Curious and Unusual 1865 American Civil War Paper Hand Fan tool caddy There are a few samples

There are a few  samples missing but almost all of them are here

but essentially it is the same as rummy

as the cards are annotated in pencil with what they stand for

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but it's a bit hard to tell

Curious and Unusual 1865 American Civil War Paper Hand Fan tool caddy There are a few samplesI purchased this fan from my favorite rare book seller, not knowing quite what to make of it, but finding it quite an interesting, unusual and striking looking thing. I am not enough of a Civil War expert to unpack it, but I am pretty certain the choice of blue ink for the printing connects it the Union, while the serpent at the center of the fan represents the Confederacy. It seems possible, with numbers 1 7 along the left side, that it makes