How's this for gett'n in trouble...Alameda P/U...c1908 6ft photo

[CarltonHendricks]

Picked up this photo last Sunday at the Alameda Point Antique Fair...That's 69" inches of original wavy glass...nervous getting it home...Emailed photo restorer before I even left...Essentially said so much yellowing couldn't guarantee getting it all out but could probably improve it...i.e. lighten it up...for ball park $2,500.00...was figuring around $1,500.00...Was planning to resell it but wouldn't mind keeping it...at's a lot of real estate though!





Also got this circa 1870 billiard scorer..and the billiard tin below...tin worn but it was $10.00



Also found out after the fact a gal wrote a book on the Treadwell Gold company...Looking into it it was the world's biggest mine of it's kind until it flooded...I ordered the book...on it's way.

[Leon]

That is one huge picture......thanks for sharing!!

[1880nonsports]

I assume the sliding element covered the circular unit where pegs would be stored? Is there anything else on the individual shelves or is one half of the cubby an unused covered space - hard to see in the pix? Interesting that the English game is like a mash-up of pool and billiards as depicted on the tin. Apparently there were multiple ways to score and the playing field looks intriguing......
Here's a neat photo I found while looking for my file photo of that same designed "billiard table" in use in a mansion room that I bought long ago. I'll post it when I find it or the photo itself assuming I can hold a thought that long. To explain the non-sequitur - this sculling piece was in my sports file under an English sub-file While for me sculling loses a little with the more modern tools, it still remains somewhat interesting to some and this large photo coupling makes a statement. Sorry if I'm hijacking your thread - I wouldn't know where else to post it. It goes up on my wall for a while and then into the closet for a rest as although I like it - really isn't card or tobacco related and space is limited.

[1880nonsports]

Strong and talented sculling team at Yeshiva U. is having a meeting about why they lose every time to a much smaller and less talented rival college. After many defeats the captain decides to sneak over to the other campus and watch them practice. He returns enlightened and shares the morsel - he explained they had six men rowing and only ONE man yelling....

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by 1880nonsports

Strong and talented sculling team at Yeshiva U. is having a meeting about why they lose every time to a much smaller and less talented rival college. After many defeats the captain decides to sneak over to the other campus and watch them practice. He returns enlightened and shares the morsel - he explained they had six men rowing and only ONE man yelling....

pretty good...keep um come'n...what about the light bulb one