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Gamblers

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  • Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: street gamblers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: street gamblers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • A man holds his head in despair as the croupier claims all his chips in the gambling game. Wood engraving.
  • Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: street gamblers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • A man holds his head in despair as the croupier claims all his chips in the gambling game. Wood engraving.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: street gamblers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

    Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921. | Date: 1869 | Reference: 19628i
    • Books

    Compulsive gamblers / Mark G. Dickerson.

    Dickerson, Mark G. | Date: 1984
    • Pictures

    A man holds his head in despair as the croupier claims all his chips in the gambling game. Wood engraving.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 33367i
    • Books

    The psychology of gambling / edited by Jon Halliday and Peter Fuller.

    | Date: 1974
    • Pictures

    Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: street gamblers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

    Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921. | Date: 1869 | Reference: 19582i
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