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The Union House Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: The Union House Tavern, known as Schulkamp's Corner Saloon, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street. A group of men are standing on the porch holdi...
Drawing

Barman — Dan

Date: 1932
Description: Dan bartending at Bill's Bar.
Drawing

Barman — Pete

Date: 1932
Description: Pete bartending at Club Simplon.
Drawing

Barman — Otto

Date: 1932
Description: Otto the barman from the perspective of a person on other side of the bar whose hands are shown reaching for eleven mugs of beer. The establishment is Zum ...
Drawing

Barman — Philip

Date: 1932
Description: Philip bartending at The Bath Club.
Photograph

Rose Bud Tavern

Date: 10 22 1937
Description: Couples and bartenders at the bar in Rose Bud Tavern (Club Rosebud), Route 50 (3520 E. Washington Avenue), examining a poster which reads: "$1200 in cash p...
Photograph

Rear Room in Joe's Place

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: View of rear room of Joe's Place, with a man sitting in the foreground. 786 W. Washington Avenue, owned by Joseph Puccio, Greenbush.
Postcard

The Pyramid Supper Club

Date: 1960
Description: Colorized postcard view of bartenders and group of people at an Egyptian-themed cocktail bar, the Pyramid Supper Club, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
Photograph

The White Front Tavern

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Description: William R. "Bill" Kinney (1912-1978) behind the bar of the White Front Tavern. Bill and his brother Howard Kinney owned the bar from 1948-1956. Three unide...
Photograph

J. Auermuller Restaurant and Saloon

Date: 1902
Description: Exterior view from unpaved street of a group of men enjoying mugs of beer while standing at the front entrance of J. Auermuller Restaurant and Saloon. Two ...
Photograph

Group Portrait of Men and Women at a Bar

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Description: A group of men and women sitting around a table smoking cigarettes and gesturing, probably at a bar or restaurant. One of the women is kicking her leg high...
Photograph

Afternoon Jazz at the Coliseum Bar

Date: 10 2013
Description: View from behind of a crowd of men and women sitting at tables watching three musicians. One man is playing the piano, another man is playing a stand up ba...
Photograph

Fishers' Night Out

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Description: Elevated view of a crowded bar, all men, in the evening before a fishing banquet. Two men are bartending behind the rectangular shaped bar. A sign high up ...
Photograph

Post-Pagoda Rewards for Sid and Friends

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Description: Sid and his friends celebrating at a restaurant after installing the roof for the pagoda in Sid's backyard. Russell Pratt Mecalf is 2nd from right raising ...
Photograph

Book Signing Party at the Club Tavern

Date: 06 13 1975
Description: A group of three men and one woman sitting in a booth at the Club Tavern with author E.E. LeMasters, who is wearing a sport coat. Copies of the author's bo...
Photograph

Night at Pat O'Brien's

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: Six well-dressed patrons are posing sitting around a wooden table at Pat O'Brien's Bar in New Orleans. They are identified as, left to right: Walter A. and...
Postcard

The Rex Bar

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Description: People are sitting on stools along the bar, with bartenders behind serving drinks. Signs above the bar read: "Cocktails" and "Liquors." There is a jukebox ...
Photograph

John Carlson Behind Bar

Date: 1920
Description: Two men are standing on either side of a saloon bar. The bartender on the right is identified as John Carlson. The bar has a stamped tin ceiling, and there...

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