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Bozeman Beer: 1939

June 1939. "Main street of Pony, Montana. A ghost mining town." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

June 1939. "Main street of Pony, Montana. A ghost mining town." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

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You could walk across the street to get some Blatz Beer -- all the way from Milwaukee.

I think we have a match

No TV antenna in 1939 but it's still a bar.

Surprisingly accurate today

Idyllic

I would have really enjoyed living in Pony. Until winter showed up.

The view today

I drove through Pony on a 2011 road trip when a friend recommended it. A proper time capsule.

This could be it ...

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