1941~2~STUDIO PROP RPPC LOT~NOVELTY~CHICAGO,IL~ANNE GILBERT,NY~DINTY MOORE BAR For Sale

TWO vintage, mid-20th-century novelty prop photo booth postcards.

Rather than being taken in an actual bar, photos with this identical background were captured using a painted theatrical backdrop inside amusement park or carnival penny arcades—most famously at the historic, now-defunct Riverview Park in Chicago.Coney Island(Brooklyn, New York):Famed for pioneering early 20th-century novelty photography, Coney Island's boardwalk arcades heavily utilized these comic-strip-themed "Dinty Moore" backdrops

Key Details & Cultural Context

• The Setting: Patrons would step inside the booth, lean against the mock wooden bar structure, and pose with prop bottles or jugs to create a humorous, "rebellious" souvenir photo to mail to friends.
• "Dinty Moore": The bar sign pays homage to a fictional tavern owner from the highly popular mid-century comic strip Bringing Up Father.
• "Mickey Fin": The jug held by the center man reads "Mickey Fin" (or Mickey Finn), a well-known slang term for a drink secretly laced with a drug or extra strong alcohol to knock someone out.