Playing Cards

Name/Title

Playing Cards

Entry/Object ID

2005.57.1

Description

Deck of playing cards in a green leatherette advertising case. The cards are the standard suits, and the backs are decorated with pink flowers on a red ground. The cast is embossed with the words "BARRE VERMONT" flanking a rectangular logo that reads "R & S / SINCE 1875".

Context

Produced as advertising merchandise for Reynolds & Sons in Barre, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2005.57

Source or Donor

Bullard, Janet

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In memory of Wendell George Bassett

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1960

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

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

4-1/4 in

Width

3-3/8 in

Depth

3/4 in

Material

Paperboard, Artificial Leather

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Reynolds & Sons

Related Places

Place

City

Barre City

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America