Absinthe Ephemera VI - Photographs
Original photographs showing absinthe drinking are particularly important, as they offer first hand
evidence of the social context in which absinthe was served.
A group of men pose in front of a spring with a table
set for absinthe - notice the Pernod Fils bottle, carafe
and typical bistrot glasses.

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that might help with the identification of this photo.
The increased respectability of absinthe
drinking among the bourgeoisie in the years
around 1900 is typified by this photo showing
the director of the Kursaal in Enghien and his
wife enjoying a glass of Pernod Fils.
A photo-postcard showing a group of
Marseilles tram conductors mocking the
temperance movement by posing as the
"Ligue Anti-Alcoolique Catalan", while
each holding a glass of absinthe. On the
table is a bottle of Absinthe Cusenier.

Spoof photographs of this kind were a
popular novelty in the pro-absinthe camp.

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Undated photograph of a working man posing with an absinthe bottle and glass, his wife and child in the
background.

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