Keywords: Prohibition
Item 64126
Prohibition Postcard, Surry, 1927
Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: 1927-07-12 Location: Surry Media: Postcard
Item 135730
Portland City Hall Rum Room, ca. 1907
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1907 Location: Portland Media: Postcard
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 - 1919 to 1934: The Nation Follows Maine Into Prohibition
"The Volstead or Prohibition Enforcement Act, passed by Congress on October 28, went into effect with Prohibition."
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century
"… we have no drunken men that I know of.” Prohibition Postcard, Surry, 1927Surry Historical Society No doubt Rev."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard
"… Houses and Tippling Shops-the state's first prohibition law. His son, Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard, donated $20,000 to expand the Hallowell Library and…"
Story
Picture This: Life on Hancock St, Bangor Maine
by anonymous
A conversation with Jay Millet, who grew up on Hancock St in Bangor Maine during the depression.
Story
Memories of working at the Criterion Theatre
by Vernon L. Cox
Working as a teenager with projectionest Roy Blake at the Criterion Theater
