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Object Name |
Catalog, Mail Order |
Catalog Number |
2011.0004 |
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 1904. |
Physical Description |
Catalog is approximately 15in. X 11in. and has 44 numbered pages (not including cover) along with some unnumbered inserts. The front cover is colored and shows heavy wear. Catalog has been laminated. |
Collection |
Brunswick |
Summary |
The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. Billiard and Pool Table Catalog No. 1402, 1904. Tables with pictures and descriptions: New Century, Warwick, Wellington, Delaware, Royal Cabinet, Newport, Home Pastime, Home Mission, Pfister (four and six leg), Oxford, Saratoga (four and six leg), Cambridge, Narragansett, York and Southern. Game tables: Pigeon Hole, Shuffle Board. Accessory items with pictures and descriptions: Monarch patent carrom plugs, Pocket stops, cue racks: No. 3 cue rack, No. 1 cue rack, Private cue rack, Patent brass locks, Oxford cue cabinet, English Billiard room cabinet, Home comfort combination chair and table, ball racks: popular ball rack, economy ball rack, pool counter ball rack, billiard cues, time and price register, automatic time stamp. Advertisements included: Monarch cushions, Simonis cloth, Book: Modern Billiards. Other items for purchase: Beer, ale and wine coolers, Mint bowling alley, Bowling alleys, Paris Exposition of 1900. Installment and easy monthly payment plans. Company information: Locations and pictures of all factories, branch offices and sales rooms. 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." "Prices speak for themselves, but quality talks to your customers." |