Item 15538 - Prohibition cartoon, ca. 1851

Item 15538 - Prohibition cartoon, ca. 1851
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Item 15538
Prohibition cartoon, ca. 1851
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A political cartoon about the prohibition of alcohol. Maine was the first state to prohibit sale of alcohol in 1851. Prohibition became part of the state constitution in 1885.

A repeal effort failed in 1911. In 1934, a year after national prohibition was repealed, Maine's prohibition of alcohol law was repealed.

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