Fantastic Old Pic!
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That is a small billiard table. Thanks for sharing the pic with us. It is a great pic.
That's exactly what I thought as soon as I saw the picture...not the guy with the braces around his legs but the size of the pool table!
That seals it...I'm officially an addict...
Thanks for the pic!
-Brian
That's exactly what I thought as soon as I saw the picture...not the guy with the braces around his legs but the size of the pool table!
That seals it...I'm officially an addict...
Thanks for the pic!
-Brian
-Ditto^^^... looks like a 3 cushion bar box...
I have seen this before. I forget where. Note the young man has his pants rolled up to display the fact that he has two prosthetic limbs. The braces are part of the limbs stabilizing the thigh corset to the leg portion. Both legs are amputated below the knee.
This was at a period in time when pool/billiards was most popular and this image was to illustrate it was possible for him to play this quite popular game despite his disadvantage. (A public doubt existed towards people with handicaps for quite sometime). This illustration may have been part of an advertisement with the details of the table not significant based on the real message.
Prosthetics have come a long way, not only mechanically and technically but additionally, public perception and acceptance.
This was at a period in time when pool/billiards was most popular and this image was to illustrate it was possible for him to play this quite popular game despite his disadvantage. (A public doubt existed towards people with handicaps for quite sometime). This illustration may have been part of an advertisement with the details of the table not significant based on the real message.
Prosthetics have come a long way, not only mechanically and technically but additionally, public perception and acceptance.
Tough game he has going on there.
Appears that he doesn't have a leg to stand on.
Appears that he doesn't have a leg to stand on.
yep!
Yep, just looking at the picture I'd bet big he doesn't pocket the ball!
Hu
Yep, just looking at the picture I'd bet big he doesn't pocket the ball!
Hu
That ball goes in 6 of the 8 pockets on the table if you know how to play it.
saw a table with eight actual pockets once
I saw a table with eight actual pockets once. Thing was huge with four legs on each side. Seems like it was in one of the old plantation homes but I can't remember which one, possibly saw it at a museum too. Something I saw in my travels. Seems like it might have been eight by sixteen, maybe ten by twenty. Took up a lot of real estate. I assume custom built long long ago!
Hu
I saw a table with eight actual pockets once. Thing was huge with four legs on each side. Seems like it was in one of the old plantation homes but I can't remember which one, possibly saw it at a museum too. Something I saw in my travels. Seems like it might have been eight by sixteen, maybe ten by twenty. Took up a lot of real estate. I assume custom built long long ago!
Hu
Yes they have come a long way. There are even semi-bionic ones now that move with thought.
Leather though was used extensively in older prosthetics and is still preferred as the best choice to strap them on for some folks today. I always find it fascinating how much leather is intertwined in our lives.