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Powell, Frederick Eugene. Powell’s Giant Hand-Made Pack of Cards. Circa 1898. Being an oversized and hand made pack of cards used by Frederick Eugene Powell, who, according to his handwritten note accompanying the cards, found that “ordiary size playing cards could not be distinguished one from the other in a good sized house, I made my BIG PACK…” and used them for various tricks including a Rising Card effect. In a thick wooden shadowbox, 15 x 21 ¼".