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Playing Cards

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This object is on display in the Space Race exhibition at the Museum in Washington, DC.


Playing Cards

 

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Manufacturer:   U.S. Playing Card Co.

Country of Origin: United States of America

Dimensions:
Other: 3 1/2 in. long x 2 1/2 in. wide (8.9 x 6.4cm)

Materials:
Cardboard storage box CARDS - CARD STOCK

This deck of playing cards was part of the Technical Order bag of Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile crewmember, Capt. Robert Moore, U.S. Air Force. Each crewmember carried such a bag with weapons operations instructions and personal items to occupy the long hours spent inside a bunker.

Capt. Moore donated this deck of cards in 1987.

Gift of Robert F. Moore


Inventory number: A19870378002