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Game, Duplicate Bridge BoardEntry/Object ID
67.02 a-pDescription
Duplicate Bridge Board. Material: wood, metal. Size: 10" W. X 9" L. Description: natural colored wooden square boards with four metal spring loaded clips on each side of board; black number on back of each board (1-16).Context
Game found by Lawrence and Leta Clemons 824 E. Elm Ave. Game once belonged to Josephine Leuthold. Lawrence and Leta Clemons lived at 824 E. Elm Ave. the former residence of the Leuthold family who built it. It is called duplicate because the same bridge hand (i.e. arrangement of cards) is duplicated at most of the tables playing, in order to allow a fair comparison of playing skill and reduce "luck of the cards". Every hand, whether good or bad, is played in competition with others playing the identical cards. Bridge boards, simple four-way card holders, are used to ensure that each player's hand is passed intact to the next table who must play it, and final scores are calculated by comparing each pair's result with others who played the same hand.Cataloged By
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Recreational ArtifactsCreate Date
October 19, 2006Update Date
November 21, 2024