Playing cards

Museum number:
2-50127
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020050127
Accession number:
Acc.2799
Description:
Playing cards; set of playing cards with “The seal of the District of Alaska” and totem poles on back, various scenic and ethnographic photographs on face; 52 cards, Joker and box; Joker says: “Alaska souvenir playing cards copyrighted 1900 by Edward H. Mitchell San Francisco, Cal.”: cards 9 x 6.4 cm each.
Donor:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection place:
Alaska
Production place:
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Playing cards and Totem poles
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Production date:
1900
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Playing cards, accession number 2-50127, described as Playing cards; set of playing cards with “The seal of the District of Alaska” and totem poles on back, various scenic and ethnographic photographs on face; 52 cards, Joker and box; Joker says: “Alaska souvenir playing cards copyrighted 1900 by Edward H. Mitchell San Francisco, Cal.”: cards 9 x 6.4 cm each.

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