Newspaper Tidbits - Booth's Brandy, et.al.....

[Jim Garrett]

In a book published about 1976 "Saloon" by Toby Thompson, it also included Bonnie & Clyde and Lee Harvey Oswald as patrons of the Absinthe House. I doubt the information about Oswald. While he spent time in New Orleans, he was not much of a drinker.

The other issue that brought doubt about the picture was the number of bottles behind the bar. I feel that most saloons in 1865 had a rather limited inventory and since the Star was closed in 1865, there wouldn't be a picture with a large and various inventory, that would be more likely later in the century.