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Painting by Lewis Krimmel, 1820.
This image available for photographic prints
HERE.
A
saloon or dancehall girl’s
job was to brighten the evenings of the many lonely men of the western
towns. In the
Old West, men usually
outnumbered women by at least three to one – sometimes more, as was the
case in
California in1850, where 90% of the population was male. Starved
for female companionship, the
saloon girl would sing for
the men, dance with them, and talk to them
– inducing them to remain in the
bar, buying drinks and patronizing the games.
Not all
saloons employed
saloon girls, such as in
Dodge City’s north side of Front Street, which was the “respectable”
side, where both
Saloon
girls and gambling were barred, and featured music and billiards as the
chief amusements to accompany drinking.
Return to Old
West Saloons
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From the Rocky Mountain General Store
 Saloon
Style Tin Signs - Decorate with
saloon-like
decor with these nostalgic tin signs. Find
saloons,
restaurants, liquor and beer, including Budweiser, Coors, and more.
All signs are made of heavy gauge metal and have rolled edges for
safe handling. Great for hanging or framing!
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