Sepia Saturday has challenged bloggers with a photo of a man playing solitaire. Playing cards, solo or with others, is a fine pastime. I fondly remember my grandmother teaching me and my siblings to shuffle cards and play gin. An aunt tried to teach us poker. Bridge is a game that seems to have ended with my mother's generation. She still plays, but I never learned. (I do have one friend from high school who joined the high school bridge club. Now I wish I had.) Here's what I found while searching the Library of Congress archives. Opper, Frederick Burr, Artist. McKinley has almost all the chips; - but the game is young, yet / F.Opper . , 1894. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, January 3. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012648746/. Poker . , 1902. [United States: publisher not transcribed] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018696743/. Siegel, Arthur S, photographer. Detroit, Michigan. Poker hand and hands of girl players . Wayne County United Stat...
I like the colours, and makes that ugly column look prettier. Thanks for participating in Monday Murals. Have a lovely week.
ReplyDeleteI like this art event that took drab, white concrete and brought vibrance and color to the neighborhood.
DeleteI'll be truthful. I LOVE this. The colors are great and it feels like there is movement to me. maybe it's because I have gotten into abstract lately, but this is a real beauty. SO glad you shared it.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it. I can understand why many people prefer art that's of a subject they can recognize, but I thought this is worth sharing too.
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