Item 10595 - Game of Authors playing cards, ca. 1900

Item 10595 - Game of Authors playing cards, ca. 1900
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Item 10595
Game of Authors playing cards, 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. The other cards may be seen: #10594, 10593, and 10592.

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