Title
Playing cards with Votes for Women slogan. [Circa 1900-1910]
Description
Set of purple playing cards with white print and the "Votes for Women" slogan printed in a ribbon design on the top and bottom.
The center features the allegorical figure of Justice holding her scales, a symbol for the suffrage movement. The faces of the cards are a traditional design but the ace of spades contains the Clarion design of the woman blowing a bugle and the "Votes for Women" slogan printed below.
Playing cards were a very popular fundraising and outreach tool during the suffrage campaign.
The center features the allegorical figure of Justice holding her scales, a symbol for the suffrage movement. The faces of the cards are a traditional design but the ace of spades contains the Clarion design of the woman blowing a bugle and the "Votes for Women" slogan printed below.
Playing cards were a very popular fundraising and outreach tool during the suffrage campaign.
Date
[Circa 1900-1910]
Subject
Advertising, Political--United States
Card games
Fundraising
Playing cards
Votes for Women
Card games
Fundraising
Playing cards
Votes for Women
Creator
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Language
English
Identifier
MEMR.1900.03
Original Format
Playing cards
Physical Dimensions
[52] cards: ill. ; 9 cm.
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