Steph

Well that big clay doesn't seem very pretty to me. It's an overgrown commie.

Somewhere I have/had an article from early in the 1900's which said that all the kids had a giant marble for some sort of game.

At least that's what I remember -- I hope I didn't just make it up.

But I have no idea where I stored it. It's possible I filed it in a "Shooter" folder which was in a folder called "S". I accidentally destroyed my "S" disk, so I may have lost that article. ... or maybe it's in an unsorted folder and I could find it again if I would just look. I'd have fun looking through those old files, finding things I'd forgotten about. Why don't I do it? lol

Okay, this is a weird article to post on a marble board but a certain line in it made me think of past conversations ....

When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink?

When we think of pink marbles it's been proposed that the reason they may not have been very common in days of yore is that pink was for girls and marbles were mostly for boys.

Yet here is something which was said about pink in 1918:

The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl.

For what it's worth! I found it interesting.

Yes! <3 <3 <3

The 1912 issue wasn't the only treasure in the mail. Here's December 1912 and March 1913.

And here's the ad from the December issue, p. 35. About 1 1/8" tall by 2 1/4" wide.

Every time Galen posts about Jabos he could start a thread about marbles he likes. That would provide a nice balance.

I have one. (It's the magazine with one of the earliest Akro ads.) A gift from a friend.

I've had copies of the ad, of course. Can't believe how moving seeing the actual magazine is. It's like visiting a religious shrine must be for some people.

My mind is blown.

I have a giant clay marble -- about an inch and a half -- and I keep wondering what it would have been used for.

Giant glass marbles could be for decoration or pump valve balls or furniture.

What would a big purple clay marble have been for? It's not decorative. Clay marbles were used for drainage in highways I think (maybe?) but would they have been colored first for that? Not that I know what size would have been used for highways ....

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks for the info!

Didn't think of that. The red (orange?), white and blue do look vintage. But darn they're pretty.

Yum!

Nice find!

Oh those are bright!

Niiiice!

Got me!

Looks machine-made to me.

That branching in the first photo looks very wrong for a Pelt.

Pretty shades.

heehee

lolol

Cake mistake garners national attention for Indiana University grad

I don't think I'm mature enough for this.

Prayers and condolences to his friends and family.

Wow!

I just remembered this one. This isn't a very clear 9, but it's a nice tail. My marble. Charles' pix.

What Mike said pretty much.

In tournament play back in the day, shooters were not supposed to be above 3/4". Any marble a little bigger than average might have been called a shooter. You will see that in some Marble King bags. The label will say something like "a shooter in every bag" but you may have to look really hard to find the slightly larger marble.

Nowadays people might say shooter for anything 3/4" or higher (but you can bet they haven't actually knuckled down with one of those really big marbles).