Monogrammed playing cards owned by Mary Church Terrell: Museum Object and Cultural History
Monogrammed playing cards owned by Mary Church Terrell: Date: 1891-1954. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Mary Church Terrell, American, 1863 - 1954.
The object in the museum catalogue
Two (2) decks of Gaylord monogrammed playing cards owned by Mary Church Terrell. Two (2) decks (.1ab) of playing cards, one in blue (a) and one in red (b) are located inside a Gaylord box (.2ab). Each card has a double white border. The center of each card has [MCT] in gold-colored text. Each set has 53 (fifty-three) cards, including a joker card.
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: playing cards
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (individual playing card): 3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (8.9 × 5.7 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: A2017.13.1.8.1ab
- 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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