Object Record
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Object Name |
Card, Playing |
Catalog Number |
0985.03.00234 |
Date |
1862 |
Description |
This deck of paper playing cards has a design (on the back of the card) of a First National flag and an Army of Northern Virginia flag crossed and surmounting a Confederate States of American Great Seal on a blue dotted background. The paper wrapping has portrait of an Arabic sheikh in blue. |
Dimensions |
H-3.75 W-2.5 D-0.5 inches |
Made |
Goodall and Son, England, Great Britain |
Provenance |
These are playing cards that came from England through the blockade. The wrapper indicates that these cards won the Prize Medal at an 1862 International Exhibition. |
Search Terms |
flag imagery |
Subjects |
Gambling Games Card games Card playing Cards Blockade running Blockades |