Maine Memory Network

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership

"Women, like the the young women pictured in "Daughters of Temperance", wore sashes or collars over their simple silk "everyday" dresses."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements

"… of First Parish Falmouth (now Portland) by 21 young men of the parish in 1775 at a time when most physicians still considered alcohol to be a…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"Burden Collection Many young men and women tended to see Temperance women as old maids, out of step with the roaring 20s—a very different image from…"

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

"The young, who had not experienced the earlier temperance crusades, largely rejected Prohibition. Many men and women of the 1920s, appalled by the…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"Paul's Church. In the 1830s, young college students, artists, and friends spent the wee hours singing in front of houses until they were paid to go…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"One of the most important people was Ammi B. Young, the architect of the Customs House, who also designed several other Customs Houses."