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Card games are held nightly in neighborhood bar parlors. Ambridge, Pa.

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ArtistJohn Vachon (American, 1914–1975)
TitleCard games are held nightly in neighborhood bar parlors. Ambridge, Pa.
DateJanaury 1941
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/8 × 9 9/16 in. (18.7 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.6 × 25.5 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.3.78
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a group of four men playing cards at a small table in a fairly dark room. The men are mostly casually dressed in leather jackets and hats, except for one who wears a vest, tie, and pocket watch.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a group of four men playing cards at a small table in a fairly dark room. The men are mostly casually dressed in leather jackets and hats, except for one who wears a vest, tie, and pocket watch.

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