TAVERN RELICS
The Stuff That Makes A Bar A Bar.
Neon. Beer signs. Old hardware. Handwritten rules. Strange wall decorations. These objects are part of the record too.

The Glory Hole
Camdenton, MissouriHard-boiled eggs. Twenty-five cents each. The kind of handwritten bar artifact nobody could design better.

The Glory Hole
Camdenton, MissouriA wall-mounted “Pull My Finger” character — exactly the sort of inexplicable object that becomes part of a tavern’s identity.

The Glory Hole
Camdenton, MissouriVintage Michelob illuminated display and matching side lights.

The Glory Hole
Camdenton, MissouriLake of the Ozarks beer advertising preserved above the bar.

The Glory Hole
Camdenton, MissouriOne of the chandeliers that gives the room its unmistakable red-and-gold glow.

Iowa Buffet
St. Louis, MissouriThe old cooking equipment tied to generations of burgers and tavern lore.

Dog Prairie Tavern
St. Paul, MissouriA preserved beer display from the tavern’s collection of old advertising.

BJ’s Bar
Florissant, MissouriLayers of political and community memorabilia from a bar now preserved only through the archive.

