Keywords: saloon
Item 20134
Anti-saloon broadside, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Farmingdale Media: Ink on paper
Item 26638
Interior Georges National Bank, Thomaston, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Thomaston Media: Sienna print, Photograph
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
Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875
Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s
… a lucrative industry, and there were dozens of saloons, or bars, in Bangor. In 1900 there were about 70 bars operating in Bangor.
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village
… at that place, they all repaired to the Railroad saloon, where a sumptuous dinner was served up in a “mine host’s” best style.
