Whisky in History — Circa 1900
This is the first post in a weekly mini-series featuring whisky’s role in the 20th century by way of the Life Archive. We’ll cover whisky on Saturdays, cigars on Sundays. This Saturday, we start off with whisky history circa 1900. Given the state of photography at the time, most images from this period are scans of advertisements, logos, and branding.
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Howdy Luke,
Very cool. Lots of fun to look at these. One question, though: I’m curious about the Airport Straight Whiskey from January 1, 1900. The Wright Brothers didn’t fly at Kitty Hawk till 1907, so there would have been no airports, and that airplane looks like those from the 20s or 30s. Did somebody in 1900 just happen to have that sort of future vision?
I’ll look forward to next Saturday’s batch.
Best regards,
Bob
Thanks for the comment Bob. You make a great point. As you can see in the image, Life has tagged this as Jan 1, 1900, which is probably due to them not knowing the actual date when storing and digitizing the images. I’ve stuck to their dates, even though some might not be as historically precise as I’d like. Mind you, they have said “circa 1900″ which leaves some wiggle room. Let me know if you spot any other discrepancies in Life’s dates in future posts.
Cheers, Luke
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