Standard playing cards (Empire Card Company, New York City, c. 1880) (Q15945)

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Q15945

maker

The Empire Card Company

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

52

place of origin

New York City

publication date

1880 (circa)

maker's mark

AS: [Adler] | THE EMPIRE CARD COMPY. | NEW YORK

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. USA 13, Bd. 2, 114)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. USA 13)

Source

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981)

Rights status

work in the public domain

Cards

• 
  Hearts-King (French)
• 
  Diamonds-King (French)
• 
  Spades-Ace (French)