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Playing Cards

Date: 05 10 1955
Description: Members of a musician's union playing cards together.
Postcard

Four Men Playing Cards

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men sitting at a table playing cards, smoking cigarettes and ...
Photograph

Four Soldiers Playing Cards

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Description: Studio portrait of four soldiers lying on the ground by a box that says, "Hard Tack U.S.," playing cards and drinking. They are posing in front of a painte...
Photograph

Four Soliders Playing Cards

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Description: Studio portrait of four soldiers kneeling around a box that says, "Hard Tack U.S.," playing cards and drinking. They are posing in front of a painted backd...
Postcard

Two Men Playing Cards

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men sitting at a table playing cards. On the table is a bottle of wine and a glass. The man on the le...
Postcard

Poker Players

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Description: Studio portrait of two men in front of a painted backdrop playing poker while smoking and drinking beer. The man on the left is Jacob Birrenkott, and the m...
Photograph

Shriners Yule Party

Date: 12 18 1947
Description: Fletcher Mills doing a card trick for three children, with a clown looking on, at the Madison Shriners yule party at the Washington Orthopedic School, 545 ...
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Cribbage Boards

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: Three cribbage boards (made by Nelson?).
Book or Pamphlet

"Pucks" the Trump Man

Date: 1903
Description: Rolf "Pucks" Anderson and Herbert "Chub" Fowler playing cards on a train.
Photograph

Teen-Agers Dating

Date: 01 26 1949
Description: Walter Meanwell and his date, Mary Ann Pohle, playing gin rummy on a date. They both live in Shorewood Hills and attend Wisconsin High School.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Two Lumberjacks

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Description: A studio portrait of two men, probably lumberjacks, that are posed playing cards, drinking, and smoking in front of a painted backdrop. The two men are sit...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Two Lumberjacks Drinking

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Description: Two unidentified white men, dressed as lumberjacks, sit on a wood log in Van Schaick's studio, drinking, smoking and playing cards, with a saw and an axe n...
Photograph

The Loft Community Center Anniversary Dance

Date: 01 30 1950
Description: Four youth play canasta at the anniversary dance at the Loft Community Center, 16 East Doty Street. From left are: Mary Rose Gallagher, Ruth Leuthner, Dick...
Photograph

League of Women Voters Skit Cast

Date: 09 14 1950
Description: Four League of Women Voters of Madison members who will perform a skit, "Bridge a la League" at a membership reception, are gathered around a card table. F...
Print

Sly Fox Scott taking Jeff Monkey's Last Trump

Date: 1860
Description: A monkey with a Confederate flag that has fallen to the floor (representing Jefferson Davis) and a fox with a Union flag (representing General Winifield Sc...
Print

Virginia in 1776, Virginia in 1861

Date: 1860
Description: Two images of the "family" of Virginia. Above depicts a happy, prosperous "family" at the Declaration of Independence in 1776. A banner with the stars and ...
Photograph

Joe Berg

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Description: Joe Berg, a professional magician and magic dealer, who was based in Chicago. This autographed picture was presented to Ben Bergor, a Madison area magician...
Photograph

Sleight of Hand

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Description: Outdoor portrait of Madison magician Ben Bergor, who performed as Bennie Golden Berger during the early years of his career. He billed himself as the faste...
Photograph

Eddie Tullock

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Description: Magician Eddie Tullock (1919-2007) performing at a restaurant. Minnesota-born Tullock was the originator of "trade show magic," the concept of presenting a...
Postcard

Two Men Playing Cards with Donkey

Date: 1930
Description: In a studio "gag" portrait, two men sit at a table playing cards in front of a painted backdrop. Both are showing their hands and smoking cigars. Each man ...

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