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Title
John Black's Saloon
Description
Saloon, with patrons and bartender. Picture of unidentified woman on wall to left of mirror. Dog in center of picture. Standing left to right: John Black, bartender; John MacKay; Bert Merithew; John Mallory, Louis Munzinger; Bart McGee. Seated left to right: Billie Birchim (sic), J. D. Black (in lap of Billie Birchim), Jim McBride (with moustache); John Clarke (with white beard); Little Green, "the Barber." Title supplied by cataloger.
Names
Black, John; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960
Format Extent
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm
Subject
Bars (Drinking establishments)--California--Bishop; Saloons--California--Bishop; Drinking customs--California--Bishop; Manners and customs--California--Bishop--19th century; Bartenders; Eating and drinking
Note
John Black operated this saloon in Bishop, California. Voter registration lists from Inyo County record a Louis Munzinger as residing in Bishop in 1922, 1926 and 1928. According to these records, John Mallory was a blacksmith there in 1922 and a James McBride lived in Bishop in 1922 and 1926. The Birchims were a pioneer family of ranchers in Bishop, with a son named Will, who is perhaps our "Billie." As for Black, he bought this saloon in 1888. In 1902 he opened a saloon Big Pine, and later moved his family there. He also developed mining interests in the Chrysopolis, California area, beginning in the late 1890s. While possibly a miner in Virginia City, Nevada, John Black met Rose Carroll and married her in Bridgeport, California; the couple resided in Bodie, California, until moving to Bishop, in 1886. He was the father of J. D. Black (1893-1960), seen here in the photograph. John Black died in 1923.
Collection
J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Series 3: Photographs, Box 11ov, Sleeve 1
Type
Language
eng
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