Keywords: alcoholism
Item 16097
Keeley Institute, Portland, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Postcard
Item 82279
Alcohol use permit for Dr. Giguère, Lewiston, 1922
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1922 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink on paper
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 - Why Study the History of Drinking?
"… recognized from the earliest period, the use of alcoholic beverages has, at the same time, always found deep acceptance in our culture."
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 30-47
"Clark Judge Hodgdon Alcohol, taverns Amos M. Roberts Hannibal Hamlin Ebenezer Trask Oliver H. Hinkley Joshua Hill William Cobb Wilmot Proviso"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Arvida Hayford, Bangor, ca. 1867
"… that during temperance years, Hayford imported alcohol and provided it to "Irish men & women in open defiance of the Maine law." He further charged…"
Story
Portland Bars: Carlo's and Boothby Square
by anonymous
Carlo Giobbi on his family's Portland Bars: Carlo's and Boothby Square
Story
The Start of Brewing in Maine
by Alan Pugsley
Master brewer Alan Pugsley talked about the beginning of brewing in Maine
