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Billiards in the home circle

Description: Image of men, women, and children in a classically furnished billiard parlor. In the foreground, people are shown conversing, reading, drinking tea, and playing billiard on a large, ornately designed table. In the center of the print is a child shown approaching a cat that is laying under the billiard table. A sign in the foreground reads, “Kavanagh & Decker, Manufacturers of Billiard Tables. Cor Canal & Centre Sts. New York.” The background includes marble columns, statues, a billiard score board, and a Victorian clock.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1871
Call number: priJLC_SPO_002933
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Billiards in the home circle

Visual Materials

Artist: Kavanagh & Decker. Printer: Sibert, J., New York (N.Y.). Publisher: Kavanagh & Decker, New York (N.Y.). Company: Kavanagh & Decker, New York (N.Y.).

priJLC_SPO_002933

Billiard room at Vermejo Ranch

Manuscripts

Black and white photograph. View of ornate lounge / billiard room with high arched ceiling, wood paneling, and marble pillars in one of the lodges at Vermejo Ranch. Several comfortable couches are positioned throughout the room, and animal skin rugs dot the floor. A stuffed wolf trophy, a fireplace, and several bookshelves are also visible. LAT 01033, 01037, 01038, 01039, and 01041 show different views of the same room.

mssLAT 01038

Billiard, pool and bowling building, about 1911

Visual Materials

An early view of the rose garden and bowling alley (now the Tea Room). The label that accompanies this photo in the album reads "No. 84 Billiard, pool and bowling building. About 1911."

photCL 107 vol3 pg93 (84)

Billiard room in lodge at Vermejo Ranch

Manuscripts

Black and white photograph. View of ornate billiard room with high arched ceiling, wood paneling, and marble pillars in one of the lodges at Vermejo Ranch. Animal skin rugs dot the floor. LAT 01033, 01037, 01038, 01039, and 01041 show different views of the same room.

mssLAT 01033

The first meeting coming in Jerome Park, N.Y

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Image of an announcement poster for a horse race at the Jerome Park racetrack in New York City. Image includes about eleven horses ranging from black, brown, and gray colors being driven by jockeys. Two horses, one black and one brown, are shown almost tied in the lead with groups of horses trailing behind. Behind a short white picket fence, crowds of people are shown watching the race from covered bleachers and the grounds. Also shown in the background are hills with trees and horses pulling carriages. To the right of the foreground is a small booth with men standing in fashionable dress watching the horse race up close and conversing. More private booths are also shown in the background. In center of title between the words “Meeting” and “Jerome” is a small engraved image with horse racing equipment, including a horseshoe, a saddle, a jockey hat, and stirrups. Beneath it is text that reads, “Coming In.”

priJLC_SPO_002944

Sunday sports

Visual Materials

Image of three hunters in the foreground coming down a path in the forest after hunting foxes. All three individuals are experiencing comedic mishaps; one man towards the back end of the trail is shown leaning on a rock while holding up his wounded knee. Another man is shown tripping over a log and falling to the floor while chasing his dog that came off its leash The third man depicted in the center of the image is shown lifting his knee and crying out while grabbing onto the head of the fox tied to a pole behind his back after being bitten on his butt end. Towards the background of the print are groups of eight hunters standing around conversing while holding rifles and drinks. The individuals are all surrounded by large trees and forestry.

priJLC_SPO_002940

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