Harlem’s players turned dreams into numbers, and dream books were a business that sold them the translation. This is a real policy dream book, printed in Kansas City in 1892. It answers in its own words, spins your gig, and sends you to the squares on your slip.
INSTANT HISTORY
Volume 3. The Number, Harlem
Policy slip Your gigask the book
Madame Queen of Policy
Twelve squares on the life of Stephanie St. Clair, who ran a Harlem numbers bank and bought newspaper space to speak for herself. No square pays. Each one holds a piece of the record. Your dream circles three to start.
The house: 1 in 1,000 to hitPaid 540 to 1 after the runner’s cutKeeps 46¢ of every dollar bet
No cash value. Every square sourced.Scratch-off Designed by Stayce’s Son