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Man that's a pretty sight. I have a set with very old legs and aprons but newer rails. It actually seems, after doing more inquiries, that MSU replaced all of the rails several times over the course of the tables' lives.

I have, but I can't find anything to support the theory. The catalog and all other materials from back then only show the stripes. I'm assuming they must have offered them that way, though, since I've seen a number of them in person, albeit in the same place, and all purchased at the same time.

Sorry it's taken so long... I'm fairly certain that I bought two Frankenstein tables, as one of the leg sets is clearly sixties and the other is clearly quite early, the rails are all newer with the figure 8 brackets, etc. Anyhow, here is a pic of the newer one, the one I'm keeping to play...

It's strange, because both of the tables I bought have the side pocket castings, all castings and leg bands are silver, and everything about them is identical, aside from color and aprons. And, I'm certain the one without the apron lines is quite a bit older than the one that has them, just...

Thanks for the info! I really appreciate the instruction manual as I hadn't come across one yet. And, those pics seem to be quite similar to what I'm working with. I'll investigate the rails and slates for stampings, dates, etc. today and get some pictures up of the various parts. Thanks for...

They said They said they had no record of them being refinished, but I suppose that's as easy as them losing the records or something. All of the earliest photos show them with no apron lines, though, so I'm intrigued. I personally like the look a lot less, but have never seen one until I saw...

Rails The rails are solid wood, stained dark. Looks like mahogany or poplar? Not real sure, just know that they're real wood. The picture does make them look solid colored, almost like they used a red filter or something when taking the pic, as the contrast isn't quite so dramatic. I'll...

Hmmm... That's strange, because the date of purchase on the bill of sale at the University for those 9 tables, as well as the date listed on file for this Photograph, was 1949. I'll have to dig in at the University for a more in depth explanation. Have you ever seen a non-striped Anniversary?

Greetings: I recently came into two Brunswick Anniversary Tables for a heck of a deal via Michigan State University's recently demolished Student Union Building, and now have a few questions regarding one of them. The first one is pretty cut and dry, it is like all the one's I've seen on the...