so, on last posting of Dawson material before the northern landscapes all start to fade. The Pit Bar at the Westminster Hotel haven't changed their interior decor for 20 years, since the last owner sold it, and for who knows how long before that. And the last owner filled the bar with portraits of the community from years earlier. I think they're amazing. Talk about Canadian Folk Art: this bar should just be airlifted straight into an art gallery: nicotine stains and all. Here are a few of them. The last 'romance' painting is actually a painting of Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II being felt up by the painter... who apparently had a crush on her...
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