Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"Within a year of its formation in 1920, the Portland Business and Professional Women's Club had more than 500 members."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Why Study the History of Drinking?

"Having outlawed its use in this country in 1920 and repealed that law 13 years later, Americans continue to debate its pleasures and costs."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"From 1900-1920 was boom time for this community. By 1920 Stockholm’s population had soared to 1,038, surpassing New Sweden’s population of 963."

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"Seventeen years later, in 1920, Marston and Brooks Company, who produced shoes, moved in. Between 1903 and 1920, the O’Brien Electrophone Company…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"Prince on September 5, 1920, and of his wife, Annie Lincoln Prince, on October 10, 1920, resulted in a bequest of $35,000 for the construction of a…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"In March 1920, Queen’s Hospital was officially incorporated. Rising numbers of patients led Bishop Walsh to arrange the purchase of a large building…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1919 to 1934: The Nation Follows Maine Into Prohibition

"… by Neal Dow was realized in 1919 and tested from 1920 to 1934. Pushed forward by the Anti-Saloon League and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union…"

Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"He was a Hallowell City Marshall from 1920 to 1945. This picture was taken on his sixtieth birthday in 1931."

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… Centennial of Statehood gathering on August 1, 1920. It was named in honor of Maine's first governor of Maine, William King."

Historic Hallowell - Maine Industrial School for Girls

"--History - Stevens School, 1875 - 1920, Compiled by Jeanne P. Blaisdell Some of the activities for the girls focused on developing existing talents…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"… tensions and nativist hatreds rose through the 1920's, and in 1924 the Ku Klux Klan claimed 50,000 members in Maine."

Lincoln, Maine - Ballard Hill School, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"… the school was finally finished in the fall of 1920, Mrs. Ella P. Burr led her students from the Primary School up to the newly finished school for…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"The 1920 census stated that 566 people were living on Swan’s Island. It was said that each of the three villages had two stores at one time or…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"… of his home, and was in operation at least from 1920-1941 (his marriage license in 1923 lists him as a merchant)."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"A circa 1920 black silk velvet kimono-style evening coat is an example of the new unstructured fashions—different from western, fitted, tailored…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"With purchase of additional land in 1920, the original golf course evolved into a reasonably challenging nine-hole layout."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"1920 William Norman Ritche Pen and ink cartoon Collections of Maine Historical Society Born in Canada, "Norman" was a long-time contributor to the…"

Historic Hallowell - Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations

"“Report on Manufacturing Plants at Hallowell..” (1920): (Mar. 23, 2011) Johnson Shoe Factory, Hallowell, 1900. n.d. n.d."

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"The Torrent retired later between 1900-1920. The Tiger was built in 1835 and commissioned two years later in 1837."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"… “An Historical Geography of Bath, Maine: 1600-1920.” Dissertation, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a doctoral degree at…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… wooden four-masted barkentine was built in 1919/1920 by Dunn and Elliot as a coal carrier. In 1928 when coal was eliminated as a cargo item, the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ Died on April 6th, 1920 in California. Sources MMN Annotated Bibliography Julia Sell And Austin Hartwell Anderson, Eve."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Reform and Repeal

"1920 Collections of Maine Historical Society/Maine Today Media Coll. 1949; 2005.061.13657 These temperate citizens on a parade review stand in…"