Stickers - Billiards - Racked Balls

In the 19th century a poolroom was a horse race betting parlour. Pool tables were installed so the bettors could pass time between horse races. Billards, or pool, is the descendant of a game similar to croquet that was played in 15th-century Europe. Though we don't know for sure, it is strongly suspected that billiards came to America with Dutch and English settlers. By the 1700's, skilled cabinet makers were crafting beautiful tables, though the equipment was, otherwise, quite primitive. Fifteen-ball pool came on the scene in the late 1800's and grew in popularity through the 1940's. Billiards was revived in 1961 with the release of the movie THE HUSTLER. It enjoyed another surge in the mid 1980's with the release of the movie sequel, COLOR OF MONEY. Since that time, there has been an evolution of the environs in which we find pool tables -- they're in restaurants and night clubs and sports bars, allowing pool to find a modern audience and new generations of enthusiasts. This marvellous design features "racked" billiard balls one through fifteen on a "green felt" background. Of course, to fit into the triangle sticker, the design was inverted -- and to use the stickers, you have only to turn them around. An excellent choice for package decoration or envelope sealing, they are also a wonderful addition to scrapbooking for your favourite pool shark.