The Timothy Peters Postcard Collection consists of postcards dating from 1905 to 1992. The postcards feature playing cards and card games. There are advertisements, illustrations, quotes, and scenes from games that all contain playing cards in some way.
The Timothy Peters Postcard Collection consists of postcards dating from 1905 to 1992. The postcards feature playing cards and card games. There are advertisements, illustrations, quotes, and scenes from games that all contain playing cards in some way. The advertisements feature items such as liquor and cigars, as well as casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada and Atlantic City, New Jersey. There are scenes of men gambling at poker tables. Other postcards depict different card suits and poker hands and their meanings. Also included are postcards with illustrations containing gambling jokes and animals playing cards.
Collection is open for research.
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Materials remain are they were received.
Timothy Peters Postcard Collection, 1905-1992. PH-00180. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were periodically collected by the University Libraries Special Collections and Archives; accession number 1990-103.
In 2020, Landon Paljusaj wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.