Burrowes Portable Table, The E. T. Burrowes Co., 232 Spring Street, Portland, Maine, undated

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

undated

GUSN

GUSN-364808

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Games
Billiards
Games - Billiards - Folder 1
Burrowes Portable Table, The E. T. Burrowes Co., 232 Spring Street, Portland, Maine, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Games
    - Billiards
      - Games - Billiards - Folder 1
        Advertisement for Standard American Billiard Tables, Phelan & Collender, 63 to 69 Crosby Street, New York, New York, March 1867
        Burrowes Portable Table, The E. T. Burrowes Co., 232 Spring Street, Portland, Maine, undated (current record)

Description

Advertisement advertising the Burrowes Portable Table "for Billiards, Poll, Balleto, Etc. 21 Games."Published by The E. T. Burrowes Co., based in Portland, Maine. Includes a description of the Burrowes Portable Table on the verso with pricing and product specifications and a color illustration of a man and a woman playing a game of a Burrowed Portable Table.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
gaming tables
games
portable furniture
billiard tables
billiards
pool tables
illustrations (layout features)
specifications
prices
printed ephemera
advertisements

Physical Descrption

1 advertisement : illustrations ; 5 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

2024

Reference Code

EP001.01.052.02.01.002

Credit Line

Library & Archives purchase, 2024

Places

Portland (Cumberland county, Maine)

Record Details

Originator

E.T. Burrowes Company (Publisher)

Material Type

printed ephemera
advertisements

Other Organizations

E.T. Burrowes Company

Subjects

Advertisement
Games
Billiards
Table

Description Level

Item

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