Days Gone By

Jun 14 2012
4:08 pm

Lew Fields in the farcical stage musical “The Girl Behind the Counter,” 1907-1908.

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #actor #edwardian #edwardians #lew fields #portrait #the girl behind the counter #vintage #drunk #drinking #wasted #comedian #lol

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Jun 10 2012
1:05 pm

William Herman Rau, London, English Bar and Bar Maids, ca. 1893.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 11 months ago
#1880s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #bar #drinking #saloon #london #england #UK #barmaid #william herman rau

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Jun 6 2012
1:04 pm

Peruvian politician Manuel González Prada, 1915.

Posted 11 months ago
#1910s #vintage #portrait #history #peru #latin america #south america #mustache #manuel gonzalez prada #absinthe #drinking #latin american history

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May 10 2012
8:35 pm

Ernest Hemingway seated with the persons depicted in the novel “The Sun Also Rises”, 1925. The individuals depicted include Hemingway, Harold Loeb, Lady Duff Twysden, Hadley Richardson, Ogden Stewart and Pat Guthrie. Original caption is “Ernest Hemingway with Lady Duff Twysden, Hadley Hemingway, and three unidentified people at a cafe in Pamplona, Spain, during the Fiesta of San Fermin in July 1925.”

Source: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Ernest Hemingway Collection

Posted 1 year ago
#1920s #americans abroad #bohemians #cafe #cafe culture #drinking #ernest hemingway #expats #fiesta of san fermin #hadley hemingway #harold loeb #hemingway #lady duff twysden #ogden stewart #pamplona #pat guthrie #spain #the sun also rises #vintage #portrait #history #books #book

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Apr 20 2012
4:17 am

Nina Leen, Women sitting at a bar and having drinks, New York, 1947.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #new york #NYC #USA #nina leen #bar #vintage #drinking

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Apr 2 2012
4:51 pm

Frank William Micklethwaite, Unidentified group of men camping, Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada, ca. 1907.

Source: Library and Archives Canada

Posted 1 year ago
#1900s #camping #canada #edwardian #edwardians #frank william micklethwaite #friends #nature #ontario #portrait #vintage #funny #drinking #bowler hats

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Mar 29 2012
9:11 pm

Nat Farbman, Paris, February 1951.

Posted 1 year ago
#1950s #paris #france #nat farbman #drinking #bar #vintage

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Mar 21 2012
10:07 pm

Tony Linck, Men drinking out of teacups at the Chelsea Arts New Year’s Eve Ball, London, January 1947.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #london #england #UK #drinking #party #tony linck #vintage #party animals

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Mar 5 2012
2:08 pm

Toni Frissell, Fado singer in Portuguese nightclub, Lisbon, Portugal, 1946.

Source: Toni Frissell Collection, Library of Congress

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #lisbon #portugal #southern europe #guitars #musicians #singing #nightclub #toni frissell #drinking #vintage #drunk

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Feb 24 2012
4:00 pm

An artist and a sculptor drinking wine. Photograph by John Phillips. Rome, Italy, February 1949.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #rome #italy #vintage #john phillips #artist #sculptor #studio #artist studio #wine #drinking #friends

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