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Salesman and Mechanic

Date: 1936
Description: Two men in the Number 1 Motor Truck Station shop. A salesman stands over a mechanic, who appears to be playing a game of solitaire. Possibly a photograph f...
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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...
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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...
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Ho-Chunk Men Playing Cards

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Description: Five Ho-Chunk men are sitting around a blanket on the ground playing cards. They are in front of a lodge frame without coverings. A man holding a walking s...
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Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer

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Description: Robert Bloch & Harold Gauer play poker sitting at a table strewn with cards and chips.
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A Game of Cards

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Description: A group of boys play a game of cards while sitting on the ground between the steps of some houses. At least four boys wear caps, three are wearing pants wi...
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University Student Campers

Date: 1885
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students and chaperons during a camping trip at Livesy Springs on the north shore of Lake Mendota. On the left side stands ...
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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...
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Older Adult Klub Activities

Date: 02 13 1951
Description: Members of the Older Adult Klub play canasta at the Madison Community Center. They are Mrs. Minnie Ewing, Mrs. Carrie Soule, Mrs. Margaret Durkee, and Mrs....
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Card Players, North of the George Washington Bridge

Date: 1968
Description: Small groups of men in suits sit around tables in folding chairs playing cards in a sunny parking lot. A bridge stretches into the distance above the card...
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 ...
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Boys "Shooting Craps"

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Description: African-American boys gather for a "studio group photo in the condescending idiom of about 1900." The boys stand in a wooded area while imitating a game of...
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Lao Infantry Playing Cards

Date: 05 1961
Description: Group of Colonel Bounchon's Lao infantrymen playing cards in the field. The soldiers sit or stand around a blanket where cards, money and cigarettes are la...
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 ...
Photograph

Running for Re-election

Date: 1970
Description: Running hard for re-election after having served less than a full term, Congressman David R. Obey greets card-playing seniors.
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Dog Clearing Bar Table

Date: 11 1946
Description: Four men playing cards at a table with a fifth man seated on a radiator observing at left. In the foreground, a dog clears an empty beer bottle from the ta...
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Milwaukee Card-Playing Tournament

Date: 1965
Description: Two men, competitors in a state card-playing (skat) tournament.
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Ladies Playing Cards

Date: 07 1963
Description: Group of women playing cards while wearing hats and pearls.
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Card Party

Date: 1967
Description: Middle-aged woman seated at an outdoor table with refreshments. She is wearing a hat made out of newspaper. The occasion is a card party arranged for older...
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Playing Cards

Date: 12 1906
Description: Sarah Krueger and Henry Bigalk playing cards at a table set up outdoors next to the porch. Henry is smoking a pipe and has a large bottle of alcohol sticki...

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