Honoré Daumier, Parisians will never be under Police Supervision, litho.,. 1847, and a comment on the docility of the public the year before the
Year of European Revolution, content to play draughts rather than protest. http://www.fulltable.com/VTS/c/chess/chess.htm
St. Petersburg Times photo: Jamie Francis
For years, men gathered to gab and play checkers
on a decorated board at Joe Yates’ barbershop,
1239 22nd St. S. This photo was taken in 2001,
before the shop closed. Yates died in November. http://sptimes.com/2002/webspecials02/d ... ory1.shtml
1886 The Smoking Room of the Reporters Gallery, House of Commons.
This hand colored engraving is from the cover of the September 1886
edition of The Graphic. The scene shows men smoking pipes and playing
checkers at the House of Commons http://www.printsoldandrare.com/chesscheckers/
Dammen in Beieren 1906 Scene: Checkers in Bavaria.
Hand colored engraving from a 1906 publication,
showing two men in Bavaria playing checkers
while others watch. 11x16 in. http://www.printsoldandrare.com/chesscheckers/