Item #25616 NEW ORLEANS CHESS, CHECKERS AND WHIST CLUB. LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS. CHARTER AND BY-LAWS. SEPTEMBER 1, 1895. Checkers New Orleans Chess, Whist Club.
NEW ORLEANS CHESS, CHECKERS AND WHIST CLUB. LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS. CHARTER AND BY-LAWS. SEPTEMBER 1, 1895.
NEW ORLEANS CHESS, CHECKERS AND WHIST CLUB. LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS. CHARTER AND BY-LAWS. SEPTEMBER 1, 1895.
NEW ORLEANS CHESS, CHECKERS AND WHIST CLUB. LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS. CHARTER AND BY-LAWS. SEPTEMBER 1, 1895.

NEW ORLEANS CHESS, CHECKERS AND WHIST CLUB. LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS. CHARTER AND BY-LAWS. SEPTEMBER 1, 1895.

[New Orleans: Graham, (1895)]. 53, [3 blanks] pp. Original printed title wrappers bound into contemporary cloth. Contents in Very Good or better condition, with light wrapper soil and occasional light foxing. Binding is well worn, with a shorn spine.

More than 25 pages comprise a list of members, with date of membership; membership is limited to 700, with a minimum qualifying age of 27. "The New Orleans Chess, Checkers, and Whist Club was an elite social club comprised of rich white men. It served as a place that held chess, checkers, and whist tournaments. It also was a forum for deep discussion and conversation... The idea that such a lavish club could be created for something as simple as playing chess, checkers, and whist serves as a symbol and reminder of the wealthy life in New Orleans and demonstrates how the rich could make any social club on whatever interests they had." ["New Orleans Chess, Checkers, and Whist Club", contributor Liesbeth Ramirez, website of Media Nola, A Project of Tulane University, accessed on December 20, 2018.]
Thompson 2788 [1892 printing]. OCLC 28912318 [1- HNOC] as of January 2022. Item #25616

Price: $500.00

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