Playing cards
date: label: date made
content: 1939
name: label: maker
content: Western Publishing Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A set of playing cards, probably made of celluloid, contained in an alligator-patterned two-part faux leather case. Pockets on either side of the case contain a game marker. The markers have celluloid discs that indicate "Trump," "Games," and "Points." The cards were manufactured by W. P. Co. of Racine, Wis. They picture an avenue lined with palm trees.
label: Description (Brief)
content: W. P. Co. was the Western Printing Company, also known as the Western Printing and Lithograph Company, the name under which it was incorporated in 1910.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The company did a variety of commercial printing from stationery and paper goods to games, puzzles, books, and comic books. It is best known as the publisher and printer of <i>Little Golden Books</i> in partnership with Simon and Schuster.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Wisconsin, Racine
topic: label: Subject
content: Games
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1472
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1472
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: playing cards
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (parts material)
label: Physical Description
content: faux leather (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 cm x 7.8 cm x 2 cm; 3 15/16 in x 3 1/16 in x 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 3 in x 4 in; 3.175 cm x 7.62 cm x 10.16 cm