Pre-Prohibition bartender garb

[Penwu]

I would like to put together an vintage style bartender outfit for use working private parties and the like. Does anyone know of some good sources for pictures of what quality bartenders of the time (either 19-teens or 1930s) tended to wear? Good reference books, or web sites, or movies with historically accurate costuming?

Edited January 25, 2010 by Penwu (log)

[DerekW]

If memory serves, there are a couple of bartender's jackets pictured in Hotel and Saloon Supplies, in addition to one or two images like the one on the cover, showing people at work.

[Kent Wang]

I've been watching Deadwood. Does anyone know if that's accurate?

I don't mean the shabbily-dressed Dan Dorrity, but more like Tom Nutall or the bartenders at the Bella Union.

[KatieLoeb]

What are you looking for? Arm garters? Spats? Moustache wax?? You need to be a bit more specific, but I'd always suggest looking on eBay first.

[Penwu]

I have a professional costume maker in the family, so I'm looking for information rather than finished products. Primarily pictures of what was actually worn at the time, which I expect would be basically shirt, trousers, and vest. The question is, what type of shirts/vests/etc.