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