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Photograph of a group of people playing cards

mid 20th century

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a group of people playing cards. Three (3) women and one (1) man are seated at a small table playing cards. Four additional people, three (3) women and one (1) man, are standing behind the table and card players, crowded around the seated woman depicted in the center of the image. Sally Cathrell is depicted standing, just left of the woman seated in the center. She is wearing a dark coat with a fur collar, and a medium toned hat. Laura Cathrell is depicted leaning over the shoulder of the proper right shoulder of the woman seated in the center of the image. She is wearing a light colored top with a satiny scarf tied around her neck. On the table are cards, cigarette packs, and glassware.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2013.46.25.207

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