2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Collection Highlights

George Washington (1732-1799)
ca. 1785-1828
1832.4
Painted plaster
Artist/Maker: Jean Antoine Houdon

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Palmistry

Palmistry
Palmistry
Title
Palmistry
Object name 
Card game
Date 
ca. 1910
Medium 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions 
box: 1 x 6 x 5 in. ( 2.5 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm )
Description 
"Palmistry" card game with 4 playing cards with printed hands, 94 numbered paper chips and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a hand; box cover inscribed, "PALMISTRY".
Credit Line 
The Liman Collection
Object Number 
2000.302
Marks 
lithographed: on the box cover: "PALMISTRY"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.