Dont make em' like this anymore

[Mr. Bond]

Here are a few billiard rooms from the early 1900s....
It would be nice if more room owners took this much pride today...

1916 - Chicago
Click here

1916 -Unknown location
Click here

1916 - Seattle, WA
Click here

1919 - Albert Pick room (probably Chicago)
Click here

1919 - Johnny Kling's Room
Click here

1920 - Augie Kieckheffer's Room (Chicago)
Outfitted by Albert Pick and Co. with all metal tables.
Click here

1923 - Ed Graney's Room San Fran
Click here

And speaking of Graney's Room....

 

[9ballrob]

Wish I had a time machine. Great pictures!

Thanks for posting them.

 

[Mr. Bond]

you'll notice the table style and architecture of the era...

and that they are similar in most of them...

 

[farouk]

I love how the Albert Pick one article suggests that owning a billiard hall is a profitable venture.

 

[Mr. Bond]

I love how the Albert Pick one article suggests that owning a billiard hall is a profitable venture.

Interestingly enough, at the time, it was a well known fact that prohibition was on the way. So many bars and pool halls had to convert to "alcohol free" or go under. This was also the case with Pick and Co. who produced a great deal of bar equipment, so they were going to need new sources of income.(which is primarily why Pick got into the billiard business at all)

The result: Pool halls with soda fountains (and even ice cream!), shoe shines, barbers, cigar shops, candy counters, etc etc

 

[J-Flo]

This should be on the main board!

For all of us who are into aiming systems, low deflection shafts, layered tips and $30 pieces of chalk. This should be on the main board to remind people what pool used to be. You can bet that these places weren't filled with a bunch of kids with there pants hanging off of their ass.