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Homemade Fortune Telling Playing Cards on a No. 606 Congress Deck

It's 11:11 and I'm on fire with card frenzy and bored at work. These are circa 1900 playing cards with fortunes written on them. This was a normal occurrence in the Victorian Era as was sending invitations on the backs of cards.


While divination is the main appeal here for me the ephemeral side of the handwritten notes on playing cards is a brilliant concept.

I think I'm going to start typing proclamations on the backs of orphan cards. Cheers, witches. Hell, that'll be my first one.


The cards were taken from the Instagram user The Congress Guy (as in the card brand).

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