Triplicate Indices
53: Some recent acquisitions and corrections
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by Ken Lodge
The following items are additions and alterations to my collection, the rest of which is listed on page 69.
Andrew Dougherty 1848-1930
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by Simon Wintle
Andrew Dougherty was born in Donegal in Northern Ireland in 1827. He started his playing card business in New York in 1848.
Columbian Exposition Souvenir
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by Simon Wintle
Columbian Exposition Souvenir playing cards, G.W. Clark, Chicago, 1893.
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Ivorette
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by Rod Starling
Dougherty was at the forefront of innovation, adding Best Bowers and then Jokers, rounded corners and various types of indices, or indicators, to his cards.
Triplicate No.18
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by Rod Starling
Dougherty first secured a patent for “Triplicates” in 1876, a novel type of indices with a miniature card in the top left-hand corner (and bottom right).
W. H. Willis & Co
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by Simon Wintle
Willis & Company was formed in 1869, having been preceded by Charles Steer at the same address (80 Long Acre, London), who also manufactured playing cards during the 1850s and 60s.