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Liquor Shopping in 18th Century New York
With all the cocktail goings-on currently, it’s worth a look back toward the 18th century processes being rediscovered and further riffed upon today. New York’s Vaux Hall Gardens were once located near...
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Having Dinner with Robert Jocelyn
I’ll have the Scollop of Oysters, hartychokes, cold lobster, and olive pudding! Winterthur has in their collections the Dinner Book of Robert Jocelyn, First Viscount of Jocelyn and one time Lord...
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Nanny – A Servant Wager Cup
Online databases are incredible tools. While my museum career has mostly focused on textiles, dress, and ethnographic materials, I never know what is going to inspire me when I search mfa.org,...
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Museum Monday: Online Patterns of Eighteenth Century Garments from LACMA’s...
Speaking as a museum professional and a living history practitioner, what a great project. Theatrical designer Thomas John Bernard and Curatorial Assistant Clarissa Esguerra work with the collection at...
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Eighteenth Century for the Weekend
RL Fifield, 2012. Last weekend, The Brigade of the American Revolution hosted an Authenticity Event at Don Carpentier’s Eastfield Village. A collection of two taverns, a store, a church, a doctor’s...
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The Historic Fabric of Philadelphia: James E. Taylor’s Sketchbook
James E. Taylor. PHoto: National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Using Winterthur’s online collections resources last night, I stumbled onto James...
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A Visit to the Drugstore, 1786
Halloween’s passed us by, but here’s a tale of horror from the late eighteenth century: a visit to the drugstore. This advertisement appeared in The Maryland Journal on August 11, 1786. Particularly...
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A Dinner in Winter, 1756
As Winter settles around our shoulders, I like to consider what was considered seasonal fare in the eighteenth century. A big fan of eighteenth century table maps (see my post on Winterthur’s Robert...
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Thoughts on the Winter Garden
Manhattan Tomato Harvest, 2011. I come from a gardening family, and at this time of year, I’m biding my time until garden season. My great grandfather was listed in the 1930 Census as “Superintendent”...
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Eighteenth Century Maryland Beer
I was looking for some family members using the American Antiquarian Society’s America’s Historical Newspapers database, and found this advertisement for Rock Run Beer. Lower Ferry was located between...
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