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Tavern league: portraits of Wisconsin bars

By Carl , Corey

Book information

Publisher
Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9780870205668
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
16 MB (16777385 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

In Tavern League, photographer Carl Corey documents a unique and important segment of the Wisconsin community. Our bars are unique micro-communities, offering patrons a sense of belonging. Many of these bars are the only public gathering place in the rural communities they serve. These simple taverns offer the individual the valuable opportunity for face to face conversation and camaraderie, particularly as people become more physically isolated through the accelerated use of the internet's social networking, mobile texting, gaming, and the rapid-fire of email. This collection of 60 pictures captures the Wisconsin tavern as it is today. Carl Corey's view is both familiar and undeniably unique, his pictures resonant with anyone who has set foot in a Wisconsin tavern...

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