Deck of playing cards published by Samuel Hart & Co. in Philadelphia in 1846. Each card features a tongue-twister and a lithograph illustration featuring the character Punch. The cards are printed by T. Sinclair's Lith, Philadelphia, and represent an early example of American playing cards and color lithography. The deck includes an extra card depicting Professor Punch and two children. The game was entered according to Act of Congress in 1846 by Sam'l Hart & Co. in the Clerk's office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The cards are printed on one side, the other side plain white. The corners are slightly rounded. The paper is coated heavy stock and measures 2 3/8 by 3 7/16 inches (8.7 cm).
Subject: 19th Century American Culture
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Grandmamma Easy's Alderman's Feast: An Anti-Semitic ChapbookChapbook titled *Grandmamma Easy's Alderman's Feast*, published by Gray, Sprague & Co. at 51 State Street in 1853 or 1855. The chapbook contains hand-colored illustrations, one per page, with the opposite page left blank. Page 4 features a cartoon depicting a Jewish person selling lemons in the street. The content is considered anti-Semitic.