Saloon girls were some of the most visible women in Wild West towns, but their lives were far from glamorous. Many worked long hours dancing, serving drinks, and entertaining customers in rough ...

Split image: Left, old photo of men outside “Man at the Wheel Saloon,” one man on the roof steering a ship’s wheel. Right, several serious women pose under a sign reading, “Lips that touch liquor ...

Most images of an Old West saloon are barroom brawls and gunfire, with scantily clad “soiled doves” hanging around. Not according to archeologist and historian Homer Thiel, who has extensively ...

Before Prohibition dried up the taps and made everyone grouchy, saloons were the social heartbeat of towns big and small. These vintage photos capture the rustic charm of these smoky, booze-filled ...