As Frank Sinatra once said, “I feel bad for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day.” Take a look at people in the past enjoying alcohol through 25 funny vintage photographs:
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A dog and his owner enjoying a beer at the pub. (Fox) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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Two men sharing a drink. (Kimberly Hopkins) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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Tallulah Bankhead drinking champagne from her shoe. (Popperfoto) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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Men drinking wine in a bar in Mexico City. (Earl Leaf) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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| A corporal carrying a full load of beer in Korea. (Interim) |
The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol
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Waitresses showing empty beer litre tankards at the Oktoberfest. (Georg Göbel) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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A group of young people enjoying their night in Lodz. (Elzbieta Sekowska) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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A man holding a bottle of wine on his head at a party in Greenwich Village. (Weegee) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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A staged scene of a drunken group of people in a living room. (Kurt Hutton) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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A student sinking a yard of ale at a Cambridge pub. (Mirrorpix) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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Barmaids in costume from the Festival Inn in East London. (Hulton) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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| Two men drinking wine from a barrel in Paris. (AFP) |
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Three peasants cheering. (Jean-Louis Swiners) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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| The Birmingham City team celebrating a win with champagne in the bath. (Evening Standard) |
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| A wine festival in Bulgaria. (Jean-Claude Deutsch) |
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| Three men drinking from a large glass of beer. (Keystone) |
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| Two drunks asleep on the street outside Betty's Tavern in New York. (William Lovelace) |
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Students at Oxford University smoking and drinking in their study. (Chris Ware) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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A man doing headstand in a beer tent at the Oktoberfest. (Betzler) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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A young girl passing out in a bar. (Billy Monk) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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A publican serving a glass of stout to a donkey in the East End of London. (Steve Lewis) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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A member of the Hells Angels' drinking beer from a plastic container. (Bill Ray) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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A group of young people lying in shallow water and drinking beer. (Rudolf Dietrich) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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A pair of young men with glasses of beer. (KUCO) The Joy of Drinking: Vintage Photos of People Having a Good Time With Alcohol |
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