Item 10592 - Game of Authors playing card, ca. 1900

Item 10592 - Game of Authors playing card, ca. 1900
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Item 10592
Game of Authors playing card, ca. 1900
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This card game featured eleven different authors. Four cards featured Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

In the game, which was similar to "Go Fish," players competed to finish "books" consisting of four cards with the same author.

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