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  2. Big Jim Colosimo - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Outfit. Vincenzo Colosimo[2] (Italian: [vinˈtʃɛntso koˈlɔːzimo]; February 16, 1878 – May 11, 1920), known as James " Big Jim " Colosimo or as " Diamond Jim ", was an Italian-American Mafia crime boss who emigrated from Calabria, Italy, in 1895 and built a criminal empire in Chicago based on prostitution, gambling and ...

  3. Ada Coleman - Wikipedia

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    New Year's Eve at the Savoy Hotel 1907. Coleman was promoted to head bartender of the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel in 1903. [5] Though Coleman is sometimes cited as the first and only female head bartender at the Savoy, [6] there was already another woman tending bar, Ruth Burgess, known as "Miss B" or "Kitty", who started in 1902.

  4. Cosmetics in the 1920s - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1920s many women fulfilled their desire for darker fuller lashes by resorting to the use of common household products. Petroleum jelly (Vaseline) was mixed with soot or coal. The resulting solution was a dark gel that was then applied to the lashes with a fine brush. During the middle of the decade, mascara was available in cake ...

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  6. Speakeasy - Wikipedia

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    New York's 21 Club was a Prohibition-era speakeasy. A speakeasy, also called a beer flat[1] or blind pig or blind tiger, was an illicit establishment that sold alcoholic beverages. The term may also refer to a retro style bar that replicates aspects of historical speakeasies. Speakeasy bars in the United States date back to at least the 1880s ...

  7. How bartender Jeff Bell is making a difference in the world ...

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    In just a few short years, Jeff Bell has become one of the most recognizable figure-heads in the bartending industry. In 2010, Bell started working at the famous New York City speakeasy PDT. His ...

  8. Western saloon - Wikipedia

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    The Jersey Lilly, Judge Roy Bean 's saloon in Langtry, Texas, c. 1900. A Western saloon is a kind of bar particular to the Old West. Saloons served customers such as fur trappers, cowboys, soldiers, lumberjacks, businessmen, lawmen, outlaws, miners, and gamblers. A saloon might also be known as a "watering trough, bughouse, shebang, cantina ...

  9. Dirndl - Wikipedia

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    Style experts recommend staying away from cheap outfits. [27] The dirndl should be tightly fitted to look right. [33] It is an absolute faux-pas to wear a dirndl without a blouse. [33] [27] In the past few decades, a modern tradition has developed around the placement of the knot on the apron. According to this tradition, tying the sash on the ...