The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

[Frunobulax]

Those hats have some years on them.

So do the men!

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^^This guy sure makes me think of John Carradine.

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Spot on, HJ. Almost a dead-ringer.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Check out the hats, the roulette table & the bar glasses on the tray. Date not recorded.

 

[RBH]

Another one by Dorothea Lange.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Slot machines sure have changed.

 

[Zombie_61]

^ I'm curious about why it's so securely (?) bolted to the floor. Anti-theft? Earthquakes? Really rowdy drunken gamblers?

 

[Hurricane Jack]

^ I'm curious about why it's so securely (?) bolted to the floor. Anti-theft? Earthquakes? Really rowdy drunken gamblers?

I thought about safety & security, but I also wondered about leveling? The rods do have turnbuckles on them. I'm thinking a mechanical slot machine would need to be pretty level to spin properly. Those old floors probably were not.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Zombie @Zombie_61

I have an 1880's pool table with heavy cast iron elephant table legs on the four corners. The elephant table leg stand upright on the elephants trunk.

At the floor the trunk turns up and served as a step up for people of the day to stretch across the table for a long shot. But what I wanted to show was that each of the four trunks has a big heavy duty leveling bolt out the bottom.

The pool table will be restored in my lifetime. I still need a couple of better pocket irons. Sorry for the poor quality pics just now taken.

 

[Bamaboots]

Zombie @Zombie_61

I have an 1880's pool table with heavy cast iron elephant table legs on the four corners. The elephant table leg stand upright on the elephants trunk.



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At the floor the trunk turns up and served as a step up for people of the day to stretch across the table for a long shot. But what I wanted to show was that each of the four trunks has a big heavy duty leveling bolt out the bottom.

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The pool table will be restored in my lifetime. I still need a couple of better pocket irons. Sorry for the poor quality pics just now taken.

DAMN!

 

[Frunobulax]

DAMN!

Pretty much my reaction, too, Greg.

 

[Zombie_61]

I thought about safety & security, but I also wondered about leveling? The rods do have turnbuckles on them. I'm thinking a mechanical slot machine would need to be pretty level to spin properly. Those old floors probably were not.

Ah, that makes sense to me. Thanks!

Zombie @Zombie_61

I have an 1880's pool table with heavy cast iron elephant table legs on the four corners. The elephant table leg stand upright on the elephants trunk...*snip*...At the floor the trunk turns up and served as a step up for people of the day to stretch across the table for a long shot. But what I wanted to show was that each of the four trunks has a big heavy duty leveling bolt out the bottom...*snip*...The pool table will be restored in my lifetime. I still need a couple of better pocket irons. Sorry for the poor quality pics just now taken.

I'm guessing those are photos of the same leg, but it's/they're gorgeous. It's sure to be an impressive table when you're finished.

 

[BobHufford]

The pool table will be restored in my lifetime.

Can't wait to see that, but hope you have a good 40 years or so to get it done.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I'm guessing those are photos of the same leg, but it's/they're gorgeous. It's sure to be an impressive table when you're finished

Same leg. Although the elephant's harness has been repainted at some point, this leg has the most original paint left for a good color match. Once a color match is made all four legs will be soda blasted & primered.

Can't wait to see that, but hope you have a good 40 years or so to get it done.

Thanks Bob, but I'm sort of like you were with that VW bus. I've spent yrs working & getting nothing else accomplished.

These are internet pics but I had a Monarch in Rosewood with the cast iron lion legs. There was so much of the inlaid marquetry missing on the cabinet I gave up trying to find a craftsman to replace it & started looking for a better cabinet. The Ebonized cabinet dates to 1875.

I still have a set of lion legs & the center spreader.

 

[Rmccamey]

Looks like the dust bowl.

Another one by Dorothea Lange.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Denver, CO 1904

 

[Bamaboots]

Denver, CO 1904

I would love to see how that curl was put in the slimmest of brims. Great pic.

 

[hatophile]

I would love to see how that curl was put in the slimmest of brims. Great pic.

I'd like to know how he got such a nice curl on that 'stache.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I'd like to know how he got such a nice curl on that 'stache.

Hot iron & bear grease.

 

[Zombie_61]

I would love to see how that curl was put in the slimmest of brims...

I'd like to know how he got such a nice curl on that 'stache.

Same guy did both.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Unidentified but maybe a cigar stand?

 

[Frunobulax]

News stand, corner of Bay and King, Toronto, Ontario, CA. Year not given.

The news stand is apparently gone, but there appears to be a Halal hot dog car there now, which is nice...