Dumes.Net

← Back to gallery Previous Next

Louis Tending Bar.

Year: ~1912 • Collection: Beverly Karp Mahone

Louis Dumes tending bar. Lillian Dumes Zoll told me that her father, Louis, had worked as a bartender in Brooklyn. I'm dating this as 1912 (or before) based on the fact that there is a keg of Trommer's Beer. Trommer's Beer was manufactured in Brooklyn and did not have national distribution at that time, so this picture was probably taken in Brooklyn. We know that by August 1912, Louis was living in Champaign, IL, so this picture must have been taken before that. The name of the place appears to be Reiser's Cafe as written over the cash register. It's easier to read on the original black and white version, as is the Trommer's Beer sign. In the New York Times of Nov. 14, 1971, Arthur Katzman wrote of getting election results in the early days: They used to flash the results up by magic lantern at Reiser's Cafe at Pitkin and Rockaway. Everybody cared in those days. There are some older structures still standing at the corner of Pitkin and Rockaway, but nothing to indicate that Reiser's Cafe was ever there.

Download See original B&W

People in the photo

Louis Dumes b. 15 Aug 1886 d. 18 Sep 1956

2026 Family Photos at Dumes.net