This was one of four photographs possibly from Yonkers, NY around 1911. Together the four sold for $2000.
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Pool Hall Photos From All Over.
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This is from a collection of about 60 pictures of Yosemite Falls Camp, about 1916. The collection sold for $4800.
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Hmmm...so chin on cue isn’t such a new concept...even at pool.
Well, here is what the official recommendation from the US billiard authorities was about 1948. More like the picture from Yosemite. And grip near the balance point.
The National Archives has a great (and free) collection of images as well:
"billiards" or "pool hall" will bring up lots of interesting images and some movies. Both of these images are from the 1920s. Those Arcade tables would be worth a fortune now.
"billiards" or "pool hall" will bring up lots of interesting images and some movies. Both of these images are from the 1920s. Those Arcade tables would be worth a fortune now.
| "Full caption reads as follows: Shelby County, Iowa. Commercialized entertainment in the village is confined to the movie house, which has films only once in every two weeks, and the pool hall, which is looked down on by many of the community's most substantial citizens. Nevertheless, there are generally a few players to be seen here in the evenings and a particularly large group on Saturday night." |
is this in Puerto Vallarta? is it still open? Traveling there next month and trying to find places to play, info would be great. not finding much on the net.! thank you
Yeas. It’s in Old Town. There is another one on the Malacon. The one in Old Town has more action . Google billiards or pool on Maps. I take a 3 piece cue that I carry in my rolling bag. You will meet a bunch of Americans/ Canadians that
have a mini tourney on a routine basis.
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Cool old thread.
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Such a treasure trove! Someone mentioned how these should be turned into coffee table book which reminds me, Helaine Garren has a book of her pool hall photos at Bensingers pool room in chicago in 1970.
Will definitely have to steal some of the other shared photos for my Instagram (@Velvetbaize), my digital coffee book on the aesthetics of billiards.
Such a treasure trove! Someone mentioned how these should be turned into coffee table book which reminds me, Helaine Garren has a book of her pool hall photos at Bensingers pool room in chicago in 1970.
Bensinger's by Helaine Garren | Blurb Books
“Bensinger’s—where pool players and pool hustlers lived. They lived their lives on a green felt cloth table in a dark, dingy basement…with no air and no windows. All you could smell was all the action and an atmosphere of a torture chamber. I am a hustler and I lived my whole life as a hustler...
www.blurb.com
Will definitely have to steal some of the other shared photos for my Instagram (@Velvetbaize), my digital coffee book on the aesthetics of billiards.
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When I was a kid in the '70s, "the Ave" was one very bad place. This place was way before my times.
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Davis Avenue Pool Hall, 1939
Do you recognize anyone from this photo taken at Jim’s Billiards on Davis Avenue?
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Love the skirt! LOLTibet
Does anyone have any information on this old photo? I don't remember where I got it. Possibly AZB some years ago. Notice the 45 degree skylights, long tables and b&w tiles under the tables. Almost everyone is wearing a tie.
Possibly from the Keasbury-Gordon collection.
I would guess its European.
They look like 6x12 snooker tables.
I think the kid in the photo is maybe 4 feet tall, no option but to have the chin on the clue LOL
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They controlled 2/3 rds of this earth, look how they ended up ... GuyMongolia
At least they have plenty or room between the tables.
