Maine Memory Network

Jonesport Brand River Herring, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Jonesport Media: Ink on paper

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Heywood Tavern, Skowhegan, ca. 1836

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1836 Location: Skowhegan Media: Print

Water District Plant, Portland, 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1928 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Portland Water District Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Among the Lungers: Treating TB

Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.

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.

Historic Clothing Collection - Mourning Clothing

"… such indulgence was often seen as conspicuous consumption. Mourning customs relaxed during (or after) the First World War, when mourning was so…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 3 of 3

"… made open reservoirs, unless treated prior to consumption, unacceptable in Maine. Therefore, the use of the Mt."

Born in Bangor 1936
by Priscilla M. Naile

Spending time at the Bangor Children's Home

Eating lower on the food chain
by Avery Yale Kamila

Animal agriculture's ties to climate change