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Administrative history and chronology of the company

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Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Composition Billiard Ball Supply Company, Limited (of London) with Albany Billiard Ball Company

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Bank books, 1912-1949; Savings account books from several Albany banks

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By-laws of Niagara Insul-Bake Specialty Co., circa 1915-1930. Minutes of Stockholders’ and Directors’ Meetings of Niagara Insul-Bake Specialty Co., circa 1915-1930. (Above items are in one bound volume.) Agreements of stockholders, 1938-1939.

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License granted to Niagara Insul-Bake Specialty Company, by General Bakelite Co., to manufacture products containing Bakelite.

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General release, 1939, from Friedrich Wilhelm Holland-Letz to Niagara Insul-Bake Specialty Co.

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Balance Sheets and Profit and Loss Accounts, 1950-1954; Records for the Bonzoline Manufacturing Co., Limited, 1950-1953, and the Composition Billiard Ball Supply Company, Limited, 1951-1954.

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Documents relating to product pricing, undated and 1928, 1952-1955.

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Financial and accounting documents, 1928-1957: includes regulations for management of a company limited by shares, 1928; a stock certificate, 1940; assets and liabilities report for Niagara Insul-Bake Specialty Co., 1955; invoice for rental of a safe deposit box, 1957.

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Minutes of Board of Directors of Niagara Insul-Bake Specialty Co., 1954-1955.

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Map, 1954. Indicates property owned by Albany Billiard Ball Company in Albany; appraisal of land value of Albany Billiard Ball Company, in 1954.

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Plat of Albany Billiard Ball Co., and Niagara Insul-Bake Specialty Co., Inc., 1956(?); appraisal report, 1956; estate of Ronald Kinnear.

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Union contracts, and related documents, 1969, 1969, 1972. Consists of pay rates, list of benefits; contract between Albany Plastic Corp. (Albany Billiard Ball Division and Niagara Insul-Bake Specialty Division) and International Union of District 50, United Mine Workers of America, 1969; agreement between Albany Plastic Company and United Steelworkers of America, 1972; and union contracts regarding company seniority, 1972.

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Journal, April 28, 1875 - December 30, 1876

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Journal, January 2, 1877 - December 31, 1878

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Journal & Cash Book, January 1, 1879 - December 31, 1880

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Journal & Cash Book, (Journal B), May 1, 1879 - April 30, 1880

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Journal & Cash Book, (Journal C), May 1, 1883 - April 30, 1891

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Journal & Cash Book, (Journal D), May 1, 1891 - Augsut 31, 1893

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Journal & Cash Book, January 1, 1881 - April 30, 1883

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Journal & Cash Book, May 1, 1883 - November 30, 1885

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Journal & Cash Book, December 1, 1885 - April 29, 1889

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Journal & Cash Book, May 1, 1889 - October 31, 1894

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Journal, October 1, 1898 - December 31, 1902

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Journal, January 2, 1903 - October 31, 1904

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Journal, November 1, 1904 - October 30, 1909

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Journal, November 1, 1909 - December 31, 1912

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Journal, January 2, 1913 - June 30, 1914

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Journal, July 1, 1914 - December 31, 1916

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Journal, January 2, 1917 - December 31, 1918

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Ledger, 1878-1879

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Ledger, May 1, 1883-April 30, 1888

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Ledger, May 1, 1895 - October 31, 1904

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Ledger, July 1, 1902 - July 21, 1906

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Ledger, November 1, 1904 - October 31, 1909

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Ledger, November 1, 1909 - December 31, 1911

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Ledger, January 1, 1912 - December 31, 1912

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Ledger, January 1, 1913 - December 31, 1913

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Cash book, January 1, 1884 - May 1, 1885, August 1, 1902 - October 31, 1902

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Cash book, November 1, 1905 - October 30, 1909

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Cash book, November 1, 1909 - December 31, 1912

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Cash book, January 1, 1913 - December 31, 1918

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Payroll Time Book, July 7, 1910 - December 31, 1918, Albany Billiard Ball Co.

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Payroll Time Book, January 1, 1913 - January 1, 1916, Albany Billiard Ball Co.

