White Pass and Yukon Route Souvenir Playing Cards, circa 1900

Complete set of 52 cards, a joker, and a card with a map of "The Gateway to the Golden North, The Land of Nightless Days," the route to the Nome Gold Fields. Encased in a two-part slipcase, the outer box of which is gilded on one side "White Pass & Yukon Route Souvenir Playing Cards" with a card showing its pictorial backs on the other side. The playing cards commemorate the "Scenic Railway of the World," with scenic views of Alaska's wonders. On the back of the cards is a blue, red, and gold design with a depiction of a train on a bridge through the mountains. The edges are gilded.