Keywords: drink manufacturers
Item 33977
York Bottling Works advertisement, Biddeford, 1920
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1920 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper
Item 80360
Moxie Nerve Food Shipping Box, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Friendship Media: Wooden box
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This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War
For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.
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Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - The Continuing Debate
"Maine has even joined the rest of the nation as a manufacturer of local liquor, wine, and beer. If banning the manufacture and use of alcohol was a…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership
"… traffic in intoxicating liquors to be used as a drink, we hope that the State of Maine will have the honor of leading this glorious reform." Neal…"
