New York Consolidated Card Company

34: Design Copies
Some copies of the designs of Goodall and the New York Consolidated Card Co.

43: The United States Playing Card Co.
The United States Playing Card Co. (USPCC) represents an amalgamation of all the major American card-makers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries

A Case Study
Case Study: using detective work to identify and date a pack discovered in charity shop.

Bertrand Domec, 1904-1970 page 2
Bertrand Domec page 2 (c.1905-1926).

De Luxe No.142
A wide size version of De Luxe No.142 had been published in c.1920, with a similar Ace of Spades and Joker, but which was never very popular.

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

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.

Lighthouse No.922
“Lighthouse No.922” playing cards were introduced in c.1920.

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.

Royal Playing Cards, 1890s
Royal Playing Cards, 1890s

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.

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.

The Bird by Kings Wild Project
Originally titled Oriole Playing Cards, based on a deck produced by The New York Consolidated Card Company in 1912.

Triton No.42
There have been at least three different versions of the Triton deck, with different Jokers, different styles of court cards and slight differences in the lettering on the Ace of Spades and/or Joker. The cards were advertised as “double enameled”.