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Set of Celluloid Billiard Balls in Wooden Box

  • Circa 1880

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Set of celluloid billiard balls with brown cue ball; balls are divided in bottom section of square wooden box by cardboard dividers.

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  • 3.125 in. H x 9.875 in. W x 9.875 in. D
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  • (Side of bottom box) "FANCY"
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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Celluloid: The Eternal Substitute

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Science History Institute. Set of Celluloid Billiard Balls in Wooden Box. Photograph, 2016. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/z029p4761.

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