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From 1937 League Rooms to 700-Person Warehouse Nights
How American mahjong traveled from a Chinese game centuries deep, through the 1920s craze and the 1937 founding of the National Mah Jongg League, into midcentury women's clubs, and out to today's 700-person warehouse nights and Gen Z revival.

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The reading room

From 1937 League Rooms to 700-Person Warehouse Nights

Table favorites

Yellow Mountain Imports American Mah Jongg Set

Linda Li American Mah Jongg Set (166 Tiles)

American Mahjong Racks and Pushers (Set of 4)

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