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Cribbage Game at Fire Station

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Description: Fireman playing cribbage in a quiet moment at the Dayton and Randall Streets Fire Station Number 4 with spittoon in the foreground.
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Exhibit of Games at Hobby Show

Date: 01 18 1935
Description: Homemade Folk Games and Puzzles, exhibited by Mrs. A.R. Henry, of Lodi, Wisconsin, at the Adult Hobby Show.
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Chess Game

Date: 1910
Description: William Middleton, left, plays chess against an unidentified opponent. Williams' son, Forest, with chin in hands, watches with an unidentified man and wom...
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Game of Pool

Date: 1911
Description: Forest Middleton, left, prepares a pool shot while his opponent looks on. They are playing on a portable pool table in Forest's room. Photographs, cigar ad...
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Chess Sets

Date: 1905
Description: A collection of chess sets displayed on a table with Walter Thomas Mills' 1904 book "The Struggle for Existence."

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