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Item 135767

Suspected Rum Runner Dixie III, Portland, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1927 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 105202

Fire Department running team, Houlton, ca. 1886

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: circa 1886 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 10970

Joan Benoit, Danny Bolduc in Augusta, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-08-27 Location: Augusta; Augusta Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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.

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Cook house and crew, Maine woods, ca. 1900

Cooks and Cookees: Lumber Camp Legends

Stories and tall tales abound concerning cooks and cookees -- important persons in any lumber camp, large or small.

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Taber Wagon

The Taber farm wagon was an innovative design that was popular on New England farms. It made lifting potato barrels onto a wagon easier and made more efficient use of the horse's work. These images glimpse the life work of its inventor, Silas W. Taber of Houlton, and the place of his invention in the farming community

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… Place was providing the perfect place for rum runners. According to Cush Lane, a summer resident, when high tide fell around around 10:30 at night…"