Out for Drinks

Bars, saloons, pubs and speakeasies of days gone by. 

From various collections. 

Ralph Morse, LIFE © Time Inc.

The bar at a music hall, London, 1946. Source

Tony Linck, LIFE © Time Inc.

Sam's Bar and Grill, NYC, 1949. Source

John Philips, LIFE © Time Inc.

A small saloon in Paraguay, 1939. Source

National Library of Ireland

A pub in Moyvalley, Ireland, 1961. Source

Margaret Bourke-White, LIFE archives © Time Inc.

The Marlborough House, a speakeasy for socialites during Prohibition, NYC, 1933. Source

Eliot Eliosfon, LIFE © Time Inc.

Sloppy Joe's bar in Havana, 1946. Source

University of Washington Libraries

A saloon in Washington State, c. 1918. Source

Nina Leen, LIFE © Time Inc.

Women at a New York bar, 1947. Source

University of Washington Libraries

A tiny saloon in Bluff City, Alaska, c. 1906. Source

Margaret Bourke-White, LIFE © Time Inc.

Patrons at the Hunt Club, a carefully screened speakeasy, NYC, 1933. Source

Francis Miller, LIFE © Time Inc.

A squirrel monkey (named Sam) drinking at a bar, US, 1958. Source

Frank Scherschel, LIFE © Time Inc.

A champagne bar in Central City, Colorado, 1946. Source

Allan Grant, LIFE © Time Inc.

French fashion models having drinks in a Denver saloon, 1959. Source

Bill Ray, LIFE © Time Inc.

Czech soldiers at a pub, Czechoslovakia, 1968. Source

State Library of New South Wales

Drinks in an Australian bar, c. 1930s. Source

Snatch Summer's Closing Days

With a few days left of the season, let's enjoy these wonderful summertime posters from London Transport, 1920s and 30s.

From the collections of the London Transport Museum.

Poster by Harold Sandys Williamson, 1933. Source

Poster by L. B. Black, 1926. Source

Poster by Horace Taylor, 1926. Source

Poster by Herry Perry, 1934. Source

Poster by Vladimir Polunin, 1930. Source

Poster by Andrew Power, 1933. Source

Poster by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1925. Source

Poster by Dora M. Batty, 1927. Source

Poster by Vladimir Polunin, 1930. Source

Poster by Verney L. Danvers, 1925. Source

Poster by Barnett Freedman, 1936. Source

Poster by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1924. Source

Poster by Mary Coop, 1925. Source

Poster by Dora M. Batty, 1927. Source

Letters From Home

Soldiers reading and writing home, from World War One to Korea.

© IWM (B 15363)

A British soldier reads a letter in his dugout, Germany, 1945. Source

© IWM (BF 522)

A soldier writes a letter home from Korea, 1951-53. Source

LIFE/© Time Inc.

American soldiers read letters (and make fudge!) during a quiet moment, Italy, 1944. Source

© IWM (D 10966)

A letter from home for an Indian seaman recovering in hospital after a convoy attack, UK, 1942. Source

National Library of Australia

Men in a dugout read letters from home, unknown location, WWI. Source

 © IWM (MH 33021)

A soldier reads a letter in hospital, Korea, c. 1950. Source

© IWM (NA 285)

A tank crew reading letters, Tunisia, 1942. Source

© IWM (BU 3620)

A soldier writes a letter home from his tank turret, NW Europe, 1945. Source

 © IWM (O 53)

Soldiers write letters home from their billet in France, 1939. Source

 

© IWM (C 242)

Newly arrived Australian airmen read letters from home, UK, WW2. Source

© IWM (D 21456)

A British seaman writes a letter home from in hospital, UK, 1944. Source

© IWM (CI 673)

A member of an RAF anti-aircraft gunner crew reads a letter from home, India, WW2. Source

National Library of Scotland

Soldiers rest and read letters in a captured German dugout, WWI. Source

© IWM (D 6398)

A man of the British Honduras Forestry Unit, UK, 1941. Source

© IWM (MH 31506)

Members of the King's Own Scottish borderes get mail from home, Korea, 1951-52. Source

© IWM (TR 1521)

A British soldier reads a letter in Italy, 1944. Source

Daguerreotype Children II

All right, well, that "I'm back" was rather preliminary. :) I'll work on getting back on track, but meanwhile let's just assume this blog will a bit sporradic for a while. 

Today, another set of children of the 1850s! How incredible is it that we can look into the faces of children from the 1850s?  

Many of these are the work of the incomparable daguerreotype team Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes.

George Eastman House

An unidentified child by Southworth and Hawes, c. 1850. Source

Library of Congress

A child holding a black rag doll, c. 1852. Source

George Eastman House

An unidentified girl by Southworth and Hawes, c. 1850. Source

George Eastman House

Two children, c. 1855. Source

George Eastman House

An unidentified boy by Southworth and Hawes, c. 1850. Source

George Eastman House

(This one's actually an ambrotype, rather than daguerreotype.) Two girls, c. 1860. Source

A child by Southworth and Hawes, c. 1850. Source

A little girl by Southworth and Hawes, c. 1850. Source

A little boy by Southworth and Hawes, c. 1850. Source

Library of Congress

Elisa and John McAllister, 1849. Source

George Eastman House

A boy and girl, 1855. Source

By Southworth and Hawes, c. 1850. Source

A child at a window ledge, c. 1855. Source

George Eastman House

Alice Mary Hawes, daughter of photographer Josiah Hawes, c. 1850.  Source