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Playing Card sample book (Irish Free State)
Another sample book, for cards produced in, and proudly representing, the Irish Free State, ca. 1936.
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March 17, 2009
Beinecke Library, Cary Playing Card Collection, card, eire, free, ireland, irish, playing, state
Playing Card sample book (Germany)
A saleman's sample book for a line of playing cards produced in Northern Germany, circa the early 1950s.  
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February 16, 2009
Beinecke Library, Cary Playing Card Collection, bielefeld, book, card, cheesecake, Germany, photo, playing, sample
Eee!-vacuation
From the "Vacuation" card game, England, ca. 1940
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May 24, 2008
Beinecke Library, Cary Playing Card Collection, cards, English, game, playing, Vacuation
dos a dos a dos a dos a dos a dos a dos a dos
Back patterns for American playing cards (from the Cary Collection) USA3 USA167 USA10 USA9
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March 17, 2008
Beinecke Library, Cary Playing Card Collection, american, back, card, cary, pattern, playing
There's a moon in the sky.
It's called the moon. ASTRONOMIA [card game] / LONDON / PUBLISHED BY F.G. MOON, 20, THREADNEEDLE STREET / 1829
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January 15, 2008
Beinecke Library, Cary Playing Card Collection, astronomy, card, cards, game, moon, playing

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