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Item 135725

Firemen in front of City Liquor Agency, Portland, 1886

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1886 Location: Portland Media: photographic print

Item 16094

Temperance post card, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Postcard

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"Firemen in front of City Liquor Agency, Portland, 1886Maine Historical Society Firemen in front of City Liquor Agency Portland, 1886 Collections of…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders

"… Civil War and the end of World War I, the anti-liquor cause, now led by both reformers and Republican and Democratic politicians, built a power…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"Building such craft for bootleggers brought a brisk business to Downeast boatyards. Prohibition liquor hiding techniques: Victrola before…"