playing cards – Auction Finds

I was intrigued by the box as soon as I saw it on the auction table: “Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Cards.” Beneath the title was a witch in black tending a blazing fire under a…

September 13, 2011

sherry

Playing cards with true African American images

Posted in Black history, and Games

The bright red box with the photo and two much writing on its cover was secured with a beige rubber band drawn twice around it. The side facing me in the plastic wrapper inside a…

March 21, 2011

sherry

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Black child images on playing cards

Posted in Games

The sketches of African American children on the playing cards were not typical. For one thing, some of the children were smiling and the cards were devoid of color. Had there been color, the most…

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