My Favourite Patiences by W Dalton – 1909

1909 The strand magazine My Favourite Patiences

“My Favourite Patiences,” an article published in the Strand Magazine in 1909 by W. Dalton, describes a game he names “The Step Ladder Patience.” The game described is the game we know today as Klondike Solitaire, but without any mention of the gambling score and also using the three-card draw rule. About “the Step Ladder” … Read more

Games of Patience. Illustrated By Numerous Diagrams Second Edition by Tarbart – 1905 

1905 Games of Patience, Illustrated By Numerous Diagrams

Games of Patience. Illustrated By Numerous Diagrams (second edition) by Tarbart (Thomas de la Rue) London 1905 An updated version from the first edition of “Games of Patience Illustrated By Numerous Diagrams” by Tarbart. As in the first part, the following games, which can be seen as the ancestors of Canfield and Klondike, are included, … Read more

Millionaires Robbed in what they thought and honest Gambling Den Betrayal of Canfield’s Place – 1903

Millionaires Robbed in Canfield place article

Millionaires Robbed in what they thought and honest Gambling Den Betrayal of Canfield’s Place – The San Francisco Examiner – 1903 This article, written after the raid on Canfield’s private property, endorses the trend that prevailed at that time against gambling in the so-called Gambling Houses. It’s most likely a piece of propaganda to discredit … Read more

The House always wins -Banker has the only sure thing in Games of Chance – Grant County Herald – 1903

The House always wins

The House always wins – Banker has the only sure thing in Games of Chance – Grant County Herald -1903 This 1903 article, in the newspaper Grant County Herald, confirms that around 1903 support for gambling was low and that the hunt for Gamblers (this refers to the operators of the gambling houses) had been … Read more