(PHOTOGRAPHY) In Dixie Land card game

Sale 2663 - Lot 338

Price Realized: $ 406

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(PHOTOGRAPHY.) "In Dixie-Land" card game. Complete set of 53 illustrated playing cards, in original red cardboard box with instructions mounted to inner lid; without the advertising card sometimes found with the set, minor wear to box, otherwise light wear to cards. Cincinnati, OH: Fireside Game Company, 1897

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A rummy-like game, with each of the 53 cards bearing a photographic image of an African-American subject. While the images and captions are intended to be whimsical or comical, and are often in dialect, they offer a somewhat sympathetic depiction of African-American life.