Item 16096 - Portland City Hall Rum Room, ca. 1930
- Item 16096 - Portland City Hall Rum Room, ca. 1930
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- Item 16096
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Image Info The "Rum Room" at Portland City Hall with deputy sheriffs sitting on seized illegal alcohol.
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From the time Maine went dry in 1851 until the repeal of Prohibition in 1934, each town in Maine had a Rum Room where seized liquor was stored, then dumped into sewers, rivers, or the ocean.
From left to right: Dingley, Thomas Foley, John Emery, Fickett and Ernest Morton.
