Columbian Exposition Souvenir
Columbian Exposition Souvenir playing cards, G.W. Clark, Chicago, 1893.
Columbian Exposition Souvenir playing cards, copyrighted by G.W. Clark, Chicago, 1893. The reverse depicts the Landing of Columbus in an ornamental frame, whilst all the face cards feature coloured sketches of the fair with miniature playing cards (triplicates) in the upper-left and lower-right corners serving as indices, with the value of the card shown at the top and bottom.


Above: Columbian Exposition Souvenir playing cards, G.W. Clark, Chicago, 1893. The joker shows two medallions and the words "Columbian Souvenir Playing Cards".
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By Simon Wintle
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View ArticlesCurator and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.