Here is my present "To Do" list of stories.
If you have any information, questions or photos of any of them, please reach out to me on my contact page. If you have any story ideas, please let me know also.
CHICAGO CARD COMPANIES
(1860-1910)
The history, and interconnection, of these companies. I have a pretty good flow chart made.
JAMES H. NOONAN POLITICAL CARDS
1904. Ever printed?
AMERICAN PLAYING CARD COMPANY OF KALAMAZOO
Their previously unknown card factory in Indianapolis near the NCC factory. Just need to find the land deed.
ARRCO’S DURATONE CARD FINISH
The story behind Arrco’s Duratone finish (1942/1948)
HE-YO-KA CARDS
Story about the creator, Bertha Mae Sulfer. Waiting to see what Bacon publishes about the deck.
CATERSON & BROTZ
The history of Caterson & Brontz and their ties with Roughback and Double Roughback cards.
CELLULOID CARDS
Their invention and how they were around more than we thought pre-1900.
CELLUTONE
How it came about. Mentioned this in my convention presentation.
THE CHICAGO PLAYING CARD COMPANY
THE EDUCATIONAL CARD COMPANY OF INDIANAPOLIS
Cole & Perkins
1904 ST. LOUIS WORLD’S FAIR
Samuel Cupples’s deck
THE DIAMOND PLAYING CARD COMPANY
DR. DANIELS
His veterinary medicine cards. He was no doctor.
E. H. POWER
Was a friend of Lum Smith’s. Accused of taking credit from a playing card case that NCC was going/or did use. Had a very interesting life.
THE FRINKS
1893 World’s Fair Souvenir Playing Card Company.
GEORGE B. HURD
His No Revoke cards
G. W. CLARK
His 1893 Columbia Souvenir deck. Who was he? Did I find the right guy?
HENRY C. LEVI/LYTTON
Owner of Chicago’s “The Hub” department store. Changed his name.
STANLEY FRANCIS HANZEL
Copyrighted the “Blue Spade”, Golden Diamond” and “Green Club”.But did not copyright the rare red “Sweetheart” deck. Why?
C. B. HAWKES
Chantecler card game.
HIRAM JONES
His 6 suited playing card deck and the International Playing Card Company.
HOMER L. BOYLE
“Peace” playing cards.
JOSHUA HOROWITZ
Baseball playing card game.
JOHN H. BLACK
His work with Victor E Mauger.
LEWANDOS
Company history and card story.
E. H. MITCHELL
His Alaska souvenir cards and others.
THE PHOTO CARD COMPANY of BUTTE, MONTANA
Who were they?
ELHANAN “CHESTER” WINCHESTER PENNYPACKER
His Universal Playing Card Company and his connection to Willis W Russell.
PYRAMID PLAYING CARD COMPANY
The history of the company and the Barsa family.
JAMES Y. HUMPHREYS
The Seminole War cards.
TOM JONES
Have a Jones family connected person in Cincinnati that had info but was not really interested in helping. Stuck at the time being.
VICTOR E. MAUGER
His life story.
AU-THO AD CARDS
A small deck from Carthage, Missouri, I found on the internet.
SOCIALIST PLAYING CARDS
Charles E Kerr and his Socialist Playing Cards. Mainly want to focus on Ralph Hosea Chaplin’s contribution to the cards.
CYRUS STORY PALMER
The Teddy Bear Novelty Company and Game of Presidents.
PIT, PANIC and G-S-E
The true story. How the history of the card games became intertwined and confused. Now I have the correct history.
E. I. HORSMAN
The lost game of “A’dem Up and Divide Em”
LINDY
The LINDY Flying Card Game and Nucraft Toys
MACATAWA
The Macatawa Souvenir Deck. The story, and correct dates, of the cards. Also, who was on the Ace of Spades. Talked about this deck in my convention presentation. Toby Edwards has both versions.
THEODORE HEINRICH NORPOTH
His baseball card game.
J. W. NUNEN/NOONAN
1878 playing card designs.
AUGUSTIN PETRTYL
His Green Spade deck.
THEODORE PRESSER & WILLIAM L. HOFER
Their musical card game.
THOMAS W. LAWSON
His history and his famous 1884 baseball card game.
ISOBEL OSBOURNE
Her life and her fortune telling card game “Teulia”.
THE WAH CHUCK CARD GAME
MRS. JOHN HUGHES KING
Her card game “Women Are Trumps”.
GUY RAYMOND COCKLEY
His “Election” card game.
