Moriarty Playing Cards (1916)
Actresses featured in the Moriarty playing card series issued in 1916 by the Movie Souvenir Card Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio. The back of each card is a reproduction in multiple-colors of the painting "The Chariot Race." The ad card within the pack proclaims: "Get a few packs of "Movies"--A Veritable Picture Gallery of the celebrities of the Movie World, treated with such a genius that it is the greatest novelty ever made in Souvenir Playing Cards, and is complete for playing all card games."
Oct 4, 2012