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Playing Card, The Algerian Merchant, Game of Strange People

This is a Playing Card. It was manufactured by The Cincinnati Game Company. It is dated 1895–1900 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton.

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Its dimensions are

9.4 × 6.8 cm (3 11/16 × 2 11/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Playing Card, The Algerian Merchant, Game of Strange People; Manufactured by The Cincinnati Game Company (United States); lithograph on paper; 9.4 × 6.8 cm (3 11/16 × 2 11/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton; 1955-78-8-10

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