Found Playing Cards

A colleague showed me a collection of playing cards randomly found throughout the streets of NYC over the years. As soon as he told me about his playing card collection, I immediately started finding them, too. Now I take pictures of every playing card I find—in all corners of the world. And, after seeing this blog, maybe you'll start finding playing cards, too! Submit your found playing card pics and the addresses of where you found them, and I'll put 'em up on the blog. Maybe we can get a round of gin rummy going. :) For more information about me and all that I do, visit: www.jenniferhowd.com

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Found on the ground in Milwaukee by friends who were on a film shoot. :)

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Found by a friend along the fence line outside Hughes HS in Cincinnati, OH. :)

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My friend, Nate, found this card in an area outside his house in the Clifton area of Cincinnati. :)

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Corner of East Mercer and Malden Avenue in Seattle, WA

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found this outside my work last night. beautiful card, really.

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My question is: who loses the cards? Like do people scatter them around the world? Do they just have some with them and randomly lose them? I'm just like.... So confused. I love finding them but also I have never seen someone randomly take out a deck of cards in any occasion. What do you think?

lol - I’ve wondered the same thing…. my logical guess is that they’re from folx playing outside. And then either wind picks up or they just leave them outside and they scatter when the weather moves through. OR it’s The Universe’s way of telling us it wants to play…. I like the latter explanation the best. ☺️

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4 of hearts (and a bunch more not pictured). Colerain Ave btwn Stock Ave. and Elam St.). It's been a REALLY long time since I've found any playing cards... Felt good to come upon these when I did. Was walking with a mentor/friend of mine to get coffee when I spotted these. Also found a bunch of card "backs" only. Should have takes a pic. Think that's the first time I've come across that before. Hadn't thought about how cards are made before, but it seems like they're likely two separate pieces glued together with only print on one side....

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6 of hearts, found in Alhambra, CA

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10 of hearts found in Pasadena, CA

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I found these with a friend by Brooklyn bridge yesterday.

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my daughter found this deck underwater in a small monument in barcelona, yesterday.

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there you have. 15 years since my first card, a two of spades, a few days i left my mother's house. it was also my second card a few months later, another two of spades this time with some words written. and i realized that's the card i've found the most. since the first moment i've thought something is telling me -that's the path-. a week ago i found 3, the same day. one in one street and the others together in another street. it's not common for me find cards in a day in different places, but it happened maybe a couple of times. i've also found cards apparently from the same deck and even with random drawings in different days and places, but in my city. randomly i check the internet to find another people who find cards and i'm really happy to find this blog, finally! i don't if it's the universe or stuff like that, but i think this random card path means something.

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I recently explored the upstairs space of an antique store, and found this queen of hearts face up in a pile of plaster from a broken wall, along with cardstock scrabble letters and a wooden dice.

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Queen of Diamonds found in Pasadena, CA.

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Found this UNO card on my way to meeting a new friend for coffee in Covington, KY (east 8th and Greenup St). :)

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A dear friend of mine in California found this Ace of hearts in Almansor Park in Alhambra, CA. :)