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Secondary used playing cards

Playing cards used for anything but games, in all forms, of all times.

Location: Hazerswoude, The Netherlands
Members: 9
Latest Activity: Apr 6, 2010

Examples of secondary used playing cards

German spool, c1850

American post card, 1924

Dutch so called transformation card, drawing over pip, c1850

Belgian reinforcement of a book spine, 1860

English carpenters invoice, 18th century

Dutch shop window, 2007

Chinese, cut out for gloves, 2003

Art work seen at eBay, ???

Card of French prediction trick, 18th century

Danish invitation for a game of Hombre, c1880

French invitation for an afternoon with amateur musicians, 18th century

Dutch so called transformation card: drawing over printed pips, c1925

French Royal Lotery ticket No. 40, 1784

German 'Notgeld' (emergency currency) during depression, c1918

German? box folded out of playing card, c

1850

German souvenir card by one of the players aboard a boat during a trip on the river Rhine, 1932

French, request to look after a sick friend, 18th century

French address label, 18th century

English address label, 18th century

Spanish, probably used to reinforce clothing, 18th century

French, listing of cloth for cleaning or journey?, 18th century

French, shopping list, 18th century

French, 5 of diamonds scratched to replace missing 4 of diamonds, 18th century

Card from the Joseph Pierson collection. Simply lovely.

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Comment by Joseph Pierson on April 6, 2010 at 11:35am
I have a wonderful group of playing cards that were mailed from various cities coorresponding to the card value: "Ace, Wyoming," "King, Nebraska," etc. Each bears the appropriate hand cancellation. I will post some scans when I find the box in which they are hiding.
Comment by Gejus van Diggele on April 6, 2010 at 8:51am
Sorry for my belated reply. It's almost 2 years after your question...
In former Russia prisoners still produce playing cards by hand. To avoid fights over games the prison authorities forbid playing cards, so the inmates make them from writing paper glued (with flour stolen from the backery) on torn out book pages. It takes a while to complete a deck. Each card is nicely drawn by pencil. If the deck is used prisoners sell it for a bottle of vodka or whiskey. If you like to obtain a hand made prisoners deck best chance you have is to contact lawers that visit prisons. That's how I got my example.
I like it because in my WW2 games collection I have several decks that were hand made by prisoners of war during WW2, both civilans and military men.
Comment by Mike Ferguson on June 5, 2008 at 12:52am
I was reading about cards made by prisoners out of newspaper and scraps of paper (in the collection at St. Petersburg). These are instances where the playing card is the second use. Gejus, you have samples of these types as well? I suppose you must. An interesting twist on reuse.
Comment by Gejus van Diggele on May 30, 2008 at 4:43am
Do not believe Rhonda. I had to go to the bank first to steal her cards. But yes, they are special, like the previous owner.
Comment by Rhonda Hawes on May 29, 2008 at 10:37pm
I used to have a small but very nice collection of secondary used playing cards, but then I had a house guest from the Netherlands and somehow my collection disappeared!!! :-)
 

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