Sepia Saturday

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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 Michigan Detroit, 1941. Summer. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017844190/.


A Touch of the Times. England, ca. 1720. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002719527/.



Gillray, James, Engraver. Lady Godina's rout; - or - Peeping-Tom spying out Pope-Joan / Js. Gy. d: et f. Great Britain, 1796. [London: H. Humphrey, th] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2001695089/.

Stacy, George, Publisher. The Whist party. , None. [New york, n.y.: george stacy, between 1861 and 1866] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017647825/.


Comments

  1. Barbara RogersSeptember 12, 2021 at 8:07 AM

    And then there were all those religious people who forbid the playing of cards (and dancing I do believe!) It's interesting to see these photos which do look at the fun of those decadent folks, whether or not they were truly decadent. I learned gin, solitaire, canasta and a bit of bridge from my mother...but alas, no poker!

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    1. smkelly8September 12, 2021 at 2:01 PM

      I learned poker a little, but never got the rules down pat. Gin, solitaire, Go Fish, War, and Crazy Eights were our main games. I had a job where I learned Euchre one summer, but I can't remember that.

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  2. Mike BrubakerSeptember 12, 2021 at 9:02 AM

    You've dealt some fine cards for us this weekend. It's interesting how words and phrases from card games continue to be used (or misused) in our vocabulary. My least favorite term is "double down" from blackjack. It's so overused by journalists that it's meaning has changed.

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  3. DawnTreaderSeptember 12, 2021 at 9:48 AM

    You found some great card pictures!

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  4. Molly's CanopySeptember 12, 2021 at 10:56 AM

    Nice retrospective on card playing. I personally love solitaire -- the original with cards, not the online version. My mom was a bridge player. But our main family card game was "pitch" -- which I believe is played mainly in upstate New York. Always a favorite when my family gets together.

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    1. smkelly8September 12, 2021 at 2:03 PM

      It's interesting how regional a lot of games are. I'm trying to think of an Australian card game I was taught on a tour of China. I was rotten at it.

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  5. KathySeptember 14, 2021 at 6:59 PM

    I enjoyed your selections. Several years ago I was determined to learn bridge with some friends but life had other plans. Maybe when this pandemic is over.

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2021 at 8:00 PM

    Your link for this week (9/18) doesn't seem to be working on SS

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