A look of puzzlement spread over Karen Langdon’s face when she saw the pair of shoes on display at the Montauk Historical Society .

The Montauk resident read a nearby note explaining these were “cow shoes” outfitted with hoofs instead of soles to disguise the tracks of bootleggers from prowling revenuers.

“Get out of here!” exclaimed Langdon, 64. “I love it.”

The shoes, part of an exhibition titled “How Dry We Weren’t, Rumrunning and Moonshine in Montauk,” are contained in a small compartment set within a wall-size map of eastern Long Island featuring artifacts from Prohibition days. Other boxes in the exhibit, on display through Labor Day, hold things like cards and chips from one of the four casinos that operated in the area and a half-full bottle of illegal whiskey that fell overbo

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