Game Information

Game Information
J. Ottmann Lithographing Co. (publisher) AGPI # · P-857Full Publisher Info
Commerce (game) AGPI # · G-20062
Title Source · 
cover
Title, Preserving Case · 
COMMERCE
Title Language · 
English
Date · 
around 1900 
Game Type · 
card game
Keywords

commerce, corn, oats, coffee, pork, flour, butter, cotton, sugar

Rules Format

leaflet with 4 sides

Rules Overview

COMMERCE

The most amusing game on the market.

If you wish to entertain your friends and give them a good time…

PLAY COMMERCE.

THE GAME OF COMMERCE.

PUBLISHED BY J. OTTMANN LITHO. CO. NEW YORK

Rules · 
rules-1
Container Type · 
cardboard box
Cover Description

A label with a red outer border is attached to the cover. "COMMERCE" (yellow with black border) appears at top.

A woman (brown hair, up and in curls; red dress with white frilly endsleeves) is holding cards in left hand and holding her right hand up (obscuring part of "C" in "COMMERCE"). A green chair appears at lower left, and a cabinet at right.

Contents

Deck of cards in 8 suits (Pork, Sugar, Cotton, Corn, Coffee Oats, Flour, Butter) with 6 cards in each suit. Each card has a symmetric frilly design in shades of blue with suit name at top and bottom (blue on white) with number (e.g., 40) on curved banner below (blue on white), with four-leaf clover in diamond at center of each card face.

External web links
2. Etsy
eBay ID ⓘSome historical eBay records may be available on eBay.com, WorthPoint.com, or in the offline digital archives of the Game Catalog.

292138624706

292428834113

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