I think I have only seen 1 picture of Balabushka ever. I did a search and the usual one is the only one you see. Is there seriously only the one picture of him out there?
We are up to two...
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Nice. My dad knew him actually pretty well. Offered my dad a cue after he did George a favor (no idea what) and my dad turned it down because he didnt play. Told me when I really got into pool during college.
Cool story. Sorry to hear that your Dad turned down that offer. I love that picture of him leaning up against the table. Very cool. I am sure that his relatives would probably have more pics of him, but maybe do not want to make them public.
Maybe he was just a very private type of person, and did not like getting his picture taken very often.
Nice. My dad knew him actually pretty well. Offered my dad a cue after he did George a favor (no idea what) and my dad turned it down because he didnt play. Told me when I really got into pool during college.
Cool story. Sorry to hear that your Dad turned down that offer. I love that picture of him leaning up against the table. Very cool. I am sure that his relatives would probably have more pics of him, but maybe do not want to make them public.
Maybe he was just a very private type of person, and did not like getting his picture taken very often.
He was in his shop most of the time, and he was very private about what he did in there, so that explains his availability for photos. Also, his public appearances, sometimes delivering cues to pool halls- a place where cameras where rare and a place , esp in NYC area, where there were many types that did not want photos taken at all for obvious reasons.
It all seems perfectly logical to me, esp. if you understand NYC and pool halls in the 1950s, 60s, early 70s. I can remember more than once when guys would come over and grab a camera and remove film if a photo was being taken in the "wrong" place. You didn't argue!
Mob guys did not like public displays of their home address, phone numbers, photos, and no checks or credit cards.