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2.17Description
Old Maid Card Game. Material: paper. Size: (a) Box-4" x 5". (b) Lid-4" x 5". (c) 41 cards-2 1/4" x 3 1/2". Description: gray paperboard container holding 42 cards; red and white paperboard lid fits over container; name of game, "Old Maid" printed on top with a graphic of a flirtatious, unattractive woman with a fan encircled by the letter "O"; other information on box: "45 cards of playing card quality, No. 3009, Made in U.S.A., Whitman Publishing Co."; each card has a red and white patterned back; 20 pairs of cartoon characters printed on the face of the cards such as "Glacier Gracie"; one card is "the Old Maid"; handwritten on outside of box: "Something to keep you busy while Wally's gone!" and each card has a handwritten message on it such as "She married her boss!" (d) Instruction card. (4 cards missing)Context
Probably played by family members of Luverne and Marlys Sunde and their extended family.Cataloged By
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Set, CardClass
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Recreational ArtifactsCreate Date
January 27, 2017Update Date
November 21, 2024