Bicycle Playing Cards Memorabilia

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1930s Bicycle Playing Card metal vintage display made by The Brunhoff Mfg. Co., Cincinnati USA. Wood looking printed sides. Rubber feet.

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Bicycle playing cards vintage cardboard stand.
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Bicycle playing cards advertisement card dated 1910. Measures 5 7/8" x 3 7/8". Has Instructions for playing Draw Poker on the back with odds.

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Bicycle playing cards vintage tin sign.

Information by Mike Ratledge: This particular version was a promotional issue done in 1935 for their 50th anniversary.
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Bicycle playing cards advertisement posters.

Note the worker holds a spade in Spades poster, Clubs on tomahawk war club and ornaments on indian's dress, Hearts pendant and ornaments on dress of women in Hearts poster. 808 milestone shown in all posters.
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Card Tricks For The Amateur Magician book by USPCC, dated 1921.
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Bicycle playing cards advertisement card. It also is a score card. Two cardboard wheels attached to the back of the card. Numbers printed on wheels so players can keep their scores by turning cardboard wheels. 1880's. Size is 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 ins.
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United States Playing Card Co. salesman’s sample foldout of Congress Playing Cards with gold edges. Circa 1904. Seventy-four different backs mounted on an accordion style salesman’s sample foldout. 60 x 7 ½ ins (open) - 7 ½ x 2 ¾ ins (folded).
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National Playing Cards price list. Indianapolis and New York, 1892. With color lithographed front and a price list on the reverse. 12 x 8 ins.

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Not a USPCC item but interesting. White King Soap embossed tin sign. Circa 1940. 13 ¼ X 9 ¼ ins.
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United States Playing Card Co. price list. Cincinnati, circa 1900. Color lithographed front cover and printed price list on the reverse. 12 x 8 ins.
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1889 The Russell & Morgan Printing Co. calendar, Cincinnati, OH. Twelve sheets have a playing card from the Army and Navy decks of the period, as well as scenes depicting people playing cards. On the backs are written facts about the “Art of Printing” and what Russell & Morgan is capable of printing. 12 x 7 ½ ins.
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General Card Co. salesman’s sample. Chicago, circa 1941. Contain samples, price lists, newsletters, order forms and more.

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Congress Calendar year 1900. USPCC, Cincinnati, OH. Heart shaped calendar bearing Congress playing cards on every page, the backs showing other products of USPCC. 6 x 5 ins.
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United States Playing Card Co. mailer. Cincinnati, ca. 1930. With three sample Congress cards and an envelope with pockets to hold coins.
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USPCC booklets with mailing envelope. Dated 1921.

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United States Playing Card Co. salesman sample foldout of Bicycle playing cards. Circa 1905. Seventy-seven different Bicycle card backs mounted on an accordion style salesman sample foldout. 72 x 11 ½ ins (open) - 11 ½ x 2 ¾ ins (folded).
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Bicycle playing card metal vintage display made by The Brunhoff Mfg. Co., Cincinnati USA. Wood looking printed sides.
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Russell & Morgan Factories invoice. 16 x 8 ½ ins.
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Bicycle playing cards samples foldout.
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Bicycle playing cards vintage stand.
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Bicycle playing cards vintage stand (continues).
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Bicycle playing cards advertisement stand.
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Matted advertisement of Congress & Bicycle playing cards.
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USPCC letter with embossed letterhead. Dated 1922.

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USPCC letter with embossed letterhead. Dated 1922. (continues)

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Not a USPCC item but interesting. This lithograph printed in 1904 by Wolf Publishing, Philadelphia. The bottom of the matte printed in gold reads as follows: Hearts Are Trump. Print measures 12 x 10 ins.

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USPCC postcard. Circa 1906.
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USPCC letter with letterhead.
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