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

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

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

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