Joker Bar regular on 3rd Street.
Down for maintenance.
The Joker Saloon was located at the corner of 3rd and P/Commercial. The 5-15-1890, ANACORTES AMERICAN featured advertisements for the saloon run by Con Sullivan which sold "wines, liquors,cigars." On 9-15-1904, the paper reported, "Con Sullivan to Improve [the Joker]." on 2-16-1911, it was reported the Joker Saloon would "Move into the Shamrock Bar while its frame building is being renovated." The bar apparently lasted until statewide Prohibition went into effect on 1-1-1916. By that year 23 of the 48 states had enacted laws forbidding the sale of liquor. On 1-1-1919, the 18th Amendment made prohibition the law of the land throughout the U.S.
In this postcard photo signs for Bellingham Bay Beer are prominent. There appears to be a barber shop advertising baths next to the saloon.
- Anacortes Museum Historical Photo Archive
