Keywords: saloon
Item 20134
Anti-saloon broadside, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Farmingdale Media: Ink on paper
Item 26638
Interior Georges National Bank, Thomaston, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Thomaston Media: Sienna print, Photograph
Exhibit
Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance
"… of drinkers in a Clay Cove (Portland waterfront) saloon, clearly depicts Irish-Americans in a cartoon style with the hat and pipe still used to…"
Exhibit
Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual
"… Society While it was illegal to sell alcohol and saloons did not advertise, saloonkeepers continued to list themselves as such long after Maine…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s
"… a lucrative industry, and there were dozens of saloons, or bars, in Bangor. In 1900 there were about 70 bars operating in Bangor."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village
"… at that place, they all repaired to the Railroad saloon, where a sumptuous dinner was served up in a “mine host’s” best style."
