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1721 - Jrsn Baptiste Simeon Chardin
1800 circa - Mingaud - Leather Cue Tip Inventor
1803 - Metropolitan Museum
1803 - Metropolitan Museum
1867 - Humorous and Grotesque Sketches
1859 - Manhattan Billiards Saloon
1875 - Gustave Callibotte
1897 - The Billiards Players - Luigi Sorio
1890 - Podkowinki - Damy Przy Bilardzi
1896 - Clinedinst illustration
1900 - Mark Twain
1908 - Oval Table
1908 - Octagon Table
1910 - "A Graceful Stroke" Archie Gunn
1920 - Ruth
McGinnis "Queen of Billiards"
1925 - Ralph Greenleaf w/Princess Tai
1935 - Bad Boy - 1st Billiards Movie
1950s - The Rat Pack
1962 - Popularity of the game is soaring
1961 - The Hustler
1971 -The Player
1986 - "Color of Money
2002 - Pool Hall Junkies