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First edition, first impression of George Brown's Bar by John Banasiak (2026)

Large format hardback in new condition

Clothbound, 9 x 12 inches, 80 pages, 47 duotone plates

About

One night as I stood back and watched the spectacle of a Saturday night celebration at George Brown's, I remember thinking that that these were people who knew how to play hard and have a good time. They were survivors of the two world wars and the Great Depression. They knew what difficult times were, but when it was time to have a good time they had one and partied as if there were no tomorrow, or yesterday for that matter…I thought that maybe they were able to enjoy life this way because they lived through times where it actually did seem as if there would be no tomorrow. — John Banasiak

This volume contains 45 black and white images from the time Banasiak spent behind the bar, taking photos on a collapsible Kodak Retina and looking for “someone wrapped in an atmospheric magic.” His photographs and writing capture a time of close friendships, modest living, and unspoken memories of the painful years of WWII, just 26 years past.