Historic Advertisements

[DavidH]

Many archives are putting their collections online so let's see if we can spot some old ads for Irish whiskey...

[DavidH]

From the Library of Congress archive:

Bushmills Irish Whiskey
1911, USA
1911, USA
1911, USA
1911, USA

These are tantalising... I can't quite read the whole ad:
BUSHMILLS IRISH WHISKEY
10 YEARS OLD
ALEX D. ?
NEW YORK ?

Old Bushmills Irish Whiskey
1912, USA
1912, USA
1912, USA
1910-1915, USA

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Excellent David those snaps are class ...

And people complain about the premiership being comercially driven ...

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Came across this ad from 1907 on Ebay

Curiously it is advertised as a pure pot still.

Old Bushmills Pure Pot Still 1907 Advert

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I think this is more trying to emphasise that is was not a blend but a pure potstill malt.

One has to remember that single malt was not really a term back in those days.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

ANother Bushmills Advert this time from 1896

This is the more usual descriptiom of

Old Bushmills Pure Malt Whiskey.

Part of the text says

The Largest Stock
of Fine Old Matured
Pure Malt Whiskey
In the world

Old Bushmills Advert 1896

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The text says