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Photograph

Card Player; Esther Lewis

Date: 07 11 1968
Description: Close-up of a woman wearing a newspaper hat playing cards. Identified as Esther Lewis playing with the Golden Agers club members in Washington Park, Milwau...
Photograph

Straubels and Kemnitzes Playing Cards

Date: 
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L.G. Straubel playing cards in a parlor with Mr. and Mrs. Kemnitz
Historical Object

The Joker

Date: 1901
Description: Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. This card is the Joker, it features a black and white official logo for the Pan-...
Historical Object

The Johnstown Flood

Date: 1901
Description: Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Two of Clubs displays a drawing of "The Johnstown Flood," a castle like buil...
Historical Object

The Airship

Date: 1901
Description: Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Seven of Spades displays a drawing of "The Airship." A round building with a...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Building

Date: 1901
Description: Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Jack of Hearts displays a drawing of the "Wisconsin Building," a square buil...
Historical Object

Beautiful Orient

Date: 1901
Description: Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Three of Hearts displays a drawing of the "Beautiful Orient." Two obelisks f...
Historical Object

The Plaza

Date: 1901
Description: Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Five of Hearts displays a drawing of "The Plaza," a two piece building with ...
Historical Object

74th Regiment Armory

Date: 1901
Description: Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Three of Clubs displays a drawing of the "74th Regiment Armory," a large cas...
Historical Object

Dairy Building

Date: 1901
Description: Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Two of Spades displays a drawing of the "Dairy building," a large ornate bar...
Photograph

The Propylaea

Date: 1901
Description: Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Jack of Clubs displays a drawing of "The Propylaea," a large cathedral like ...
Historical Object

Service building

Date: 1901
Description: Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Queen of Hearts displays a drawing of the "Service Building," a large castle...
Photograph

Bridge Tournament

Date: 11 23 1965
Description: Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Bruce Beilfuss, and Elizabeth Lester, one of Wisconsin's first life masters in bridge, are each holding a hand of cards. In...
Photograph

Man Playing Poker Alone

Date: 
Description: View of a man playing poker alone on the right side of a table in a living room. A cat is walking on the floor next to the table on the left.
Photograph

Man Playing Poker Alone

Date: 
Description: View of a man playing poker alone on the left side of a table in a living room. In the background is a stairwell.
Photograph

After a Ducks Unlimited Meeting

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Description: Two men from Ducks Unlimited are playing cards at a table, while another man is looking at a poster created by Sid titled: "Secrets of a Sweater Girl." The...
Photograph

"Take Nothing for Granted"

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Description: Photographic poster featuring a skunk, a half-chewed cigar, a pair of dice rolled to snake eyes, and a hand of cards with nearly a straight. The text state...
Photograph

Happy Birthday Doc

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Description: Group portrait of six men holding up a signboard saying "Happy Birthday Doc" in the middle of a card table. The group is sitting and playing cards in what ...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1973
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a man sitting at a table (inscribed PAM) and playing cards with a salmon and a muskelunge (muskie). The muskelunge appea...
Photograph

Camp at Kegonsa

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Description: A group of people are gathered at a campsite next to a tent. A group of men and women are sitting on the ground playing cards, two women are standing, and ...

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