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Description
From the time Maine went dry in 1851 until the repeal of Prohibition in 1934, each town in Maine had a Rum Room where seized liquor was stored. This shows the Rum Room in Portland's City Hall. On dump day, the liquor would be poured into a sewer, river, or the ocean often with some fanfare. Not surprisingly, Rum Rooms were often the target of burglaries.
Printed on the postcard: The Rum Room City Hall Portland, ME
About This Item
- Title: Portland City Hall Rum Room, ca. 1907
- Creator: Hugh C. Leighton Co.
- Creation Date: circa 1907
- Subject Date: circa 1907
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Postcard
- Dimensions: 8.9 cm x 14 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 4014, Portland--Building--City Hall--Rum Room; 1998.184.3a
- Collection: Postcard collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Maine
- Liquor laws--Maine
- Portland City Hall (Portland, Me.)
- Postcards
- Prohibition--Maine--Portland
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