From the “Vacuation” card game, England, ca. 1940
Archive for the 'Cary Playing Card Collection' Category
Eee!-vacuation
Published May 24, 2008 Beinecke Library , Cary Playing Card Collection 0 CommentsTags: cards, English, game, playing, Vacuation
dos a dos a dos a dos a dos a dos a dos a dos
Published March 17, 2008 Beinecke Library , Cary Playing Card Collection 0 CommentsTags: american, back, card, cary, pattern, playing
Back patterns for American playing cards
(from the Cary Collection)
USA3
USA167
USA10
USA9
USA21
USA6
USA2
USA7
Hearts (For Presidents’ Day)
Published February 18, 2008 Beinecke Library , Cary Playing Card Collection 0 Comments
There’s a moon in the sky.
Published January 15, 2008 Beinecke Library , Cary Playing Card Collection 2 CommentsTags: astronomy, card, cards, game, moon, playing
It’s called the moon.
ASTRONOMIA [card game] / LONDON / PUBLISHED BY F.G. MOON,
20, THREADNEEDLE STREET / 1829
Welcome!
Published July 18, 2007 Cary Playing Card Collection , James Weldon Johnson Collection , Modern General Collection , Shirley Collection , Yale Collection of American Literature 0 CommentsRoom 26 Cabinet of Curiosities features new acquisitions, unique documents, and visual and textual curiosities from the collections of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. This ongoing exhibition is curated by Tim Young, Associate Curator of the Modern Books and Manuscripts Collection, and Nancy Kuhl, Associate Curator of the Yale Collection of American Literature. Additional information about these and other materials in the Beinecke Library’s collections can be found at the Library’s website: http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/
