Keywords: dry goods
Item 17661
J. A. Browne Dry Goods, Houlton, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 101794
Dr. Stacy & Son Dry Goods parade carriage, South Berwick, 1914
Contributed by: Old Berwick Historical Society Date: 1914 Location: South Berwick Media: Photographic print
Item 36681
120-126 Center Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: J. B. Brown & Sons Use: Wholesale Dry Goods & Manufacturing
Item 151662
Snow house on Neal Street, Portland, 1902
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Nellie Snow Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864
"Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Thomas A."
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2
"This process took a good portion of the day. Drying took all day. Only when the clothes were dry, did the ironing take place."
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
Story
The Oakfield Inn
by Rodney Duplisea
This is a summarized article about the opening of the Oakfield Inn. It appeared in the Bangor Daily
