It s a portrait of a beautiful chestnut haired woman painted on the floorboards of the town s historic teller house bar and the story behind it is as captivating as the woman s smile.
Face on the barroom floor central city colorado.
But in central city there is a barroom where one such face is not only tolerated it s celebrated.
The haunting beauty of the thumbnail is preserved at the teller house in central city co.
It was painted in 1936 by herndon davis.
The face on the barroom floor.
The face on the barroom floor was referenced in the three stooges short movie maniacs in 1936.
It s just an oil painting on a floor.
The original idea for painting faces on saloon floors came from a poem from 1898 by hugh antoine d arcy.
Madam lou bunch day.
The poem was the inspiration for the face on the barroom floor painting by herndon davis in the teller house bar in central city colorado and that painting inspired a chamber opera by henry mollicone.
The eponymous face on the barroom floor in central city colorado that inspired the one act opera by composer henry mollicone and librettist john bowman.
Ghost town disc golf.
The face on the barroom floor is a painting on the floor of the teller house bar in central city colorado united states.
Courtesy of teller house.