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Alabama Crimson Tide 1972 1972

Alabama Crimson Tide 1972

Photos of American football players representing the University of Alabama in 1972.

Alaska scenic playing cards 1960

Alaska scenic playing cards

Alaska scenic playing cards featuring scenes of Alaskan life, USA, c. 1960.

Binary Playing Cards 1968

Binary Playing Cards

Promotional deck for Honeywell Computers by Brown & Bigelow c.1968 with the cards marked in binary notation

Brown & Bigelow

Brown & Bigelow

Brown & Bigelow of St Paul, Minnesota, was a leading producer of playing cards in the U.S. from the late 1920s - 1980s.

Brown & Bigelow, Stancraft, RCI, TDC

Brown & Bigelow, Stancraft, RCI, TDC

Eastern Airlines and Ryder Trucks by Hoyle 1983

Eastern Airlines and Ryder Trucks by Hoyle

Dual advertising deck for Eastern Airlines and Ryder Trucks, produced by Hoyle, 1983.

Hamm’s Beer 1968

Hamm’s Beer

Hamm’s Beer promotion deck with bear cartoons by Frank M. Antoncich 1968.

Hoyle

Hoyle

A subsidiary of Brown & Bigelow was established in 1927 to bring Hoyle products to the retail market. The Hoyle brand was acquired by the United States Playing Card Company in 2001.

Maya Deck 1976

Maya Deck

The Maya Deck produced by Stancraft for Hoyle, 1976.

Michie Tavern Museum 1945

Michie Tavern Museum

Historic Michie Tavern Museum playing cards by Brown & Bigelow.

Nu-Vue for TWA

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”

Nutrimientos Purina 1960

Nutrimientos Purina

Nutrimientos Purina (Purina pet foods) advertising playing cards produced by Miguel Galas S.A. (Brown & Bigelow), Mexico, c.1960.

Official World’s Fair Souvenir, USA, 1964-6 1964

Official World’s Fair Souvenir, USA, 1964-6

Official souvenir pack showing 52 coloured exhibits from the New York World’s Fair, 1964-6.

Remembrance 1940

Remembrance

“Remembrance” playing cards, courtesy of the American Legion, manufactured by Brown & Bigelow, c.1940.

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! playing cards 1970

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! playing cards

Strange facts from Robert Ripley’s ‘Believe It or Not’ books, in the form of cartoons.

Stancraft

Stancraft

Stancraft Playing Cards were manufactured by Brown & Bigelow of whom they were a subsidiary.

Stancraft “Split Deck” 1979

Stancraft “Split Deck”

Stancraft “Split Deck”, 1979.

Submarine Cards 1941

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.

Trip or Trap 1970

Trip or Trap

Fighting drug abuse in the flower power era using humour and ridicule.

Vargas Girls 1953

Vargas Girls

‘Vargas Girls’ paintings by Alberto Vargas in a deck of cards published by Creative Playing Card Co Missouri.