The Wild West saloon is an iconic image conjured up in countless films and novels. The dusty cowboy leaning on a bar, the sharp clang of coins from a card game, and the inevitable scuffle spilling ...

Split image: Left, old photo of men outside “Man at the Wheel Saloon,” one man on the roof steering a ship’s wheel. Right, several serious women pose under a sign reading, “Lips that touch liquor ...