Gold crown 1 slate question

[ballafish]

Hello I purchased a gold crown 1 and noticed the slate has 1955 hand written on the wood supports. Did Brunswick have slate that old laying around or is the 1955 not a date. The table is complete very little staple scars so I might assume it was in private ownership as a pool hall would of put on more felt over the years.

Thank you for any help you can provide,

Allen

 

[OTLB]

it was likely someone just marking them to keep them together, much better then what some guys do by using a chalk on the slate and then it disappearing. Backer boards should have been left on slate fyi

 

[ballafish]

backer boards

They were like that when I bought it. had a few screws missing. I'll put it together correct.

So you don't think the 1955 was a date just a number system someone used. I pretty sure the slate is from a gold crown 1 because it has the cutouts for the score keepers on the foot side. Every number I have found so far matches up.