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Minute Book of the Board of Trustees, Board of Directors and Stockholders, Albany Billiard Ball Co., May 1, 1875 - November 1, 1911.

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Ledger A, Newark Billiard Ball & Manufacturing Co., October 29, 1907 - April 1, 1908

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Ledger, Newark Billiard Ball & Manufacturing Co., March 1, 1908 - March 27, 1912

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Journal, Ledger, March 1, 1908 - December 18, 1911

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Invoices, Newark Billiard Ball & Manufacturing Co., December 20, 1907 - December 30, 1910

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Invoices, Newark Billiard Ball & Manufacturing Co., March 31, 1908 - September 30, 1911

Cash book, Newark Billiard Ball & Manufacturing Co., March 1, 1908 - April, 1912

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Sales, Newark Billiard Ball & Manufacturing Co., March 13, 1908 - September 28, 1911

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Checkbook, Newark Billiard Ball & Manufacturing Co., March 28, 1910 - February 27, 1912

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Correspondence, 1882-1955, concerning foreign and domestic patents, trademarks and registrations

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Correspondence, 1956-1971, concerning foreign and domestic patents, trademarks and registrations

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General correspondence, 1904-1971

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Correspondence, 1915-1943, particularly between C.E. Leffel of Niagara Insul-Bake Specialty Company, Inc., and C.C. Zenk of Otis Elevator Company and with General Bakelite Company.

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Correspondence, 1932-1941, concerning product orders

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Correspondence, 1942-1955, concerning product orders

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Correspondence with Albany International Corp., 1953-1958, 1970-1973, concerning trademarks

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Correspondence with customers, 1969, concerning price changes

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Legal documents, 1873-1898, includes: chattel mortgage for the sale of Hyatt Billiard Ball Co., 1873; agreement of organization of Hyatt Billiard Ball Co., 1873; Articles of Incorporation for Albany Billiard Ball Company, 1875; bill of sale, 1875, from Hyatt Billiard Ball Co. to Peter Kinnear; articles of agreement between Albany Billiard Ball Co. and J.M. Brunswick and Balke Co., 1877-1884, and related correspondence; memoranda of agreement between Albany Billiard Ball Co. and la Compagnie Generale de Chromolithie, 1883; contract between the J.M. Brunswick and Balke Company and the Albany Billiard Ball Company, 1883; contract between the Albany Billiard Ball Co. and the McConihe and Hubbell Manufacturing Co., 1896; and contracts between Edgar T. Ely of Buenos Aires and Albany Billiard Ball Co., 1898.

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Legal documents, 1900-1907, includes: agreement between Albany Billiard Ball Co. and McConihe and Hubbell Manufacturing Co., 1902; agreement between the Albany Billiard Ball Co. and the Burt Company, 1904; agreement between Albany Billiard Ball Co. and the McConihe and Hubbell Manufacturing Co., 1904; agreements between the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. and Albany Billiard Ball Co., 1904, and related correspondence; memoranda of agreement between the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., and George H. Burt, 1905, and related correspondence; and an agreement between Joseph P. O’Mara and John S. Boa and the Albany Billiard Ball Company, 1907.

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Legal documents, 1913-1923, includes: a license granted to Albany Billiard Ball Company to manufacture in Albany, 1913; an agreement between Albany Billiard Ball Co. and the Bonzoline Manufacturing Company, 1913; agreement between Albany Billiard Ball Co. and Home Recreations Limited, 1921; and agreements between Albany Billiard Ball Co. and Bonzoline Manufacturing Company, 1923.

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Legal documents, 1925-1933, includes: deeds of partnership with a German manufacturer of billiard balls, Endolithic Manufacturing Company, 1925; correspondence related to the agreement with Home Recreations Limited, 1928; documents pertaining to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into complaints of unfair methods of competition between Albany Billiard Ball Co. and Portland Billiard Ball Co., 1930; agreement between Bonicot Corporation of America and Niagara Insul-Bake Specialty Co., 1933; and a contract between H. Wagner & Adler Co. and Albany Billiard Ball Co., 1933.

