2011/11/28

The Cincinnati Kid

Poster of the famous movies of 1965 with Steve McQueen as Cincinnati Kid. Maybe the best known poker film ever.

2011/11/22

Bombers Luck


B-29 Nose Art. A four leaf-clover, two dices and a the mandatory pin-up. Nothing can go wrong with that.

2011/11/15

Immigrants Leisure

Italians gambling in Columbia Hall. A newspaper illustration of 1873.

2011/11/08

Tric Trac Players

Les joueurs de tric-trac by the French Le Nain Brothers. I haven’t any idea, what’s “tric trac”, but it looks like a kind of backgammon.