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Grover Cleveland 1888 Campaign Playing Card Deck

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First of all, this is a deck of cards. It is not a book.

A brief history of the cards and the 1888 campaign accompanies this product. This deck of cards is a reproduction of the original deck from 1888. The two Jokers are roosters. The Ace through the 10 are pretty standard. All four Jacks feature Senator Allen Thurman of Ohio. (He was Cleveland's running mate.) Cleveland's wife, Frances Folsom, appears on the Queens. And finally, Grover Cleveland himself appears on the Kings. Portraying a President as a King could have produced a backlash. But hopefully, most people didn't take it too literally.

I don't know if the original cards produced any votes for Cleveland. But they are an interesting campaign item from the 19th Century.