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Legal documents, 1935-1944, includes: an agreement between Alexander Thomas Hough and the Composition Billiard Ball Company, 1935; an agreement between Composition Billiard Ball Company and Kenneth Luke Emler, 1935; an agreement between Niagara Insul-Bake Specialty Company and the Vitalite Company, 1937; agreements between H. Wagner & Adler Company and Albany Billiard Ball Company, 1937, 1938 and 1939; documents specifying conditions of employment for Dr. Max Koebner, 1938; a release of manufacturing equipment from American Merchandise Company, Inc., to Niagara Insul-Bake Specialty Co., and other documents relating to the bankruptcy of American Merchandise, 1939; agreements between the Niagara Insul-Bake Specialty Company, and the Ritter-Carlton Company, 1939, and related correspondence, 1940-1941; an indentureship agreement between Friedrich Wilhelm Holland-Letz and Ritter-Carlton Company, 1939; a release form from Friedrich Wilhelm Holland-Letz to the Niagara Insul-Bake Specialty Company, 1939; a license from Shaw Insulator Company to Niagara Insul-Bake Specialty Company, 1942; a deed between the Composition Billiard Ball Company and the Vitalite Company, 1943, involving factory land; an agreement between William Barton and the Composition Billiard Ball Company, 1943; and an agreement between the Composition Billiard Ball Company and Dr. Max Koebner, 1943.

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Legal documents, 1945-1950, includes: a lease between William Barton and the Composition Billiard Ball Company, 1945; a bond and mortgage document between Jean W. Harrig and Albany Billiard Ball Company, 1948; memorandum of insurance, 1948; a lease of a service station with the Tidewater Associated Oil Company, 1949; an option to buy land, given to Albany Billiard Ball Company by Harry Pappalau, 1949; and an agreement between the Albany Billiard Ball Company and the Bakelite Corporation regarding the disclosure of processes for producing billiard balls, 1949.

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Legal documents, 1948-1950, includes: legal and other related documents pertaining to a dispute with William C. Mason, Engineer.

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Legal documents, 1951-1969, includes: an agreement between Albany Billiard Ball Company and Jacob Michael, regarding a parcel of land, 1951; official statement made by Ellis M. Faulkner regarding a failed device developed by William Mason, 1951; an official statement made by William Weir regarding the Mason device, 1951; an official statement made by William Ritter regarding the Mason device, 1951; an official statement made by A. R. Van Horne regarding the Mason device, 1951; documents regarding the settlement of the estate of Ronald Kinnear, 1954; a document appointing Thomas W. Leverington attorney of Albany Billiard Ball Company, 1956; an agreement extending the contract with Herman Blattner, 1960, and related correspondence; a memorandum of agreement between Alley Manufacturing Company and Albany Billiard Ball Company, 1962; an agreement between Albany Billiard Ball Company and Ellis M. Faulkner, 1964, regarding employment; a letter relating to Faulkner’s estate, 1969.

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Legal documents, 1970-1974, includes: a certificate of dissolution of the Albany Plastics Corporation, 1970; Assignment and Agreement, 1970, conveying business from Albany Plastic Corporation to Albany International Corporation, 1970; a secrecy agreement between Schenectady Chemical, Inc. and Albany Plastic, 1970; a secrecy agreement between Albany International and Marblette, 1972; a secrecy agreement between Albany International and John F. Trembley, 1973; an agreement for consulting service between Albany International and John F. Trembley, 1973; an agreement and a lease between Albany International and Questor Corporation, 1974; and an agreement between W.E.S. Realty and Albany International, 1974.

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Patents, 1887-1905, includes: patent issued to George Phelan for billiard ball, 1887; to George Burt for pool-ball, 1893; issued to George Burt for billiard ball, 1894; to William H. Hoyt for game balls, 1902; to William H. Hoyt for manufacturing of game balls, 1902; to Benjamin Abbott Stevens, for bowling pin, 1903; to Alonzo Burt for his method of manufacturing game balls, 1903; to Joseph P. O’Mara and John S. Boa, for a device for striping and spotting pool balls, 1903; to Alonzo L. Burt for a game ball dyeing apparatus, 1904; to Alonzo L. Burt, for apparatus for making game balls, 1905; to Alonzo L. Burt, for process of making game balls, 1905.

