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Front of postcard illustrating shooting
Date
1876
Description
Front of the postcard illustrates Jack McCall shooting Wild Bill Hickok in the head during a poker game.
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Back of postcard
Date
1876
Description
Back of the postcard describes the details behind Bill Hickok's murder.
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Postcard of gun fight gambling scene, 1954
Date
1954
Archival Collection
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.
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Postcard of dogs sitting around a table playing poker, Manhattan Beach (Calif.), March 3, 1965
Date
1965-03-03
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard with dogs playing poker 1965.
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Front of postcard
Date
1965-03-03
Description
Front of the postcard illustrates a group of dogs sitting at a table playing poker.
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Back of postcard
Date
1965-03-03
Description
Back of the postcard shows the sender writing a letter to the intended recipient Mary Kendall
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Postcard of dogs gambling at the Dunes Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (Nev.), approximately 1900s-1980s
Date
1900 to 1989
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard with dogs playing blackjack at the Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Inscription at the bottom (likely the artist) reads "Crosby De'Moss" Site Name: Dunes Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Postcard of smoking gamblers in a quarrel, 1914
Date
1914
Archival Collection
Description
A postcard illustrating a gambling scene where one gambler is roughing up the table while the other gamblers smoke and look surprised. The caption reads, "Raising the Ante".
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Front of postcard
Date
1914
Description
Front of the postcard depicts a gambling scenario during a card game (most likely poker).
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Back of postcard
Date
1914
Description
Back of the postcard shows an inscription written to the intended recipient G.J. Dunlap
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