Game Tables Used To Be Family Center Before TV (Poker table tops)
In the 1950s, a home library or den had a solid-wood, square-topped table with four matching chairs to use for bridge, poker, mah-jongg or board games like Monopoly. But games were not as important to the family in the 20th century as they were in the 18th and 19th centuries. Perhaps that's because radio and television took time away from group tabletop games.
