Game of Authors playing card

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This is one of four cards featuring Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In the game, which was similar to 'Go Fish', players competed to finish "books" consisting of four cards with the same author. There were eleven different authors featured in the game. Other cards in this game can be seen: 10593, 10594, and 10595.

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Title: Game of Authors playing card
Creator: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
Creation Date: circa 1900
Subject Date: circa 1900
Town: Cambridge, Portland
County: Cumberland, Middlesex
State: MA, ME
Media: Paper
Dimensions (cm): 2.9 x 1.7
Local Code: 1998.1.85
Object Type: Image

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Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org

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