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Patents, 1906-1916, includes: several patents issued to Leo Baekeland and others. None of these relate to Albany Billiard Ball Co., but were included because they concern plastic composition.

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Patents, 1917-1936, includes patent issued to Otto Kadzik for a machine for the spherical grinding of billiard balls and other blanks; other patents in this file do not relate to Albany Billiard Ball Co., but they were included because they concern plastic composition.

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Patents, 1937-1973, includes: patent issued to Wesley R. Thompson for billiard ball and method of manufacture, 1938; to Harold Luth for a method of hardening cast phenolic resin, 1941; to L.F. Kutik for pool balls, 1962; to Earl W. Feddick and Gustane Wassman for a magnetic pool ball, 1973. Other patents in this file do not relate to Albany Billiard Ball Co., but they were included because they concern plastic composition.

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Patent assignments, 1872-1902: assigned to John A. Bragaw, from Lewis Deitz, B. Wayne and Albern Stone, 1872; to Henry Deitz, from Lewis Deitz, B. Wayne and Albern Stone, 1872; To Lewis Deitz and Benjamin Wayne, from Henry Deitz, 1873; to Lewis Deitz and Benjamin Wayne, from John A. Bragaw, 1873; to Lewis Deitz and Benjamin Wayne, from Albern Stone, 1874; to the Bonsilate Company, Limited, from Charles S. Lockwood, 1882; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company, from the Bonsilate Company, 1882; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company from John W. Hyatt, 1883; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company from the Bonsilate Company, 1888; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company, from John W. Hyatt, 1889; to the Burt Manufacturing Company, from George H. Burt, 1900; to the Burt Company from William H. Hoyt, 1901; to the Burt Company from Alonzo Burt, 1902; to the Burt Company from Alonzo Burt, 1902; to the Burt Company from Alonzo Burt, 1902; to the Burt Company from Alonzo Burt, 1902; to the Burt Company from Alonzo Burt, 1902.

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Patent assignments, 1903-1907: assigned to the Burt Company from Alonzo Burt, 1903; to the Burt Company from Alonzo Burt, 1903; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company from the Burt Company, 1903; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company from the Burt Company, 1905; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company from the Burt Company, 1906; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company from the Burt Company, 1906; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company from Joseph P. O’Mara and John S. Boa, 1907; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company from Joseph P. O’Mara and John S. Boa, 1907; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company from Joseph P. O’Mara and John S. Boa, 1907.

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Patent assignments, 1955-1961: assigned to the Albany Billiard Ball Company from Ellis M. Faulkner,1955; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company from Ellis M. Faulkner, 1955; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company from Ellis M. Faulkner, 1957; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company from Ellis M. Faulkner, 1959; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company from Ellis M. Faulkner, 1961; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company from Ellis M. Faulkner, 1961; to the Albany Billiard Ball Company from Ellis M. Faulkner, 1961.

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Patent certificates, 1870-1903: granted to John W. Hyatt, Jr., for improved molding composition to imitate ivory and other substances, 1870; granted to Lewis Deitz, Benjamin P. Wayne and Albern Stone for improvement in the manufacture of billiard balls and other composition articles, 1871; granted to Lewis Deitz and Benjamin P. Wayne for improvement in the manufacturing of pyroxiline and articles therefrom, 1872; granted to Charles S. Lockwood for plastic compositions for the cores of billiard balls and for other purposes, 1882; granted to John W. Hyatt and Charles S. Lockwood for improvement in the process and apparatus for molding plastic material, 1882; granted to George H. Burt for improvement in pool balls, 1893; granted to George H. Burt for billiard balls, 1894; granted to George H. Burt for billiard balls, 1894; granted to George H. Burt for processes of constructing pool balls, 1895; to William H. Hoyt, for game balls, 1902; granted to William H. Hoyt for game balls and methods for making same, 1902; granted to Alonzo L. Burt for methods of manufacturing game balls, 1903; granted to Joseph P. O’Mara for devices for striping and spotting pool balls, 1903.

