterling Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Louise J. Taylor Use: Dwelling
Item 85061
Cotton property, N. Side Maple Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: William A. Cotton Use: Store
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.
Exhibit
Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual
"… of William and Debra Barry Booze may have been illegal, but it was always obtainable. Advertisements like this promised a "plain sealed case" would…"
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943
"… on left-hand standards" "Willburn Haskell in (illegible)" "Mary Burke (nurse & [illegible] in Africa) on right standard."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - City Marshals
"… to place, thirteen arrests of people selling illegal drinks or drugs, ten seizures of intoxicating liquors , one assault and battery, four thefts…"
Story
Princess Watahwaso
by Jason Pardilla (Penobscot)
A story about Lucy Nicolar Poolaw (1882-1869)
Story
From Chinese Laundress to Mother of the Year
by Dr. Andrea Louie
Toy Len Goon's granddaughter recounts her immigration to the US and becoming Mother of the Year.
