Keywords: Gin
Item 101697
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Media: Ink on paper
Item 8144
South side of Water Street, Skowhegan, 1884
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1884 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes
Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes showcases historic recipes, dating from the 18th century to the 1950s, like sweet treats, traditional favorites, promotional printings, medicinal concoctions, curious libations, and recipes that have fallen out of favor.
Exhibit
John Y. Merrill: Leeds Farmer, Entrepreneur, & More
John Y. Merrill of Leeds (1823-1898) made terse entries in diaries he kept for 11 years. His few words still provide a glimpse into the life of a mid 18th century farmer, who also made shoes, quarried stone, moved barns, made healing salves -- and was active in civic affairs.
Site Page
Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst
"… boasts, "But if we get too tipsy on prohibition gin, the police, always ready, the guard-house runs us in." X Three Lads Drinking H."
Site Page
Rum, Riot, and Reform - Society Copes
"… used to make me frisky So long high ball, so long gin. Oh, tell me when you comin back again?" X Buy Your Grape Juice with a Signed…"
Story
Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick
A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman
