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Heading: Author: Heick, William Title: 5¢ a Cue, San Francisco, CA Place Published: Publisher: Date Published: 1948; vintage print Description: Vintage gelatin silver print. Image: 20x25.3 cm (10x8"); tipped to board: 41x51 cm (20x16¼").Signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso. The pool hall and the ever-present mid-century felt hat were universal symbols for American men across all ethnic and class divisions – Walter Tevis' The Hustler and Billy Collins' The Death of the Hat come to mind. Heick here captures another Decisive Moment as the light leads the way right into the side pocket and the gentleman at right blows smoke out his nose.