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.
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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