Keywords: Crime
Item 103937
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Pond, Newburyport, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925-05-25 Location: Newburyport Media: Glass Negative
Item 104680
Donald Stanley and Arthur Butts arrest, 1936
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Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-10-21 Media: Glass Negative
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
Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs
In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2
"Crime & Disaster Crime & Disaster A selection of photographs relating to crime & disaster in the Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Negative…"
Site Page
The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.
Story
Used, Abused, Battered, and Confused
by Anonymous (Maine Correctional Center)
The experience of domestic violence and the criminal justice system in Maine
Story
If You Knew My Story
by Anonymous (Maine State Prison)
A story about incarceration in Maine