Card, Playing

Object/Artifact

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Historic Saranac Lake

Name/Title

Card, Playing

Entry/Object ID

2022.34.120

Description

Souvenir deck of playing cards in a leather carrier with depiction of Saranac Inn. Full deck of cards is present. It is likely a euchre deck due to inclusion of "best bower" card. Cards have blue back design with gold edges. No maker's mark. Leather deck holder has a flap enclosure with snap. Leather interior band has detached. Pen [?] drawing on flap depicts the Saranac Inn property across Upper Saranac Lake, with "Saranac Inn. Adirondacks N. Y." written below. No maker's mark.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Card, Playing

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Game, Card

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Game

Nomenclature Class

Game Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Hotels, Tourism, Souvenirs

Dimensions

Height

2-3/4 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Depth

3/4 in

Material

Leather, Paper

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Hamlet

Saranac Inn

Town

Santa Clara

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America