H. P. Whitney Cocktail

1915 Kentucky Derby winner Regret with trainer James Rowe (left) and owner Harry Payne Whitney.
1915 Kentucky Derby winner Regret with trainer James Rowe (left) and owner Harry Payne Whitney.
  • Take two dashes of orange bitters
  • One dash of Maraschino
  • One liqueur-glass of French Vermouth, and
  • Two liqueur-glasses of dry gin
  • Fill the mixing-glass with ice
  • Stir well and
  • Strain into a cocktail-glass
  • Serve with an orange peel and a queen olive
Louis’ Mixed Drinks by Louis Muckensturm, 1906

Manhattan Cocktail

Aerial view of the tip of Manhattan, New York, United States ca. 1931.
Aerial view of the tip of Manhattan, New York, United States ca. 1931.
  • Fill mixing-glass half-full fine ice
  • Add two dashes gum-syrup
  • Two dashes Boker’s bitters
  • One-half jigger Italian vermouth
  • One-half jigger whiskey
  • Mix
  • Strain into cocktail-glass
  • Add a piece of lemon peel
The Gorham Cocktail Book, 1905

Pacific Union

Pacific Union Club, Willis Polk, 1913
Pacific Union Club, Willis Polk, 1913
  • Put a lump of ice in a glass and
  • Two dashes of gum syrup; on this
  • Two dashes of Curaçao
  • Three of Boker’s bitters, a
  • Wine-glass of Italian vermouth and
  • One pony of rye whisky
  • Shake
  • Thoroughly mix, and
  • Strain into a glass in which there is a twist of lemon-peel
One Hundred & One Beverages by May E. Southworth, 1904

The Pacific-Union Club is a social club in San Francisco, at the top of Nob Hill, founded in 1889 as a merger of two earlier clubs: the Pacific Club (founded 1852) and the Union Club (founded 1854).

Flip Flap

(Leo’s specialties)

  • Fill up a sherry wine glass two-thirds full of Maraschino, yellow Chartreuse, Kummel in equal proportions, and
  • One dash of Kirschenwasser
  • Having done this, add the white of an egg with
  • A little sugar
  • Shake or swizzle well in a tumbler and
  • Serve in a thin glass
American & Other Drinks by Leo Engel, 1878

Alaska Cocktail

Cartoon satirizing the Alaska purchase of 1867. Secretary of State William Seward rubs cooling salve (Alaska) on the feverish (and embattled) president, Andrew Johnson. In the background, "the advantages" are dominion over the Eskimos, and in the poster, Uncle Sam is chased by polar bears.
Cartoon satirizing the Alaska purchase of 1867. Secretary of State William Seward rubs cooling salve (Alaska) on the feverish (and embattled) president, Andrew Johnson. In the background, “the advantages” are dominion over the Eskimos, and in the poster, Uncle Sam is chased by polar bears.
  • 1 Dash Orange Bitters
  • 1/3 Jigger Yellow Chartreuse
  • 2/3 Jigger Tom Gin
  • Shake
Straub’s Manual of Mixed Drinks by Jacques Straub, 1913

Old-Fashioned Gin Cocktail

1919
1919
  • Use a gin glass
  • 1/3 of a glass of water
  • 1/2 spoonful of sugar
  • Dissolve the sugar well
  • 2 or 3 dashes of bitters (Angostura)
  • 1 small lump of ice
  • 2-3 glass of gin
  • Wish a piece of lemon peel and drop in the glass
  • Mix well with a spoon, and
  • Serve

This drink is extremely popular with elderly persons who have been good fellows for a generation.

Daly’s Bartenders’ Encyclopedia by Tim Daly, 1903

Fedora

Sir Jos. Duveen, art authority. 1920s
Sir Jos. Duveen, art authority. 1920s
  • Use large bar-glass
  • Three-fourths full of shaved ice
  • Two tablespoonfuls of fine sugar dissolved in a little water
  • One pony of brandy
  • One pony of Curaçao
  • One-half pony of whiskey
  • One-half pony of Jamaica rum
  • Shake well
  • Dress with fruit and serve with straws
New Bartender’s Guide, I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1914

Reviver

1890 Puck magazine cartoon. A woman labeled "South American Trade" is shown fainted in a chair. U.S. Secretary of State James G. Blaine tries to revive her with a bellows labeled "WIND". Puck tugs at his coattail and holds up a bottle labeled "FREE TRADE ELIXIR". Caption: SURE CURE
1890 Puck magazine cartoon. A woman labeled “South American Trade” is shown fainted in a chair. U.S. Secretary of State James G. Blaine tries to revive her with a bellows labeled “WIND”. Puck tugs at his coattail and holds up a bottle labeled “FREE TRADE ELIXIR”. Caption: SURE CURE
  • A sherry-glass one-third full maraschino
  • One-third noyau, and
  • One-third yellow chartreuse
Modern American Drinks by George J. Kappeler, 1900