ca1905 COMBINED POOL HALL / BARBERSHOP / CIGAR SHOP INTERIOR CARD MOUNT PHOTO

Description

Very rare and simply fantastic, ca1905 Card Mount Photograph of the interior of a combination Billiards Parlor / Pool Hall, Cigar Shop, Saloon and Barbershop!!
This outstanding, early 20th century, Card Mount Photo measures approx. 7 1/8" by 5" and is mounted on its original card mount (overall size is 10" by 8"). Unfortunately, the location of this “manly” business is not identified in any way although it came to us with a collection of early 20th century, interior and exterior Card Mount Photographs of various businesses that included a number of Photo of California establishments.
This wonderful Photograph pictures the interior of a late 19th / early 20th century Billiard Hall that was also a Cigar / Tobacco Shop, a Saloon and a Barbershop. There are four Pocket Pool Tables in the foreground with the proprietors of the shop standing between the closer and farther away tables. Three spittoons can be seen on the floor in the open area between the tables.
There are advertising signs for Fatima Cigarettes, Pay Car Scrap Tobacco and other Tobacco products on the walls and the front window of the establishment. At the front of the shop on the left there is a Bar with beer and whiskey bottles displayed on a small backbar and farther forward of the Bar there is a Cigar Store, glass display case. At the front of the shop on the right there is a pedestal sink and two barber chairs facing the wall. There is a backbar style barber’s counter on the wall in front of the chairs and mirrors on the wall.
Please see the scans below for a good look at the content of this wonderful, ca1905 Billiards Parlor / Barbershop / Saloon / Cigar Store Interior Photograph.
My first thought on viewing this fantastic Photograph was - “Wow!! What a fantastic idea for a franchise business!! Why hasn’t someone realized that a combination Pool Hall / Barbershop / Cigar Store / Saloon would make for a franchise opportunity that would be a run away success today!!”.
This rare and wonderful, ca1905 Card Mount Photo is in excellent condition. The Photograph itself exhibits sharp focus, strong contrast and rich, warm tonality. The Image is clean and crisp while the card mount has some light edge wear.
An exceptionally rare and original, ca1905 Card Mount Photograph of the interior of a combination Billiards Parlor / Pool Hall, Cigar Shop, Saloon and Barbershop and a fantastic addition to any collection!!
Be sure to check out this seller’s other auctions for a number of other early 20th century Business Interior Photographs which are also being offered for sale this week on eBay!!
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