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In 1874, the Brunswick company merged with competitor Great Western Billiard Manufactory owned by Julius Balke to become the J. M. Brunswick & Balke Company. It was incorporated in 1879 with a capital stock of $275,000, the same year it merged with another competitor, H. W. Collender Company of New York City (founded by Hugh W. Collender), to ...
In 1873 Brunswick merged with one of his competitors, Julius Balke's Cincinnati-based Great Western Billiard Manufactory, to form J.M. Brunswick & Balke Company. In 1884, the company merged with the other competitor, New York-based Phelan & Collender, to form the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company. (The company name was changed to Brunswick ...
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building: Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building: January 24, 2017 : 130–132 E. 6th St. 4: Building at 620–622 Vine Street: Building at 620–622 Vine Street: February 14, 2018
The Imperial Hotel was the first known hotel in Greenville. It was built by Joseph G. Cunningham and Frank Harrison. This establishment is still used as a nursing home for disabled people 55 and over. 25: Isaqueena: Isaqueena: July 1, 1982 : 106 DuPont Dr.
George Balabushka (Russian: Григорий Антонович Балабушка Grigoriy Antonovich Balabushka; December 9, 1912 – December 5, 1975) was a Russian-born billiards (pool) cue maker, arguably the most prominent member of that profession, [1] and is sometimes referred to as "the Stradivarius of cuemakers".
In April 1930, Brunswick-Balke-Collender sold Brunswick Records to Warner Bros., and the company's headquarters moved to New York. [4] Warner Bros. hoped to make their own soundtrack recordings for their sound-on-disc Vitaphone system. A number of interesting recordings were made by actors during this period, featuring songs from musical films.
Collender may refer to: Collender, a family name of European origin H.W. Collender Co., a billiard equipment manufacturer of New York which merged with the Brunswick & Balke Company in 1884 to form today's Brunswick Corporation
According to a book co-authored by Jack Warner, Jr., Warner Bros. Pictures "bought the radio, record and phonograph divisions of Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company for the company's patents, its record factory, and its 16mm home talkie projector". [14] Before they came to their senses, it was all moved across the country to WB's Sunset studio.