Library Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Ad, Magazine |
Published Date |
September 6, 1924 |
Catalog Number |
2011.0410 |
Author |
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. |
Subjects |
Advertisements Billiard halls Billiard parlors Billiard rooms Billiard table industry Billiards Community centers Cultural facilities Gender (Sex) Men Newspapers Recreation Recreation facilities |
Title |
"Billiards: A Gentleman's Game," Saturday Evening Post, September 6, 1924 |
Physical Description |
10 3/4" x 13 7/8". Some folding and minor tears. |
Collection |
Brunswick |
Summary |
A newspaper advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post marketing billiards and public billiard rooms to upper-class men. The ad suggests the game of billiards develops certain characteristics of gentlemen, namely "patience, good judgment and self-control," and "poise, bearing and a certain manly grace," a reference to William Thackeray's Henry Esmond. The reverse side of the page features a ScotTissue (of S. P. Co., or Scott Paper Company) advertisement and an excerpt from Professor, How Could You!, a 1924 novel by Harry Leon Wilson. |