Saturday Night "After Hours Crowd" at Sam's Club in Meaderville, Montana (1940)

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DescriptionSaturday Night "After Hours Crowd" at Sam's Club in Meaderville, Montana, Proprietor Sam Fior, Bartender Louis Fontana (1940). Fontana was 19 years old at the time this picture was taken. He "hopped tables" there and then after hours Sam Fior went to the poker table and Fontana worked behind the bar. Shortly after this time Fontana went to California to work briefly and was then drafted into the Navy. He met his wife Ann when he returned to Butte after the war. They met at a roller skating rink. "I fell at his feet and that was it," says Ann. (2009 interview with Louis and Ann Fontana in their Butte home.)TypeImageCreatorUnknown Photographer; Louis FontanaGenrephotographsDate1940SubjectButte (Mont.) - HistoryMeaderville (Mont.) - HistoryContributing InstitutionButte-Silver Bow Public LibraryGeographic CoverageButte, MontanaMeaderville, MontanaTime Period Represented1935 - 1945;;Digital CollectionButte Digital Image ProjectDigital Formatimage/tiffProvenanceFontana, LouisSource978.668 From Louis Fontana collection. Not owned by library.Date Digitized2009-12copyrightnot specified

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Saturday Night "After Hours Crowd" at Sam's Club in Meaderville, Montana (1940)

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