The Algerian Merchant, Game of Strange People
date: label: Date
content: 1895–1900
name: label: Manufacturer
content: The Cincinnati Game Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular format playing card with rounded edges, printed in black and white only. Part of a series of cards from an educational game featuring half-tone reproductions of people in national costumes from different countries around the world. Within rectangular swirling border, a photoillustration of a male figure in exotic non-Western costume, wearing boots, a hat, and a long cape. Below the image, printed in black ink: THE ALGERIAN MERCHANT. / Denmark's "Sweet Disposition." / "Far-away Moses" and his Pets. / A Typical Turk.; at upper left and lower right: C / 2
place: label: made in
content: Europe and USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1955-78-8-10
objectType: label: Type
content: toys & games
label: Object Name
content: Playing card
label: Type
content: Playing card
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Lithograph on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 9.4 × 6.8 cm (3 11/16 × 2 11/16 in.)