US Artists & Writers Guild Royal Revelers Cards , 1932

Item — Box: 5, item: 1

Scope and Contents

St. Paul Minn. Oversized box. 2 decks; 1 sealed, 1 unsealed.

Dimensions: 3.75" x 4.75"

Quantity (total, both decks): 104

Original inventory number: 3

Dates

Creation: 1932

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Biographical / Historical

This deck was printed by Brown & Bigelow in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1932 to help fight to the repeal prohibition amendment to the constitution. The court cards all show people with glasses for different sorts of alcoholic drinks, some of them already seeming to have drunk quite a lot.

Full Extent

From the Collection: 2 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Description

Two part hard case, bottom red, top black with four of court cards depicted on the front cover. On the inside top and bottom there are stamps of Edwards Huntington Metcalf's address and the date of the decks and two revenue stamps. There are two decks of cards, both gold-edged. One has red backs with a female joker and the other are blue with a male joker. The pip cards are normal, but all the court cards show people with glasses for different sorts of alcoholic drinks in various levels of intoxication.