KNAPP ELECTRIC
Their Master Magic cards
MAX BROWN SHEFFER
His life and Midland Playing Cards.
JOHN WESLEY CULP
His life, inventions and history of Telbax.
H. H. HUBBARD
The game of “Sockem”. Who was the card’s artist?
THE NEW DEAL CARD GAME
Frank Soares
BECK & STEWART
Early Philadelphia cardmakers
EGG-O-SEE
History of the company.
UNION CIVIL WAR CARDS
FONTELLA BRAND PLAYING CARDS
Fontella Brand Playing Cards and case
THE AMERICAN PLAYING CARD CORP. of PORTLAND, MAINE
Who were they?
HEP C CARDS
From the John Howard Society (Canada) for inmates.
WORLD PLAYING CARD COMPANY of PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA
Ever produce a deck?
AARON VAN VALKENBURG
Playing Card Company in 1852 in New York City
AMERICAN PLAYING CARD COMPANY’S UNION/NATIONAL PLAYING CARDS by BENJAMIN W. HITCHCOCK
See Hochman P2 and Longley story.
NASCO PLAYING CARD COMPANY
New York & Chicago
THE KANSAS CITY CARD COMPANY
Harrington E. Drake and the Mason Company
CLIFFORD E. ALBERT
USPCC President/Card Design Patents
THOMAS CREHORE & JAZINIAH FORD
New information
JAPANESE-AMERICAN CARDS
Lewis Sears Paper Company of Seattle (1905)
EL KUSTO CIGAR PLAYING CARDS
St. Paul, Minnesota. Advertised an Air Cushioned deck. 1915 USPC??
NEW YORK PLAYING CARD COMPANY
1895. Only 1 known card (Joe Pierson)
ROBERT SAUZADE
More information.
SCALP CARD COMPANY
About 1904 in Kansas City/Topeka
THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CARD CO.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
COUNCIL PLAYING CARD GAME
The Gloucester (Massachusetts) Novelty Company
CHARLES P. HUESTIS
Of Huestis & Levy
PEGULOSE
How was the coating made. What was it.
EXCELSIOR CARD COMPANY
Max J. Mayer of NYC
CHARLES KIMBALL PEVEY
Dentist, Inventor and Card Designer
If you have any information, questions or photos of any of them, please reach out to me on my contact page. If you have any story ideas, please let me know also.
CHICAGO CARD COMPANIES
(1860-1910)
The history, and interconnection, of these companies. I have a pretty good flow chart made.
JAMES H. NOONAN POLITICAL CARDS
1904. Ever printed?
AMERICAN PLAYING CARD COMPANY OF KALAMAZOO
Their previously unknown card factory in Indianapolis near the NCC factory. Just need to find the land deed.
ARRCO’S DURATONE CARD FINISH
The story behind Arrco’s Duratone finish (1942/1948)
HE-YO-KA CARDS
Story about the creator, Bertha Mae Sulfer. Waiting to see what Bacon publishes about the deck.
CATERSON & BROTZ
The history of Caterson & Brontz and their ties with Roughback and Double Roughback cards.
CELLULOID CARDS
Their invention and how they were around more than we thought pre-1900.
CELLUTONE
How it came about. Mentioned this in my convention presentation.
THE CHICAGO PLAYING CARD COMPANY
THE EDUCATIONAL CARD COMPANY OF INDIANAPOLIS
Cole & Perkins
1904 ST. LOUIS WORLD’S FAIR
Samuel Cupples’s deck
THE DIAMOND PLAYING CARD COMPANY
DR. DANIELS
His veterinary medicine cards. He was no doctor.
E. H. POWER
Was a friend of Lum Smith’s. Accused of taking credit from a playing card case that NCC was going/or did use. Had a very interesting life.
THE FRINKS
1893 World’s Fair Souvenir Playing Card Company.
GEORGE B. HURD
His No Revoke cards
G. W. CLARK
His 1893 Columbia Souvenir deck. Who was he? Did I find the right guy?
HENRY C. LEVI/LYTTON
Owner of Chicago’s “The Hub” department store. Changed his name.
STANLEY FRANCIS HANZEL
Copyrighted the “Blue Spade”, Golden Diamond” and “Green Club”.But did not copyright the rare red “Sweetheart” deck. Why?
C. B. HAWKES
Chantecler card game.
HIRAM JONES
His 6 suited playing card deck and the International Playing Card Company.
HOMER L. BOYLE
“Peace” playing cards.
