Collection Highlights
Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Gypsy-Lore Fortune Telling Cards
Object Number:
2000.303
Date:
1932
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
box: 3 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 5/8 in. ( 9.2 x 6 x 1.6 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box: "GYPSY-LORE/ FORTUNE TELLING/ CARDS/ REVEAL the FUTURE/ 45 CARDS OF/ PLAYING CARD QUALITY/ MADE IN U.S.A." on both sides
Description:
"Gypsy-Lore Fortune Telling Cards" card game with 43 fortune telling cards and an instruction card in a paper box; box printed on both sides with a profile portrait of a gypsy woman; box cover inscribed, "GYPSY-LORE/ FORTUNE TELLING/ CARDS/ REVEAL the FUTURE/ 45 CARDS OF/ PLAYING CARD QUALITY/ MADE IN U.S.A." on both sides.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
