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Showing posts with label playing cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label playing cards. Show all posts
Monday, July 2, 2018
A Group Playing a Game of Faro in the Orient Saloon in Bisbee, Arizona (1900)
A group playing a game of faro in the Orient Saloon in Bisbee, Arizona, c. 1900. By photographer C. S. Fly. The men are identified as: "Left to right - Tony Downs (standing with derby) part owner; Doyle, a concert hall singer at corner of table, sitting, with derby; back of him standing is Dutch Kid; Sleepy Dick, the porter, to right with light felt; Charlie Bassett, with soft felt hat in rear next to wall; dealer is Johnny Murphy, and Smiley Lewis in silk hat."
Source: National Archives and Records Administration.
Friday, May 11, 2018
Carte De Visite Portrait of a Couple Playing Cards as a Man Reclines in the Background (1860′s/1870's)
Carte de visite portrait of a couple playing cards as a man reclines in the background, c. 1860′s/1870's. By photographer Joseph B. Bergstresser of Renovo, Pennsylvania.
Source: New York Public Library.
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Portrait of Union Soldiers of the 56th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment Playing a Game of Cards in a Camp During the American Civil War (1860′s)
Portrait of Union soldiers of the 56th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment playing a game of cards in a camp during the American Civil War, c. 1860′s. From the book War Diary and Letters of Stephen Minot Weld, 1861-1865 published in 1912.
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Portrait of a Group of French Ambulance Officers Playing a Card Game in Cuperly, France, During World War 1 (1915-1916)
Portrait of a group of French ambulance officers playing a card game in Cuperly, France, during World War 1, c. 1915-1916. By Raoul Berthelé.
Source: City Archives of Toulouse.
Friday, October 23, 2015
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Union Soldiers of the 12th Regiment New York State Militia Posing Between Two Rows of Barracks in Camp Anderson in Washington, D.C. (1861)
Union soldiers of the 12th Regiment New York State Militia (probably Company I) posing between two rows of barracks in Camp Anderson in Washington, D.C., 1861. Attributed to Mathew Brady.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Union Soldiers Posing Next to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Ambulance Wagons Near Falmouth, Virginia (1863)
Union soldiers posing next to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ambulance wagons near Falmouth, Virginia, April 1863. By Timothy O'Sullivan. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015
"Hearts are Trumps." Hand-Colored Animated Stereoscopic Scene of Three Women Playing Cards (1866)
"Hearts are Trumps." Hand-colored animated stereoscopic scene of three women playing cards, 1866. By Michael Burr.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Union Soldiers From Company M of the 4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment Posing in an Unidentified Camp
Union soldiers from Company M of the 4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment posing in front of a tent in an unidentified camp during the Civil War. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Saturday, September 20, 2014
Animated Stereoview of Four Men at a Table Playing Cards
Four men at a table playing cards, c. 1860. By Anthony (possibly E. & H. T. Anthony & Company). Animated stereoview.
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Another version of the stereoview at the Victoria and Albert Museum which is titled "The Cheat Detected."
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Union Soldiers Playing Cards
Union soldiers of the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment playing cards and drinking in camp, Columbus, Kentucky, 1864. By John Carbutt. Animated stereoview.
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