Sunday, November 12, 2023

Display of Congress and Advertising Antique Decks

I'm trying different ways to display and organize the old decks that I have. I try to remind myself that I'm a joker collector, not a deck collector. But I have too much respect for the material to actually remove a joker from a historical deck. So instead, I photocopy the jokers, put them in my albums, and try to keep the decks intact. Which leaves me with an ever-increasing number of decks to store.

Here, for instance, is fancy plastic case which has advertising decks in it.  



Here is the latest display of my Congress 606 decks. It's primarily decks with Matching Jokers but it includes around a dozen decks with the capitol jokers, both wide and narrow.



There were some intermediate efforts at displays like the one pictured below. This was the first use of the display that I bought  nline as a kit to assemble. 


Congress 606 Decks. The two top rows and the bottom rows are Congress 606 decks.  They were published between 1896 and 1922.  I'm trying to trade away my Congress decks with Capitol jokers in exchange for Congress decks with matching jokers.   Here is the full description and inventory of my Congress decks.

Advertising Decks. These are mostly from the 1920s. The description of the old advertising decks.


Display Index for the Congress and Advertising Playing Card Decks and Jokers

Top Row

Diana 1899 Matching Congress Pictorial

Moon Fairy Matching Congress Pictorial

Music Hath Charms Matching Congress Pictorial

Good Night Matching Congress Pictorial

George Washington #3 1901  Matching Congress World Leaders

Yacht 1899  Matching Congress Pictorial

Diana 1899 Matching Congress Pictorial


2nd Row

November 1918  Congress Whist Narrow Series

La France Congress - different version than Kevan’s

Playmates 1906 US6f Congress

GW on Horse US6g 1919-22 Congress

Rube 2 1900 Congress

Anticipation US6e  1902  Congress

Toboggan 1905  Congress Pictorial or Holiday 1903


3rd Row

Clysmic King of Table Waters 1880s. Waukesha, Wisconsin, WWPCM01836/03A

Brownies 1890

Pepper by McConnoll 1925
Oshkoch

Atkins Saws

Green River Whiskies

Albany Felt and Jackets


4th Row

Lewando Cleansing and Dyeing 1926

Page Dairy Ice Cream Company, KLean Made Ice Cream
Electric

Victor Dental XRay

Old English Curve Cut Pipe Tobacco

The Burelsom Sanitarium

Bailey Banks & Biddle Co, Philadelphia


5th Row

Knuckle Down Congress Pictorial

Cheefu Congress Pictorial

Spinning Wheel 1903 Congress Pictorial

Good Night 1899 Congress Pictorial

The Old Old Story  1906 US6f Congress Pictorial

Anticipation 1902 Congress Pictorial Diana Congress Pictorial


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