Name/Title
KAM-RA MOTION PICTURE CARD GAME CARDSEntry/Object ID
2002.126.1.2Description
Color: Black; Blue; Green; Red; Yellow
A set of 59 cards for the Kam-Ra motion picture card game, by the Kam-Ra Card Company, Hollywood, California, 1928. There are five sets, denoted by the colors of black, blue, green, red, and yellow, consisting of 12 cards per set. Each has five cards for actor, author, writer, director, and hero with images of each type of person (except the black set is missing the hero card) and seven other cards numbered from one through seven. Each suit is also distinguished on the cards by symbols, including dollar signs for black, squares for blue, circles for green, triangles for red, and stars for yellow. On the back of all cards is the same design, a film camera on a tripod within an oval frame and surrounded by a series of stars within a rectangular border with the colors being yellow and white. The original instructions are missing, although a photocopy of these are in the accession file. With little indication of wear, except for some acid burns lightly at the edges, the items are in good condition.Lexicon
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Motion picturesSearch Terms
Two-dimensional, Card games, Kam-Ra Card Company