Keywords: Alcoholic beverages
Item 135680
Don't drink the vanilla, Lumber camp, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Media: photographic print
Item 101697
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Media: Ink on paper
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
Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes
Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes showcases historic recipes, dating from the 18th century to the 1950s, like sweet treats, traditional favorites, promotional printings, medicinal concoctions, curious libations, and recipes that have fallen out of favor.
Site Page
Rum, Riot, and Reform - Why Study the History of Drinking?
"… from the earliest period, the use of alcoholic beverages has, at the same time, always found deep acceptance in our culture."
Site Page
Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret
"As their population decreased in the face of disease and war, the bottle became a growing problem for many Native Americans. Alcohol production and…"
Story
Portland Bars: Carlo's and Boothby Square
by anonymous
Carlo Giobbi on his family's Portland Bars: Carlo's and Boothby Square
Story
Documenting Portland's Neighborhood Bars
by David Read
Peanut House, Sportsman's Grill and a proposal to document Portland's Neighborhood Bars
