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[Hurricane Jack]

The historic Occidental Saloon & Hotel, Buffalo, WY. I enjoyed a few drinks in the Saloon there in 2004.


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[RJR]

The historic Occidental Saloon & Hotel, Buffalo, WY. I enjoyed a few drinks in the Saloon there in 2004.


1890's

1908

1908

2011

Great set of pics,Jack,thanks.

 

[Redfokker]

Great set of pics,Jack,thanks.

+1 Historic Preservation rocks. On the rocks, please.

 

[Frunobulax]

The historic Occidental Saloon & Hotel, Buffalo, WY. I enjoyed a few drinks in the Saloon there in 2004.

Dude! NSFW warning!

Seriously, looks like a great place to relax and have a drink and some good conversation. I have an affinity for hotel bars, especially older ones. People watching is at a premium in those places.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Seriously, looks like a great place to relax and have a drink and some good conversation.

When I was growing up there was a place a few miles out in the country & across the county line called the Peckerwood Club. The kind of place adults would go when they didn't want to be seen doing whatever it was they were doing. On the property were a big Saloon & dance hall with gambling in the basement, several little cottages out back that rented by the hr, & a house where a guard & his dogs lived. One of my best friend's dad was HP & he would get called out in the middle of the night to a "disturbance" at the Peckerwood Club when the county Sheriff was conveniently not around. He would always tell us stories & I couldn't wait until I turned 21 to go there. But by then it had been shut down forever. Today it stands in weeds & ruin. You can hardly see it from the road. I have gone exploring inside the ruins several times.

 

[carouselvic]

"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the Bible says to love your enemy." -Frank Sinatra

 

[carouselvic]

Walker Evans' amazing 1941 photograph taken in a New York Subway titled "Blind Man in Subway".

 

[Frunobulax]

Walker Evans' amazing 1941 photograph taken in a New York Subway titled "Blind Man in Subway".

They told him he was playing Carnegie Hall.


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

They told him he was playing Carnegie Hall.


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

Reminds me of the terrorist group that hijacked a busload of senior citizen accordion players on their way to perform on the Lawrence Welk show. The chief hostage negotiator for the FBI was off work that day so he had to be called in & get to the scene. The accordion players had nothing else to do while they waited with their captors on the bus so they practiced for their performance of "Lady of Spain." When the hostage negotiator arrived on the scene 3 hrs later the leader of the terrorist group told him that if all their demands were not met, they would release one accordion player every 15 min!

 

[BobHufford]

Nudie ...

 

[Bamaboots]

Nudie ...

Bob, I've long been fascinated by Nudi Cohn. Here are a couple of my favorites. Especially the Gram Parsons jacket.

 

[BobHufford]

Or our "local" boy Porter (from West Plains, MO).

 

[Redfokker]

1920s Oregon State engineering student W.C. Mock, went to work as an aeronautical engineer at Langley Field after graduation. The coat is spectacular! A lot to like about this image.

 

[carouselvic]

"The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow" 1871 by Thomas Annan

 

[carouselvic]

Muhammad Ali

 

[carouselvic]

Uncooperative but adorable models being photographed. (National Zoo, Washington D.C., 1926.)

 

[Frunobulax]

Muhammad Ali

Dapper!


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[carouselvic]

Play it as it lies. (1932)

 

[BobHufford]

Apologies if this is a repeat ...

 

[Bob Roberts]

Apologies if this is a repeat ...

Lump in throat...