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Item 103636

Ambrotype of pencil drawing of man in profile view, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Ambrotype

Item 18318

Profile of Acadia, Bar Harbor, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Media: Postcard

Item 4172

Hannah Lane Usher, Hollis, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Hollis Center Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Overview & Introduction

"… social, economic and political history, and profiling the events and leaders in Maine that catalyzed other States' and eventually the Nation's…"

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Mt. Carrigain expedition remembrance, 1873

Hiking, Art and Science: Portland's White Mountain Club

In 1873, a group of men, mostly from Portland, formed the second known hiking club in the U.S., the White Mountain Club of Portland, to carry out their scientific interests, their love of hiking and camaraderie, and their artistic interests in painting and drawing the features of several of the White Mountains.

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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.