Subject: Billiard parlors

A letter dated March 17, 1881, from S. Aronhime & Company, proprietors of the Star Saloon, Bar, Billiard & Dining Rooms in Charlottesville, Virginia. The letterhead also lists L. Lazarus. The letter was addressed to the Urbana Wine Company in Hammondsport, New York. The letter measures 5 3/4"w x 9"h.

This trade card advertises The Grand Hotel in Richmond, Indiana, owned by Geo. L. Klein. The front of the card displays the hotel's address: 619, 621, and 623 Main Street, and indicates that it offers furnished rooms for gentlemen only, along with a billiard parlor. The back of the card features a humorous poem about a fly. The style of the lettering and illustration suggests a late 19th-century origin.