Billiard balls made from ivory
A huge pile of 20, 000 billiard balls, equal in value to 16, 000 (in 1909). To produce this heap about 2000 elephants had to die - a shocking statistic
Picture No
11100502
Media ID
48572453
Size
5929px x 3799px
(2.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photograph in Pearson's Magazine, 1909
Date
1909
