US Patent No. 2595725 Two Section Foldable Game Table (Ping Pong Table) by Kenneth E Sutton 1952 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap two old Whigs offering Union

two old Whigs offering Union and Constitution as a last incantation against the storm already gathering at Charleston and Montgomery

arm-and-hammer

every curve and point drawn with the patience of a man who knew a hook is a small argument between angler and fish

and twin smokestacks pluming against a sky meant to flatter every passenger who could afford a stateroom

May 1541 — a documentary engraving steeped in the heroic mode

US Patent No. 2595725 Two Section Foldable Game Table (Ping Pong Table) by Kenneth E Sutton 1952 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap two old Whigs offering UnionUs Patent No. 2595725 Two Section Foldable Game Table (ping Pong Table) by Kenneth E Sutton 1952 Sutton's engineering filing hinges along the centerline like a book closing on a rally, each leg and brace plotted for the postwar rec room where ping pong had migrated from English drawing rooms to American basements. The schematic reads as a quiet bit of domestic choreography a tournament surface that folds itself away when the paddles are put down.