United States Playing Card Company (Q1842)

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Q1842

Also known as

U.S. Playing Card Co. · USPCC · US Playing Card Co., Russell & Morgan Factories · The United States Playing Card Company · USPC · USPC Co. · U. S. Playing Card Company

active in

Cincinnati (from 1895)
Norwood (from 1901), Hauptwerk
Toronto (1914–1918), kanadische Fertigung, 559 College St.
Windsor (1918–1961), kanadische Fertigung
Hong Kong, Hersteller

Lineage

Russell, Morgan & Co. → 1885 → Russell & Morgan Printing Company → 1891 → The United States Printing Co. (+2) → 1894 →

National Card Co. → 1894 →

Perfection Playing Card Co. → 1894 →

Globe Playing Card Company → 1893 → American Playing Card Co. (Kalamazoo) → 1915 →

Willis W. Russell Card Co. → 1912 → Russell Playing Card Co. (+2) → 1929 →

Pyramid Playing Card Co. → 1933 →

L. I. Cohen → 1860 → Lawrence & Cohen → 1871 → New York Consolidated Playing Card Company (+2) → 1930 → Consolidated-Dougherty Co. (+2) → 1962 →

United States Playing Card Company

owner of

New York Consolidated Playing Card Company (since 1907)
Andrew Dougherty (since 1907)

Described in

Books & catalogues

• Segeth: Spielkarten (Battenberg, 1986)
• Alle Karten auf den Tisch (1990)
• Hochman, Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards

Articles

• Markenzeichen in Österreich/Ungarn bzw. Österreich Seitenfüller: Die traurigen Folgen des neuen Spielkarten-Monopols (Talon 28/2019) (p. 88)
• Patente, Privilegien und die Optimierung der Spielkarten (Talon 34/2025)

Source

• Segeth: Spielkarten (Battenberg, 1986)
• Alle Karten auf den Tisch (1990)
• Museo Fournier de Naipes de Álava: Catalogue Vol. IV (1997)
• Hochman, Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards
• Markenzeichen in Österreich/Ungarn bzw. Österreich Seitenfüller: Die traurigen Folgen des neuen Spielkarten-Monopols (Talon 28/2019)
• Patente, Privilegien und die Optimierung der Spielkarten (Talon 34/2025)

Packs

Name	Image	Suit system	Type/pattern	Date	Stamp
Cádiz-Bild (United States Playing Card Co, 1910) (Q3687)		Spanish-suited	Cadiz pattern	1910
Französische Karte (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, 1923) (Q16083)		French-suited		1923
Französische Karte (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, 1926) (Q15941)		French-suited		1926
Französische Karte (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, 1930) (Q16084)		French-suited		1930
Piquet (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, c. 1920) (Q16171)		French-suited		1920
Spanische Karte (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1895) (Q16189)		Spanish-suited		1895
Standard playing cards (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, 1909) (Q16160)		French-suited		1909
Standard playing cards (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, 1940) (Q16154)		French-suited		1940
Standard playing cards (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, c. 1896) (Q16186)		German-suited		1896
Standard playing cards (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, c. 1915) (Q16155)		French-suited		1915
Standard playing cards (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, c. 1920) (Q16173)		French-suited		1920
Standard playing cards (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, c. 1930, I) (Q16150)		French-suited		1930
Standard playing cards (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, c. 1930, II) (Q16152)		French-suited		1930
Standard playing cards (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, c. 1936) (Q16168)		French-suited		1936
Standard playing cards (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, c. 1940) (Q16153)		French-suited		1940
Standardkarten (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati / New York, um 1930) (Q16174)		French-suited		1930
Stapel von 52 Pik-Assen (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1938) (Q13421)		French-suited		1938
»Bicycle Back Designs« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1895) (Q16156)		French-suited		1895
»Bicycle No. 808« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1910) (Q16157)		French-suited		1910
»Circus Playing Cards No. 47« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, 1896) (Q16060)		French-suited		1896
»Congress Playing Cards No. 606« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, 1906) (Q16163)		French-suited		1906
»Congress« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1935) (Q16161)		French-suited		1935
»Eagle Deluxe Five-Suit Bridge« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1938) (Q15940)		French-suited		1938
»Fauntleroy 29« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1922, I) (Q16164)		French-suited		1922
»Fauntleroy 29« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1922, II) (Q16165)		French-suited		1922
»Fauntleroy 29« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1922, III) (Q16166)		French-suited		1922
»Fauntleroy 29« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1922, IV) (Q16167)		French-suited		1922
»Fox Lake Specials« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1938, I) (Q15938)		French-suited		1938
»Fox Lake Specials« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1938, III) (Q16116)		French-suited		1938
»Hamilton« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1940) (Q13497)		French-suited		1940
»International Aircraft Silhouettes Spotter Cards« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1942) (Q15974)		French-suited		1942
»International Aircraft Silhouettes Spotter Cards« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1944) (Q15975)		French-suited		1944
»Jumbo 808 Bicycle« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati / Windsor, um 1930, I) (Q16158)		French-suited		1930
»Jumbo 808 Bicycle« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati / Windsor, um 1930, II) (Q16159)		French-suited		1930
»Lenox 67 Playing Cards« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1926) (Q16169)		French-suited		1926
»Little Duke Toy Cards No. 24« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1929) (Q15977)		French-suited		1929
»Los Leones, No. 71« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1916) (Q16188)		Spanish-suited		1916
»Nile Fortune Telling Cards No. 68« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1935) (Q15952)		French-suited		1935
»Norwood 85 Playing Cards« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1915) (Q16170)		French-suited		1915
»Revelation 357 Fortune Telling Playing Cards« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, um 1929) (Q15949)		French-suited		1929
»Smoker to the Press, Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association Convention and Taft Reception, Norfolk, Virginia, November 19, 1909« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, 1909) (Q16080)		French-suited		1909
»Sportsman’s No. 202« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati / Altenburg, um 1914) (Q16175)		French-suited		1914
»Teuila Fortune Telling Cards« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, 1923) (Q15944)				1923
»The Forbidden City Souvenir Playing Cards« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, 1901) (Q16073)		French-suited		1901
»The Stage 65x Playing Cards« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, 1908) (Q16086)		French-suited		1908
»The Stage No. 65x Playing Cards« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, 1896, I) (Q13462)		French-suited		1896
»The Stage No. 65x Playing Cards« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, 1896, II) (Q16085)		French-suited		1896
»Vanity Fair Playing Cards No. 41x« (United States Playing Card Company, Cincinnati, 1895) (Q16035)		French-suited	Transformation cards	1895

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