Civil War Playing Cards Collection. 1857-1865 (bulk).

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Civil War Playing Cards Collection. 1857-1865 (bulk).

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The collection holds four decks of playing cards: "Game of Battles Between the North & South," first series (New York: Andrew Peck, 1861), consisting of 48 cards covering 24 battles in Kentucky, Missouri, Virginia, and West Virginia, plus one card each of directions and counters; "National Emblems" (New York: American Card Company, 1862); "Union Generals" (New York: M. Nelson, 1863); and "Confederate Generals" (New York: M. Nelson, 1865). Also included are related ephemera such as two chromolithographed display cards, and four partial box labels/advertisements for decks made by Samuel Hart & Co., Philadelphia and New York (the firm's "Club House" (1857), "Union" (1861), "Linen Eagle" and "Monitor" sets); also a card advertising the 1861 patent held by Andrew Dougherty for the union designs on the backs of playing cards.

1 box 1 linear foot.

Porterville Public Library

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Porterville Public Library

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McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896

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Barnard Gratz (1738-1801) and his brother Michael (1740-1811) immigrated to Philadelphia in the 1750s. They were merchants active during the Revolutionary period, and who formed partnerships with the merchants David Franks (1720-1794) of New York and Philadelphia, and Joseph Simon (ca. 1712-1804) of Lancaster, PA. Michael Gratz's two sons, Simon (1773-1839) and Hyman (1776-1857), inherited their father's business. From the description of Gratz-Franks-Simon Papers, 1752-1831 (inclusiv...