Russell designed logos for both the Mint and Silver Dollar saloons in Great Falls, Montana, and both emporiums eventually amassed significant collections of the artist’s work. A pen-and-ink drawing like this one was probably used to decorate a menu, among other things. With the coming of Prohibition, the Silver Dollar was forced to close its doors, and the Mint absorbed part of its collection. The Mint weathered Prohibition and the Depression by exhibiting its famous collection to all comers. “Actually this place was more like an art gallery than a saloon,” one cowboy recalled. Sid Willis, proprietor of the Mint, sold the collection in 1945, ten years before his death, and today it forms part of the Amon Carter Museum’s Russell collection.