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Metadata
Object Name |
Catalog, Mail Order |
Catalog Number |
2011.0003 |
Author |
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. |
Subjects |
Accessories Alcoholic beverage industry Alleys, Bowling Billiard Billiard balls Billiard halls Billiard parlors Billiard rooms Billiard table industry Bowling Buildings Bulbs, Light Business & finance Business enterprises Cabinets (Case furniture) Calculating machines Chairs Child behavior Cigars Cloth Commercial catalogs Equipment Equipment & supplies Game industry Game rooms Games Lighting Office buildings Pool Supplies Tables |
Title |
The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. Billiard and Pool Table Catalog 1902. |
Physical Description |
Catalog is approximately 17in. X 11in. and has 34 numbered pages (not including cover). The front cover is colored and shows some wear. |
Collection |
Brunswick |
Summary |
The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. Billiard and Pool Table Catalog No. 1122 July, 1902. Tables with pictures and descriptions: Challenge, Eureka, Delaware, Royal Cabinet, Newport, Home pastime, Pfister (four and six leg), Oxford, Saratoga (four and six leg), Cambridge, Narragansett, Richmond, Universal, York and Southern. Game tables not pictured in 1989 catalog: Little Monte Carlo. Game tables with pictures and descriptions: Pigeon Hole, Shuffle Board and Klonike. Accessory items with pictures and descriptions included: table reflectors, cue racks, ball racks, billiard cues, billiard markers, marker stands, time and price register and automatic time stamp, brass locks. Advertisements included: Monarch cushions, Simonis cloth, Book: Modern Billiards. Not shown in 1898 catalog: Wickes patent tile lined refrigerators for family, clubs, hotels and restaurants. Paris Exposition of 1900. Installment and easy monthly payment plans. Company information: Locations and of all factories, Suits for infringement of bowling alley patents. Company advice to proprietors: "Quality talks to your customers", "The successful billiard-room keeper", "Billiard tables of good quality pay for themselves", "Hints on care of billiard tables, etc.", "How to set up a billiard table", "Size of the billiard room, gas lights, etc." "Our tables are the best in the world." Table construction information: Patent convertible cushion rails, Patent improved pool table. "A word on detail of construction." "A word on the subject of cues." |