Box containing monogrammed playing cards owned by Mary Church Terrell: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Box containing two (2) decks of Gaylord monogrammed playing cards owned by Mary Church Terrell. The box (.2ab) is red with white detailing. The top of the lid (a) has a white double border with [gaylord] in the center. Inside the box are two (2) decks of playing cards (.1ab). The are handwritten inscriptions on the bottom of the box base (b). A white sticker is adhered to the bottom right corner of the base.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1891-1954
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Mary Church Terrell, American, 1863 - 1954
• Owned by: Mary Church Terrell, American, 1863 - 1954
• Type: boxes (containers)
• Medium: ink, cardboard
• Dimensions: H x W x D (lid): 11/16 × 5 × 3 15/16 in. (1.7 × 12.7 × 10 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (base): 3/4 × 4 7/8 × 3 3/4 in. (1.9 × 12.4 × 9.5 cm)
• Place collected: Highland Beach, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Amusements
• Topic: Domestic life
• Topic: Play
• Object number: A2017.13.1.8.2ab
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ray and Jean Langston in memory of Mary Church and Robert Terrell
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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