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Cocktail History Collection

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: If you use this heading, please use Cocktails--History (LSCH) and History of Food and Drink (local), too.

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Parker & Co. Grocers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-141
Abstract

The Parker & Co. Grocers Collection was possibly written some time in the late 19th century by Parker & Co. grocers , who were established in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1822. The colelction includes information on the prices of wine, mineral water, and cigars.

Dates: Undated

Shropshire, England, Farm and Household Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-066
Abstract

This collection contains a household and farming ledger owned by a Shropshire, England family, dating 1832-1867. Two articles and a letter report the discovery of coal in Shropshire. The ledger also contains financial records, notes on wine making and farming, instructions for care of cattle and pest control, and various receipes and remedies.

Dates: 1832 - 1867

Soda Fountain Recipe Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-017
Abstract

This collection consists of a handwritten soda recipe book. Recipes include sundaes, punches, lemonades, egg cream drinks, and more.

Dates: Undated

St. Francis Hotel (San Francisco, CA) Liquor Store Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-021
Abstract

The collection contains a scrapbook of images from the liquor store window at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. The collection likely dates from about the 1950s, though none of the items are specifically dated.

Dates: c.1950s

Stimmel Distilling Company Form

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-028
Abstract

The Stimmel Distilling Company Form consists of a single form with a price list on one side and an order blank on the reverse.

Dates: c.1915

The Major School of Bartending Manual

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-008
Abstract

This binder contains a 1965 revised edition of a 1937 manual for students at the Los Angeles Modern Bartending School, later The Major School of Bartending. The manual has directions for tips and hints for bartenders, as well as a wide selection of standard and tropical cocktail recipes.

Dates: 1965

United States Bureau of Internal Revenue Distillery Forms

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-095
Abstract

The colletion contains a set of forms used by the United States Bureau of Internal Revenue in the regulation of distilled spirits.

Dates: 1902 - 1913

United States Internal Revenue Special Tax Stamps,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-061
Abstract

This collection includes a United States Internal Revenue Retail Liquor Dealer Stamp for Special Tax for the year 1876.

Dates: 1876 - 1876

Virginia Brewing Company Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-075
Abstract

The Virginia Brewing Company letter was written on September 27, 1909 by Louis A. Scholz, President of the company, and Henry Scholz, Secretary and Treasurer of the company requesting support for anti-Prohibition laws in Virginia.

Dates: 1909 - 1909

Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-055
Abstract

The collection contains three flyers for the national and Virginia branches Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), dating from about 1929.

Dates: c.1929