Playing cards with Votes for Women slogan. [Circa 1910-1920]
Advertising, Political--United States
Card games
Fundraising
Playing cards
Votes for Women
Set of purple playing cards with white and green print, a conjoining V design and the"Votes for Women" slogan printed on all four sides.
The faces of the cards are traditional in design, but the ace of spades contains the name of the printer. The accompanying box is blue and contains the same design of the playing cards.
Playing cards were a very popular fundraising and outreach tool during the suffrage campaign.
Chicago, I.L. : The Western Press
[Circa 1910-1920]
English
MEMR.1910.05
Playing cards with Votes for Women slogan. [Circa 1900-1910]
Advertising, Political--United States
Card games
Fundraising
Playing cards
Votes for Women
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.
National American Woman Suffrage Association
[Circa 1900-1910]
English
MEMR.1900.03
"Votes for Women" playing card. [Circa 1910-1920]
Advertising, Political--United States
Card games
Fundraising
Playing cards
Single purple playing card with an image of the allegorical figure of Justice, holding balanced scales. The sun is rising behind her. ""Votes for Women"" is printed in a ribbon design both above and below the image.
Playing cards were a very popular fundraising and outreach tool during the suffrage campaign.
National American Woman Suffrage Association
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc. (Manufacturer)
[Circa 1910-1920]
English
MEMR.1910.16
"Votes for Women" playing card. [Circa 1910-1920]
Advertising, Political--United States
Card games
Fundraising
Playing cards
Single yellow playing card with an image of the allegorical figure of Justice, holding balanced scales. The sun is rising behind her. "Votes for Women" is printed in a ribbon design both above and below the image.
Playing cards were a very popular fundraising and outreach tool during the suffrage campaign.
National American Woman Suffrage Association
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc. (Manufacturer)
[Circa 1910-1920]
English
MEMR.1910.13
Playing cards with Votes for Women slogan. [Circa 1900-1910]
Advertising, Political--United States
Card games
Fundraising
Playing cards
Votes for Women
Set of purple playing cards with white and green print, a conjoining V design and the"Votes for Women" slogan printed on all four sides.
The faces of the cards are traditional in design but the joker card contains the Clarion design printed in the Women's Political Union's official colors of purple, green, and white.
The accompanying box contains the same design of the playing cards.
Playing cards were a very popular fundraising and outreach tool during the suffrage campaign.
New York, N.Y. : Women's Political Union
[Circa 1900-1910]
English
MEMR.1900.02
New York
Playing cards with Votes for Women slogan. [Circa 1910-1920]
Advertising, Political--United States
Card games
Fundraising
Playing cards
Votes for Women
Set of green playing cards with white and purple print, a conjoining V design and the"Votes for Women" slogan printed on all four sides.
The faces of the cards are traditional in design. The cards do not have an accompanying box.
Playing cards were a very popular fundraising and outreach tool during the suffrage campaign.
[Circa 1910-1920]
English
MEMR.1910.02
Playing cards with Votes for Women slogan. [Circa 1910-1920]
Advertising, Political--United States
Card games
Fundraising
Playing cards
Votes for Women
Set of green playing cards with white, yellow and black print, a conjoining V design and the"Votes for Women" slogan printed on all four sides.
The faces of the cards are traditional in design. The cards do not have an accompanying box.
Playing cards were a very popular fundraising and outreach tool during the suffrage campaign.
[Circa 1910-1920]
English
MEMR.1910.03
Panko, or, Votes for women : the great card game ; suffragists v. anti-suffragists. [Circa 1910]
Advertising, Political--United States
Card games
Playing cards
Suffragists--Great Britain--Pictorial works
Votes for Women
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain--Pictorial works
The 48 playing cards contain a purple and white design on one side and on the reverse, feature cartoons by E.T. Reed of Punch magazine.
The game was advertised and distributed by the Women's Social and Political Union as well as private merchants.
Playing cards were a very popular fundraising and outreach tool during the suffrage campaign.
London, England : Peter Gurney (Manufacturer)
[Circa 1910]
Reed, Edward Tennyson, 1860-1933, artist
English
MEMR.1910.04
Great Britain
Bridge tally card : Votes for Women, and Hearts forever! 1906
Advertising, Political--United States
Bridge (Game)
Card games
Votes for Women
Rectangular tally card for the game of Bridge containing two panels tied together with light gold string with an orange tassel through a punched hold along the top. The cover panel is an embossed illustration of a cupid-like figure carrying a heart-shaped sign that reads: "Votes for Women, and Hearts forever!"
It is marked "Germany" at the bottom left corner. The card is lined with a thin piece of paper between the two panels. The second panel is the tally card.
Cincinnati, O.H. : The U.S. Playing Card Co.
1906
English
MEMR.1906.01