Saloons; Bucket O’ blood. Billy Boushaw’s .

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Description:

Two-story wood sided saloon called The Bucket of Blood, on Hastings and Clinton streets. "The Bucket ... was widely regarded as a tough town's toughest joint at the turn of the century, an all-night saloon with an integrated clientele, the often-crowded Bucket was the scene of card games, crap games, dice games, open prostitution, so-called "wild music" and considerable knife and gun play," from The Detroit Almanac: 300 years of life in the Motor City.

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan and Detroit

Subject Topic:

Bars (Drinking establishments)

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc46635