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Beverages de Luxe

Compiled in Louisville under George R. Washburne — 'deluxe' as the title insists — this Kentucky publication captured the pre-Prohibition mainstream in a handsomely bound recipe list.

Author
George R. Washburne (ed.)
Published
1911
Edition
1911
Publisher
Wine and Spirit Bulletin, Louisville
Published in
United States
Written in
English

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www.loc.gov/item/2020657964 ↗
Host
Library of Congress
Format
Page scans + searchable text
Access
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1911 and later editions differ; check the scan's title page.

Background

Kentucky was bourbon country and Louisville its bar capital; Beverages de Luxe sold the region's drinking culture in gilt. Later editions appeared — the Library of Congress also holds a 1914 printing — so editions should be cited distinctly.

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