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Title
Portrait of John and Charles Baxter posing in the billiard parlor, 1908
Date Created and/or Issued
1908
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photographic portrait of John and Charles Baxter posing in the billiard parlor, 1908. At left, John stands with a long face and dark pants, while Charles stands at right with lighter pants. Three balls are set up in a line on the billiard table behind them, and their initials have been edited onto the image below them. In the left foreground, a glass display case can be seen, while to the right, other pool hall customers can be seen. Pictures and advertisements can be seen all around.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2628
USC-0-1-1-2691 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41261
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2628
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41261.jpg
Subject
Amusements
Billiards
Billiard players
Baxter, John A
Baxter, Charles
Baxter Billiards
Los Angeles County--Monrovia
Recreational facilities
Time Period
1908
Place
California
Los Angeles
Monrovia
USA
Source
41261 [Accession number]
CHS-41261 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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