85/657 Playing cards and tin, 'Sutherland's Circular Coon Cards', paper / tin, Hartley Bros Pty Ltd, Australia, late 19th century

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Playing cards with tin, 1875 - 1900

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Hartley Bros Pty Ltd, Australia, late 19th. century

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Playing cards and tin, 'Sutherland's Circular Coon Cards', paper / tin, Hartley Bros Pty Ltd, Australia, late 19th century

53 circular cardboard playing cards, full deck and a joker, printed on one side in cream and navy with picture of African American man in stylised period costume. Contained in circular gold enamelled metal tin, with cover showing African American child eating watermelon within a spade motif.

Made: Hartley Bros Pty Ltd; Australia; 1875 - 1900

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Printed on card: 'Sutherland's Circular / Coon Cards'. Transfer printed on cover:'Circular Playing Cards / Sutherland Circular Coon Cards / As Black as the Ace of Spades / New York / Copyright / Sole Proprietors / Hartley Bros Pty ltd / 148 Swanston St. Melbourne.'

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85/657

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1875 - 1900

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Gift of Leo Schofield, 1985

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.

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