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Box 3

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Contains 12 Results:

Batavian Playing Cards, 1934

 Item — Box: 3, item: 1
Scope and Contents

Batavia Aces with views of country. Gumprich & Strauss of Batavia (gotten in gambling casino by W. Wilde).

Dimensions: 2.07" x 3.63"

Quantity: 53 (complete)

Original inventory number: 34

Dates: 1934
Found in: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives / Edwards H. Metcalf Collection of Playing Cards

Japanese Hanafuda Playing Cards, 1934

 Item — Box: 3, item: 2
Scope and Contents

Bought by W. Wilde. 2 small boxes encased in 1 large box. 1 unwrapped, 1 wrapped with broken seal.

Dimensions: 2.69" x 3.5"

Quantity (total both decks): 96 (complete)

Original inventory number: 35

Dates: 1934
Found in: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives / Edwards H. Metcalf Collection of Playing Cards

Angel Backs Gem No. 53, circa 1909

 Item — Box: 3, item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains decks of playing cards that were collected by Edwards H. Metcalf. The decks range in dates from the early 1800s to the mid-1900s. Many different card games are included in the collection, such as Man-Chu, fortune telling, and court.

Dates: circa 1909
Found in: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives / Edwards H. Metcalf Collection of Playing Cards

Medicaer Spielkarte No. 272 Italian Playing Cards, circa 1920

 Item — Box: 3, item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains decks of playing cards that were collected by Edwards H. Metcalf. The decks range in dates from the early 1800s to the mid-1900s. Many different card games are included in the collection, such as Man-Chu, fortune telling, and court.

Dates: circa 1920
Found in: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives / Edwards H. Metcalf Collection of Playing Cards

Piatnik No. 162 Austrian Playing Cards, circa 1940

 Item — Box: 3, item: 5
Scope and Contents

In open box with sealed cards.

Dimensions: 2.25" x 4"

Original inventory number: 38

Dates: circa 1940
Found in: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives / Edwards H. Metcalf Collection of Playing Cards

Hand-painted Italian Tarot Cards, undated

 Item — Box: 3, item: 6
Scope and Contents

No casing.

Dimensions: 2.32" x 4.07"

Quantity: 68

Original inventory number: 39

Dates: undated
Found in: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives / Edwards H. Metcalf Collection of Playing Cards

Gamecock Kem Cards, circa 1940

 Item — Box: 3, item: 7
Scope and Contents

2 decks in plastic case; 1 sealed, 1 unsealed.

Dimensions: 2.57" x 3.69"

Original inventory number: 41

Dates: circa 1940
Found in: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives / Edwards H. Metcalf Collection of Playing Cards

Swiss No.40D. Doppelköpfig Playing Cards, undated

 Item — Box: 3, item: 8
Scope and Contents

Sealed in case.

Dimensions: 2.25" x 3.5"

Original inventory number: 42

Dates: undated
Found in: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives / Edwards H. Metcalf Collection of Playing Cards

La Suisse Historique No.33 Playing Cards, circa 1920

 Item — Box: 3, item: 9
Scope and Contents

No. 33 Whist a 53 cartes.

Dimensions: 2.5" x 3.69"

Quantity: 53

Original inventory number: 43

Dates: circa 1920
Found in: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives / Edwards H. Metcalf Collection of Playing Cards

Hand-painted Italian Fortune Telling Cards, undated

 Item — Box: 3, item: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains decks of playing cards that were collected by Edwards H. Metcalf. The decks range in dates from the early 1800s to the mid-1900s. Many different card games are included in the collection, such as Man-Chu, fortune telling, and court.

Dates: undated
Found in: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives / Edwards H. Metcalf Collection of Playing Cards

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