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Lawrence & Cohen

Lawrence & Cohen

Lawrence & Cohen were successors to Lawrence, Cohen & Co.

Royal Playing Cards, 1890s

Royal Playing Cards, 1890s

Royal Playing Cards, 1890s

Lewis I. Cohen

Lewis I. Cohen

Lewis I. Cohen made his first deck of cards in 1832. In 1835 Mr Cohen invented a new machine to print four colours on a sheet at once, which was to revolutionise the entire playing card industry.

New York Consolidated Card Company

New York Consolidated Card Company

The New York Consolidated Card Company was formed in 1871 by the merging of Lawrence & Cohen, Samuel Hart & Co and John J. Levy.

Continental Card Co

Continental Card Co

The Continental Card Company, 220 North Second Street, Philadelphia, started in 1874, manufacturing various qualities of playing cards, including Continental Steamboats, Manhattans, Continental Moguls, etc. Single-ended and double-ended decks are known, also a "Highest Trump" Joker.

Strauss & Trier, c.1860

Strauss & Trier, c.1860

Strauss & Trier, New York, c.1860.

Samuel Hart, 1846-1871

Samuel Hart, 1846-1871

Samuel Hart was a prolific manufacturer of playing cards who commenced business sometime around 1845 in Philadelphia. He had previously worked for L.I. Cohen.

Andrew Dougherty 1848-1930

Andrew Dougherty 1848-1930

Andrew Dougherty was born in Donegal in Northern Ireland in 1827. He started his playing card business in New York in 1848.

Thomas Crehore copy, c.1850

Thomas Crehore copy, c.1850

Thomas Crehore copy, c.1850.

Squeezers No.35

Squeezers No.35

By 1877 the New York Consolidated Card Co's "Squeezers" were a great success on account of the indices in the corners which enabled the cards to be fanned.

Cerveza ‘El Gallo’

Cerveza ‘El Gallo’

Advertising pack for Cerveza ‘El Gallo’ made in Belgium, c.1880.

S. Giráldez, Barcelona

S. Giráldez, Barcelona

Standard Spanish Catalan pattern playing cards by S. Giráldez, Barcelona, c.1905.

E. P. Franco

E. P. Franco

E. P. Franco, Naipes ‘El Brujo’, c.1953.

Mario Colombo

Mario Colombo

Naipes "OBELISCO" by Mario Colombo, Rodriguez Peña 385, Buenos Aires (Argentina), c.1950.

Eduardo Antonio Chemmes

Eduardo Antonio Chemmes

Playing cards published by E. A. Chemmes, Buenos Aires during the early 1950s. The cards were probably printed by Ernesto Flaiban.

Baraja de Amor

Baraja de Amor

Hijos de José Garcia Taboadela was a book-seller who also published this charming pack of lovers' fortune telling cards in 1871.

Naipes Condor

Naipes Condor

"Naipes Condor" Chilean playing cards, with Chilean symbolism on the suit signs.

The 72 Names Cards

The 72 Names Cards

The 72 Names Cards based on the Kabbalistic "72 Names of God" and the metaphysical artwork of Orna Ben-Shoshan, Raanana, Israel.

Peru Rail

Peru Rail

Peru Rail souvenir cards "exploring the land of the Incas" published by Peru Rail, Cusco, c.2005.

Tarot Microscopique

Tarot Microscopique

French-suited tarot cards made by B. Dondorf, c.1870.

Las Cartas de Sara

Las Cartas de Sara

Las Cartas de Sara (Yerba Mate) based on an idea by Diego Silva Pintos and illustrated by Hogue. Produced by Color/9, c.2003.

Chocolondo by Famosa

Chocolondo by Famosa

Chocolondo Waffle deck for Famosa.