Hurd’s Bridge Whist Cabinet
notes: label: Description
content: Frank B. Hurd, a stationer in New York City, designed this apparatus for playing Bridge Whist (aka straight bridge), a card game popular in the early twentieth century. The numbers are made of celluloid.
label: Description
content: Ref: Frank B. Hurd, “Bridge-Whist Apparatus,” U.S. Patent 868,928 (Oct. 22, 1907).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1476
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1476
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bridge whist cabinet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (parts material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.2 cm x 20.5 cm x 6.3 cm; 2 13/16 in x 8 1/16 in x 2 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 8 in x 2 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 20.32 cm x 6.35 cm