A customer at the Brown Palace Hotel stands in front of one of the hotel’s extravagant bars

The photo dates to between 1910 and 1920, but it appears the photographer captured it before 1916, as there seem to be bottles of alcohol behind the bar. After 1916, most drinking took place in private rooms and suites, not in the hotel’s public areas. | Source:

Denver Public Library Special Collections, from digital.denverlibrary.org. “1910-1920,” Call#: Z-8823, available at The Brown Palace Hotel bar, Denver | Denver Public Library Digital Collections.

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