Maine Memory Network

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… of drinkers in a Clay Cove (Portland waterfront) saloon, clearly depicts Irish-Americans in a cartoon style with the hat and pipe still used to…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"… Society While it was illegal to sell alcohol and saloons did not advertise, saloonkeepers continued to list themselves as such long after Maine…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Overview & Introduction

"… the zealous temperance crusader—a god-fearing, saloon bashing woman with an ax in her hand—and there's the prohibition-era wise guy, drinking his…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"Nation (1846-1911), was known for attacking saloons with her hatchet and made at least one visit to Bangor."

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

"Pushed forward by the Anti-Saloon League and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the 18th amendment was submitted in 1917."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders

"… liquor traffic." If it was the Ohio-based Anti-Saloon League, founded in 1893, that eventually tipped the nation's voters into supporting…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… place east of Boston where you can enter a gilded saloon and get an honest drink of pure liquor." Meanwhile, Portland claimed to be dry but had…"

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."

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."