Card, Playing
Object number2011.20.1
Artist
Brown & Bigelow
Date1953-1955
MediumPaper
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
DescriptionFive of diamonds playing card. One side is image of Honus Wagner as an old man, in his coach's uniform, signing a baseball for a young boy with Honus Wagner signed baseball in the background. Text along bottom of image side is advertising for gas station; opposite side has the five of diamonds.Dimensions3.5 x 2.5 in. (8.9 x 6.4 cm)InscriptionsText at bottom of side with image "DUTCH MILLER’S TEXACO STATION / SOUTH BROADWAY AND HIGHWAY 9 / PHONE 1071 HOBART, OKLA.”
Other side has red five in top left and bottom right corners.
Historical NotesDecks of these playing cards were given away as a premium by businesses.
Related person
Johannes Peter Wagner
(1874 - 1955)
Terms
On View
Not on view
1936
1911
1910-1911