JOSHUA HOROWITZ
Baseball playing card game.
JOHN H. BLACK
His work with Victor E Mauger.
LEWANDOS
Company history and card story.
E. H. MITCHELL
His Alaska souvenir cards and others.
THE PHOTO CARD COMPANY of BUTTE, MONTANA
Who were they?
ELHANAN “CHESTER” WINCHESTER PENNYPACKER
His Universal Playing Card Company and his connection to Willis W Russell.
PYRAMID PLAYING CARD COMPANY
The history of the company and the Barsa family.
JAMES Y. HUMPHREYS
The Seminole War cards.
TOM JONES
Have a Jones family connected person in Cincinnati that had info but was not really interested in helping. Stuck at the time being.
VICTOR E. MAUGER
His life story.
AU-THO AD CARDS
A small deck from Carthage, Missouri, I found on the internet.
SOCIALIST PLAYING CARDS
Charles E Kerr and his Socialist Playing Cards. Mainly want to focus on Ralph Hosea Chaplin’s contribution to the cards.
CYRUS STORY PALMER
The Teddy Bear Novelty Company and Game of Presidents.
PIT, PANIC and G-S-E
The true story. How the history of the card games became intertwined and confused. Now I have the correct history.
E. I. HORSMAN
The lost game of “A’dem Up and Divide Em”
LINDY
The LINDY Flying Card Game and Nucraft Toys
MACATAWA
The Macatawa Souvenir Deck. The story, and correct dates, of the cards. Also, who was on the Ace of Spades. Talked about this deck in my convention presentation. Toby Edwards has both versions.
THEODORE HEINRICH NORPOTH
His baseball card game.
J. W. NUNEN/NOONAN
1878 playing card designs.
AUGUSTIN PETRTYL
His Green Spade deck.
THEODORE PRESSER & WILLIAM L. HOFER
Their musical card game.
THOMAS W. LAWSON
His history and his famous 1884 baseball card game.
ISOBEL OSBOURNE
Her life and her fortune telling card game “Teulia”.
THE WAH CHUCK CARD GAME
MRS. JOHN HUGHES KING
Her card game “Women Are Trumps”.
GUY RAYMOND COCKLEY
His “Election” card game.
KNAPP ELECTRIC
Their Master Magic cards
MAX BROWN SHEFFER
His life and Midland Playing Cards.
JOHN WESLEY CULP
His life, inventions and history of Telbax.
H. H. HUBBARD
The game of “Sockem”. Who was the card’s artist?
THE NEW DEAL CARD GAME
Frank Soares
BECK & STEWART
Early Philadelphia cardmakers
EGG-O-SEE
History of the company.
UNION CIVIL WAR CARDS
FONTELLA BRAND PLAYING CARDS
Fontella Brand Playing Cards and case
THE AMERICAN PLAYING CARD CORP. of PORTLAND, MAINE
Who were they?
HEP C CARDS
From the John Howard Society (Canada) for inmates.
WORLD PLAYING CARD COMPANY of PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA
Ever produce a deck?
AARON VAN VALKENBURG
Playing Card Company in 1852 in New York City
AMERICAN PLAYING CARD COMPANY’S UNION/NATIONAL PLAYING CARDS by BENJAMIN W. HITCHCOCK
See Hochman P2 and Longley story.
NASCO PLAYING CARD COMPANY
New York & Chicago
THE KANSAS CITY CARD COMPANY
Harrington E. Drake and the Mason Company
CLIFFORD E. ALBERT
USPCC President/Card Design Patents
THOMAS CREHORE & JAZINIAH FORD
New information
JAPANESE-AMERICAN CARDS
Lewis Sears Paper Company of Seattle (1905)
EL KUSTO CIGAR PLAYING CARDS
St. Paul, Minnesota. Advertised an Air Cushioned deck. 1915 USPC??
NEW YORK PLAYING CARD COMPANY
1895. Only 1 known card (Joe Pierson)
ROBERT SAUZADE
More information.
SCALP CARD COMPANY
About 1904 in Kansas City/Topeka
THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CARD CO.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
COUNCIL PLAYING CARD GAME
The Gloucester (Massachusetts) Novelty Company
CHARLES P. HUESTIS
Of Huestis & Levy
PEGULOSE
How was the coating made. What was it.
EXCELSIOR CARD COMPANY
Max J. Mayer of NYC
CHARLES KIMBALL PEVEY
Dentist, Inventor and Card Designer