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 States Mic
Is that an old fashioned "boom box" the kids are dancing and singing to? It's adorable.
ReplyDeleteThe boom box makes me wonder when this was painted or if older artists painted it in a way to make it look like kids' art.
DeleteLooks like the mural might have been painted by the kids. It's very cute. Thanks for participating in Monday Murals.
ReplyDeleteIt does. I wonder if that's the case. I'm always happy to join the fun.
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