(BEJING, CHINA) The Forbidden City Pekin & Chinese Views Souvenir Playing Cards. Complete deck of 52 cards (plus the Joker), each with vignetted reproductions of photographs of the imperial palace and its surroundings. Each image is captioned, and includes scenes of palatial buildings and rooms, Buddhist temples and priests, Boxers from the rebellion facing punishment, opium dens, and more. Original gilt-lettered boards slipcase with an additionally affixed card. Los Angeles: Grimes-Strassforth Stationery Co, 1901
