image of an original Faro card array?

[Beck]

Pards,

I'm looking for an image of a period Faro setup. Meaning the card array upon which players would place their bets. Ideally it would be a gum blanket reverse painted with the card array, but images of any homemade version would be most appreciated. There is a diagram in Hoyles (1864) that I can use, but I'd love a documented image to work from. If I'm going to take all my pards' money at Fort Gibson next month I'd at least like them to see a nice setup.

Regards,
James Beck
24th Missouri

[Matthew Joe Mallory]

Re: image of an original Faro card array?

I love this game, and have been trying to get a game together for years. I've done some reading on the subject, but I haven't run across anything showing how they played the game on the field. I did run across a YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfwo4r0LR7k), but I do not know their source. It does make sense to paint the layout on the a gum blanket, but I think they most likely would have used paper to record the cards rather than a casekeep.

Very interested in seeing what other keep can come up with as far as images go.

[AndrewGrim]

Re: image of an original Faro card array?

Faro set ups were not commercially sold or made on gum blankets. Most boards I know of are green felt with cards either painted or glued on. Traveling boards are hinged. The "Suicide Table" in Virginia City was built as a table.
The Autry collection has a roulette wheel and painted oil cloth board that dates to the 1860's. (No makers markers visible.)