# Thought you might like this photo, Beck **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559 "2026-06-02T04:18:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559/1 "2026-06-02T04:18:25Z")
https://embed.reddit.com/r/UtterlyUniquePhotos/comments/1tu7xaw/having_a_drink_at_jacks_saloon_in_hot_springs/?embed=true&ref_source=embed&ref=share ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559/2 "2026-06-02T05:19:45Z")
I love it. There’s a giant archive of klitch-y photos of Hot Springs wild west days of the 30s. I can’t remember the name of the book. I’ll look and see if I can find it. ETA it’s called HotSprings from Capone to Costello. By a local guy names Raines. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559/3 "2026-06-02T10:41:30Z")
For some reason MS Edge did not want to preview your url. It said MS Edge was blocking the photo. But when I pasted the url into a fresh tab it worked fine. Go figure. Certainly not your fault. And there’s certainly nothing objectionable about the pic to a person or to a computer. For anyone else who gets the blocked image message, try pasting this url into a fresh tab. `https://www.reddit.com/r/UtterlyUniquePhotos/comments/1tu7xaw/having_a_drink_at_jacks_saloon_in_hot_springs/` All the tech problems aside, that’s a great image of a bygone era. The past was a very foreign country. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559/4 "2026-06-02T10:58:44Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The past was a very foreign country. Keep in mind, this is still post-prohibition. Then again, reasonably-priced shots might be a thing of the past… ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559/5 "2026-06-02T10:59:00Z")
I lived in Hot Springs for a few years in the 70s. Mineral springs fountains, Bathhouse Row, Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum, the racetrack, birthplace of Wal Mart, plenty of lakes, riots downtown when Roots aired, retirement spot for ex-gangsters, designer outhouses… ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559/6 "2026-06-02T18:11:26Z")
Jack’s Saloon was not a real bar but was a photo prop in an amusement park called Happy Hollow in Hot Springs. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559/7 "2026-06-03T00:06:31Z")
Many of those photos were set up as tourist postcards and attractions for taking your own photos. The birth place of Walmart was not Hot Springs. Bentonville, Ar was the first location of a store Sam Walton created. The first Walmart was in Rogers, Arkansas ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559/8 "2026-06-03T02:53:52Z")
What are “Dude drinks?” and “stick gin?” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559/9 "2026-06-03T02:57:56Z")
Wouldn’t you like to know, Dude? (I’m sure it means watered down whiskey for greenhorns) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559/10 "2026-06-03T03:04:17Z")
The AI says it means fancy cocktails that city slickers drink. But high balls are listed right on top of it. Isn’t that the same thing? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559/11 "2026-06-03T03:06:15Z")
Stick Gin is a nickel shot. Seems stick was slang for nickel. New one on me. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559/12 "2026-06-03T03:45:41Z")
Dude drinks are 75 cents, but another sign says “Don’t ask for no durn fool dude drink”. So how are you supposed to get one if you can’t ask for it? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559/13 "2026-06-03T07:31:06Z")
That’s actually Beck behind the bar pouring. Before going blond. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-you-might-like-this-photo-beck/1030559/14 "2026-06-03T09:21:31Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > The AI says it means fancy cocktails that city slickers drink. But high balls are listed right on top of it. Isn’t that the same thing? Not necessarily. Locally, a “highball” is booze and mix. Think “gin and tonic” or “rum and Coke” or “Scotch and soda.” Garnishes might be a slice of lemon or lime. Those are highballs. As easy to make as pouring a draft beer. Ice, shot of booze, fill up the glass with mix, there you go. Cocktails are a lot more complicated. A Bloody Mary cocktail is vodka, tomato juice, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, usually in a spice-rimmed glass, served with a lime wedge, and any number of different garnishes: a celery stalk, spiced beans, dill pickles, olives, bacon, a pepperoni stick, or whatever strikes the bartender’s fancy. And that’s just the start. Just about every watering hole can do a highball like a gin and tonic; not every place can do a cocktail like a margarita from scratch.