Looks like there may only be a one or two left in that pack. Better scare up 12 cents for another.

"Russell Lee took this photograph on April 6, 1941, at Tony's Tavern. Located at Thirty-first and Federal Streets in Chicago, the heart of a neighborhood called Bronzeville, Tony's Tavern opened around 1900. Its owner, Tony Finkelstein, hosted some music legends—Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, and Estelle and Jimmy Yancey. Menu specialties of the house were gumbo, fried shrimp, and hot dogs. Although big-name jazz and blues performers were often showcased at Tony's Tavern, lesser-known groups were also welcome, such as the one shown here. The painted mural of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was used as an identity backdrop for photograph sessions."

From Images of America - Chicago Blues - By Wilbert Jones

We visited this place before - Cafe Society: 1941

Regarding the nails on the man in the center with the beer. I bet he was a guitar picker, left handed.

The men in my family were taught to remove hats before taking a seat. (Quite a few, er ... confrontations with my own son with regard to this social faux pas.) Perhaps the dapper folks in Chicago didn't get the memo?

[Perhaps you've never been to Chicago. - Dave]

That lady on the right must be watching her carbs. She left her crust.

Go out for a sandwich and a beer, dressed to the nines. Back then people took pride in their appearance.

That fellow in the middle has more delicate fingers and nails than the ladies on either side of him.

'bout a sharp dressed (and manicured) man.

Our front-and-center couple are enjoying what in Detroit (and maybe Chicago) we called a "boomba".