[Broadside] The Old Shades / Gothic Hall Bowling Saloon
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- New York: s.i., 1845
New York: s.i., 1845. Very Good -. New York: s.i., ca. 1845. Broadside (45.5x31cm) printed on yellow newsprint, adorned with two woodcut vignettes. Stock untrimmed leaving the text surrounded by very wide margins, chipping and wear to extremities, old fold lines and small paper remnants to verso corners from having been previously mounted, large but faint soil spot to bottom left-hand corner; overall Good to Very Good.
Untrimmed advertising circular to four local New York City establishments, including one of the earliest interior views of a bowling alley. Gothic Hall Bowling Saloon, whose proprietor Chas. D. Stiles took over the premises in 1845, promised "one of the finest and best ventilated Bar-rooms in the city." Indeed, the woodcut illustration of the saloon shows high vaunted ceilings lined with pillars, the crowd of patrons (all men), enjoying six lanes, drinks, and a spot to read the paper.
Other establishments advertised on this broadside include two restaurants, Saracen's Head on Dey St. and the Old Shades, the latter offering "all sorts of fine joints" as well as " a large store of the very best cigars, as they are selected in Havana by an agent on the spot." The final advertisement is for sporting equipment manufactured by Goodyear's Insoluble Rubber and for sale at Brower & Brooks.
Untrimmed advertising circular to four local New York City establishments, including one of the earliest interior views of a bowling alley. Gothic Hall Bowling Saloon, whose proprietor Chas. D. Stiles took over the premises in 1845, promised "one of the finest and best ventilated Bar-rooms in the city." Indeed, the woodcut illustration of the saloon shows high vaunted ceilings lined with pillars, the crowd of patrons (all men), enjoying six lanes, drinks, and a spot to read the paper.
Other establishments advertised on this broadside include two restaurants, Saracen's Head on Dey St. and the Old Shades, the latter offering "all sorts of fine joints" as well as " a large store of the very best cigars, as they are selected in Havana by an agent on the spot." The final advertisement is for sporting equipment manufactured by Goodyear's Insoluble Rubber and for sale at Brower & Brooks.