Maine Memory Network

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Society Copes

"Old Collingswood Rye Whiskey ca. 1920s Courtesy of Drew D. Masterman This whiskey is labeled "For Family and Medicinal Purposes," the only way…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"… Historical Society/MaineToday Media Illegal whiskey being removed from a vessel in Portland Harbor Portland, ca."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"… Gain New Adherents and Leaders X Hayner Whiskey Advertisement The New England Magazine, June 1903 Courtesy of William and Debra Barry…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… depicts the Devil giving Native Americans rum and whiskey. As in many temperance images, a mother and child plead father not to indulge."

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.

Harry Lyon: An Old Sea Dog Takes to the Air

Through a chance meeting, Harry Lyon of Paris Hill became the navigator on the 1928 flight of the Southern Cross, the first trans-Pacific flight. His skill as a navigator, despite his lack of experience, was a key factor on the flight's success.

Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC

In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.