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Title: Set of playing cards issued by The White Pass and Yukon Route, with a different photo on the face of each card Author: ** Place: Seattle Publisher: Date: 1900 Description: Complete set of 52 cards, plus a joker and a plain card with a map of the route to the Cape Nome Gold Fields; two-part slipcase, the outer box of which is lettered in gilt on one side "The White Pass and Yukon Route Souvenir Cards", with a 10 of spades mounted on the other. 3¾x2¾x¾". Playing cards commemorating the "Scenic Railway of the World," with photographs of the scenic wonders of Alaska, the rail lines and bridges, railroad cars, towns and stopovers, majestic mountains, etc. On the back of the cards is a design in red, white and blue with depiction of a train crossing a bridge through the mountains. Lot Amendments Condition: Outer box scuffed; else very good. Item number: 183847