Brown & Bigelow
Stancraft Playing Cards were manufactured by Brown & Bigelow of whom they were a subsidiary.
Brown & Bigelow
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by Simon Wintle
Brown & Bigelow of St Paul, Minnesota, was a leading producer of playing cards in the U.S. from the late 1920s - 1980s.
Vargas Girls
‘Vargas Girls’ paintings by Alberto Vargas in a deck of cards published by Creative Playing Card Co Missouri.
Eastern Airlines and Ryder Trucks by Hoyle
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by Matt Probert
Dual advertising deck for Eastern Airlines and Ryder Trucks, produced by Hoyle, 1983.
Nu-Vue for TWA
Nu-Vue playing cards by Brown & Bigelow have novel courts and a special tint which are promoted as “the modern eye-saving concept in playing cards”
Binary Playing Cards
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by Matt Probert
Promotional deck for Honeywell Computers by Brown & Bigelow c.1968 with the cards marked in binary notation
Remembrance
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by Matt Probert
“Remembrance” playing cards, courtesy of the American Legion, manufactured by Brown & Bigelow, c.1940.
Michie Tavern Museum
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by Matt Probert
Historic Michie Tavern Museum playing cards by Brown & Bigelow.
Stancraft
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by Simon Wintle
Stancraft Playing Cards were manufactured by Brown & Bigelow of whom they were a subsidiary.
Hoyle
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by Simon Wintle
A subsidiary of Brown & Bigelow was established in 1927 to bring Hoyle products to the retail market.
Submarine Cards
Lighting in submarines involved wearing red goggles to preserve night vision for viewing instrument panels. The goggles solved one problem but created another: the red suits on playing cards were not visible through the red goggles.
Nutrimientos Purina
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by Simon Wintle
Nutrimientos Purina (Purina pet foods) advertising playing cards produced by Miguel Galas S.A. (Brown & Bigelow), Mexico, c.1960.
Brown & Bigelow
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by Simon Wintle
Brown & Bigelow of St Paul, Minnesota, was a leading producer of playing cards in the U.S. from the late 1920s - 1980s.