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Patent certificates, 1904-1970, granted to Alonzo Burt for game ball dyeing apparatus, 1904; granted to Alonzo L. Burt for apparatus for making game balls, 1905; granted to Ronald Kinnear for a combined blade dispenser and razor holder, 1937, granted to Alfred Richard Van Horne, for a pool ball rack, 1950; granted to Ellis Faulkner III, for a method of making a bowling pin, 1957; granted (by Comptroller of Patents, Designs and Trade-marks, Great Britain) to Albany Billiard Ball Company, for bowling pin, 1962; granted (by the Department of the Secretary of State, Patent and Copyright Office, Canada) to Albany Billiard Ball Company, for bowling pin, 1965; granted to Ellis May Faulkner for molded plastic game balls, 1966; granted to Ellis May Faulkner III for bowling pin with wear-resistant insert and interlocking retainer, 1966; and one certificate of renewal, to Albany International Corporation, for patent 278,289, 1970.

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Trademark registrations, 1937-1949: publication of the trademark "Crystalite", 1937; registered trademark for the name "Gold Diamond".

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Trademark certificates, 1894-1937: granted to the Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for the new Hyatt Pool balls, 1894; granted to the Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for the New Hyatt Billiard and Pool balls, 1896; granted to the Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for the Triangle Cue Balls, 1926; granted to the Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for Hyatt pool balls, bagatelle balls, pocket billiard balls and pool balls, 1926; granted to the Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for the "Hyatt" name, 1927; granted to Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for Crystalate Billiard, Pool, Snooker and Billiard Balls, 1930; granted to Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for Vitalite Billiard, Pool, Snooker and Bagatelle balls, 1930; granted to Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for Resinite Billiard, Pool, Snooker and Bagatelle balls, 1930; granted to Albany Billiard Ball Company for Hyatt Pocket Billiard Balls, 1937.

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Trademark certificates, 1946-1956: renewal granted to the Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for the Triangle Cue Ball, 1946; granted to the Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for the Triangle Cue Ball, 1948; granted to Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for Vitalite, 1949; granted to Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for Hyatt Billiard Balls, Pocket Billiard Balls, and Cue Balls, 1949; granted to Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for Resinite Billiard Balls, 1949; granted to Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for Crystalate, 1949; renewal granted to the Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for Resinite Billiard, Pool, Snooker and Bagatelle Balls, 1950; renewal granted to the Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for Crystalate Billiard, Pool, Snooker and Bagatelle Balls, 1950; granted (by the Republic of Mexico) to the Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for the name "Vitalite", 1954; granted (by the Republic of Mexico) to the Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for the name "Hyatt", 1954; granted to the Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for the name "Vitalite", 1954, granted (by the Republic of Cuba) to the Albany Billiard Ball Company, for a trademark for the name "Hyatt", 1956; granted (by the Republic of Cuba) to the Albany Billiard Ball Company for a trademark for the name"Vitalite", 1956; certificate of registration of trademark (Mexico) for the trademark "Hyatt", 1963; certificate of registration of trademark (Mexico) for the trademark "Vitalite", 1963.

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Trademarks, 1926 and 1930, for Bakelite and Vitalite.

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Patent application, 1955: by Ellis Faulkner for a patent on improvement in the manufacture of bowling pins, 1955; amendments and related papers, 1955-1965.

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Patent application, 1961: by Ellis M. Faulkner for a patent of molded plastic game balls.

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Trademark Search Reports, 1930-1950.

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Notice of Opposition, 1930: by Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company against Albany Billiard Ball Company, regarding the trademark for the name "Durolite".

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Miscellaneous papers relating to patents.

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Engineering and production specifications, 1916; includes specifications for panels and lamp regulators.

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Artifacts, unidentified, possibly used in bowling pin manufacture.

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Photographs of the manufacturing process. See also, oversize box #25.

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Photographs of the manufacturing process, undated.

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Photographs of the manufacturing process, undated.

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Photographs of the manufacturing process, undated.

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Articles, printed matter and advertising.