billiard parlor tag.

[oldier333]

Im not sure if this is what you call a tag or not but im newer here lol. About the only cool thing i found all memorial day weekend. Along with 5000 mosquito bites.

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[oldier333]

The only thing ive found out about the place is that it was in business from the 1920's to the 1940's

[curbdiggercarl57]

I'd say it was worth the 5000 bites, very cool find!
Carl

[oldier333]

Thanks carl. I really enjoyed finding something that can be traced back to a specific place somewhat local.

[idahotokens]

That's a pretty cool find! First time I've ever seen a keychain tag from a cigar store. Johnson's WI Token book shows that there was a 10¢ trade token used by the Tagatz Billiard Parlor. Most likely the same business. Johnson dates the token to 1934, the 1930 Census shows him as proprietor of a billiard parlor on Main street.
John in the Great 208

[oldier333]

Thanks idaho thats some good info you gave me there. Next time im in montello i think i will drop by the antique store there and see if they have some more to say about it. Think i may go back to the place i found this too. I just recently started and was as excited finding this as i was my first silver coin and thimble.

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Sweet find !!!!!

[Mackaydon]

Congrats on your find !!
This catalogue source would like a pic: tagatz billiard / parlor / montello, / wisc. (TC-105601) Montello, Wisconsin (Marquette County), U.S.A.
And here's one for sale: http://www.watcheditem.com/iteminfo/...d-key-fob.html
Don.......

[Mackaydon]

If you have any thoughts of returning it to the next of kin, perhaps this information may help.
His middle name was Gottlieb. He married Clara L Sobralske who died in 1986 in Sherman Oaks, California. I'll take a wild guess and suggest there are not many SOBRALSKE's in the local phone book; you may just get lucky.
Don.......

[curbdiggercarl57]

Thanks carl. I really enjoyed finding something that can be traced back to a specific place somewhat local.

That is exactly why I love to dig tokens, fobs, any advertising items.
Carl

[Wldbil]

Nice piece of history... Great find

[norbyx]

Congratulations on the find ... it looks very well kept also

[oldier333]

Thank you.