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Contributor The Hidden-Book Title Publishing Co., publisher.
Title [Incomplete set of "Series C" of "Hidden Book Titles" rebus puzzle card game] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: The Hidden Book-Title Publishing Co
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1899
Date Oct., 1899
Physical Description 9 prints : relief ; sheets 12 x 18 cm (4.75 x 3 in.)
Description Incomplete set of card game (9 of 15 cards) to which "ladies and gentlemen" couples interpreted the pictures on each card to name the title of the book (depicted as a rebus) and for additional credit, the name of the author. Some imagery is racialized. Includes No. 4 showing a framed portrait of a bride + "of" + a lamb + "R" + a three-quarter length image of the left profile of a Black man in a hooded robe holding out one arm and holding a staff with the other = The Bride of Lamermoor; No. 6 showing a map of the Southern portion of the U.S. as well as the Philippine Islands + a cluster of addressed envelopes = American Lands and Letters; No. 8 showing the front profile of a black cat = The Black Cat; No. 9 showing two capital letter Y's + "and" + two lower case letter y's = Wise and Otherwise; No. 10 showing an oblong-shaped globe turned to the side with Greenland, America, South America, and New Zealand visible = The Wide, Wide World; No. 11 showing an open chest + "R"+ a desk on which a series of books with titles beginning "Tales" stand = Old Chester Tales; No. 12 showing a lantern out of which a ray of light shines + a man using a manual lawn mower + "NA" = Ramona; No. 13 showing the front profile of a very round hog + "Rt" + the Pigot Diamond captioned "Exact Size of Pigot Diamond" = The Great Hogarty Diamond; and No. 14 depicting a woman with sunken cheeks lying up in bed and with a tray of food on her lap + an eye + a newspaper ad for a "Blacksmith" = Iliad. One of a series of four "Hidden Book Titles" games, including Series A with thirty cards, and series B and C with fifteen cards, and Series D (Literati) with fifty-five cards.
Notes Publication information based on copyright statement: Copyright Oct., 1899, by the Hidden Book-Title Publishing co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Housed in envelope.
Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program.
RVCDC
Subject Animals.
Card games.
Globes.
Maps.
Muslim men.
Sick persons.
Women.
Racialization and visual culture.
Genre Relief prints -- 1890-1900.
Printer The Hidden-Book Title Publishing Co., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| ephemera - games & toys - Hidden [P.2021.35.1a-i]
Accession number P.2021.35.1a-i

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