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Postcard of gun fight gambling scene, 1954

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Date

1954

Description

A postcard illustrating a gambling scene where someone is cheating. The caption reads, "When a pair of sixes beats aces: Surprised in the act of padding his hand with aces fed to him by the town roust-about, the crooked gambler looks into the muzzles of a pair of six guns". The depiction is from an original oil painting by Ernest Reedstrom.

Digital ID

pho025524

Physical Identifier

0180_0002
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    Citation

    pho025524. Timothy Peters Postcard Collection. PH-00180. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1959cf3m.

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    Digital Provenance

    Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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