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Chess and playing cards (1898)

Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929, United States National Museum, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum · Washington · leaf 252

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mother-of-pearl and silver wire, dice, andmen.1 The game is played in the same manner as the common Englishgame. The game of backgammon belongs to what I have designated,for convenience, as the Nyout series. Dr. Hyde has remarked that thesix points upon each quarter of the backgammon board were…

Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) · Chess · Playing cards · Games

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