tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37736979321373984032024-03-28T23:29:16.164-04:00Amused by Jokers am I!Playing Card Joker Collecting. I started in high school (mid 1970s!) but took some decade-long breaks. Welcome. Enjoy browsing each themed article. <strong>Note my <a href="/2019/12/my-joker-taxonomy.html"> <u>organizational system, a joker taxonomy! </u></a></strong>. Truly: Amused by the jokers I am.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger292125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-28348759832758982582024-03-16T14:15:00.002-04:002024-03-16T17:59:37.584-04:00Alice in Wonderland Jokers and Decks<p> Here are my two newest Alice jokers bringing the total up to 30.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8df4ThSnsJDHyXXBjvKlo1FIC3XJW7RJU_Aq3ZqoWz5m3IKblew93jJhV9AVazcRi9wBzc7-fgmjNeMlj0uB_XFHktwMXvD54Y65_egK7QGJfISd6-JtjpEysc5roW_vzelBRcmYT9IuIhEvSDbVvHk0Z8ceiHp0QSeSJXmImJJvS30sTO8g1XgzV/s3707/Alice%20in%20Wonderland%20Jokers.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2615" data-original-width="3707" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8df4ThSnsJDHyXXBjvKlo1FIC3XJW7RJU_Aq3ZqoWz5m3IKblew93jJhV9AVazcRi9wBzc7-fgmjNeMlj0uB_XFHktwMXvD54Y65_egK7QGJfISd6-JtjpEysc5roW_vzelBRcmYT9IuIhEvSDbVvHk0Z8ceiHp0QSeSJXmImJJvS30sTO8g1XgzV/w640-h452/Alice%20in%20Wonderland%20Jokers.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alice in Wonderland Jokers</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Here's another lovely pair of Alice Jokers:</p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN88_whxZgdV_h-hNfaTSbGOC7S480RHN2GhcFng3xG1IopVK5zv1pI296liYx0TWTbkDTsIrboe3KtN34dxnRh9dlWipEWuGJnQQLNtsyhWdtyiWC0nLI6LIyAwRRmdEFAfD33HVqkWHwDs7ySwWm_sgDqLq1eIWYC6wbUG4ATEZzVqhI6g6ORw/s4032/Alice%20In%20Wonderland%20Jokers%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN88_whxZgdV_h-hNfaTSbGOC7S480RHN2GhcFng3xG1IopVK5zv1pI296liYx0TWTbkDTsIrboe3KtN34dxnRh9dlWipEWuGJnQQLNtsyhWdtyiWC0nLI6LIyAwRRmdEFAfD33HVqkWHwDs7ySwWm_sgDqLq1eIWYC6wbUG4ATEZzVqhI6g6ORw/w640-h480/Alice%20In%20Wonderland%20Jokers%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A pair that I added in Sept 2023.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2hcAoYlxNsj9S8sN7wv3lOoiDC0mY9yQqOLc3HdfeFYNiccIH7WuZIEku9YTrPvHwSAsKCVG1GQBgr56oq6TKc8tNcIoztoT7vDL0s5MTlOZy6-bRtZUHSkCZTcT_seTR36TE6o_Rm5Wqb4joBkH7skaj6WLRkDJdMan-SxdkvuLcLkwdgGBiWY7H/s3814/aliceinwonderlandjokers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2529" data-original-width="3814" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2hcAoYlxNsj9S8sN7wv3lOoiDC0mY9yQqOLc3HdfeFYNiccIH7WuZIEku9YTrPvHwSAsKCVG1GQBgr56oq6TKc8tNcIoztoT7vDL0s5MTlOZy6-bRtZUHSkCZTcT_seTR36TE6o_Rm5Wqb4joBkH7skaj6WLRkDJdMan-SxdkvuLcLkwdgGBiWY7H/w640-h424/aliceinwonderlandjokers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These three were from an Italian deck. Art by Jesus Blasco,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8VNG5I_riI-sTkiO2RcVdpRV6fytVmnsBxZYnj9xiF5jzFFe1tljoCt1lB8Lx5bOE3l0FQTLf1KmPRRllat_BBz6xV5FTkT2PNkJEIerpLo-IC9UTlf2RCmRTrt1vGJVrjEmqVOk/s2048/Alice+in+Wonderland+Jokers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8VNG5I_riI-sTkiO2RcVdpRV6fytVmnsBxZYnj9xiF5jzFFe1tljoCt1lB8Lx5bOE3l0FQTLf1KmPRRllat_BBz6xV5FTkT2PNkJEIerpLo-IC9UTlf2RCmRTrt1vGJVrjEmqVOk/w640-h480/Alice+in+Wonderland+Jokers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><b>Alice in Wonderland.</b> It's always bothered me that while the story features a deck of cards and particularly, the Queen of Hearts, there is no real focus on jokers. I feel a little better knowing that Alice was published in 1865 (and probably written years before that) and an ocean away from where <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/the-earliest-jokers-and-my-questions.html">the first joker was being developed</a> just a few years later.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlT-R0Zk8SkZL9q1qiVT8LXmwTE3bbbrYyo9pJkz5BxTw91u1AQbUxkkZ23ewvoKiUSqYAwTaoAy7i6ZMNqBayaMoCoQegOmwzIEpsZfNTG678w2XAVMpoBdkGZQfi9YsDlnedCJUQa7lG21u_viRIgSt3P41I5BGNdiMEd8YqyEmC06jPmvalzw/s4032/Alice%20In%20Wonderland%20Playing%20Card.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlT-R0Zk8SkZL9q1qiVT8LXmwTE3bbbrYyo9pJkz5BxTw91u1AQbUxkkZ23ewvoKiUSqYAwTaoAy7i6ZMNqBayaMoCoQegOmwzIEpsZfNTG678w2XAVMpoBdkGZQfi9YsDlnedCJUQa7lG21u_viRIgSt3P41I5BGNdiMEd8YqyEmC06jPmvalzw/w480-h640/Alice%20In%20Wonderland%20Playing%20Card.JPG" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">This "Lion Lady with Bird and Card" might in fact, not be Alice or Wonderland related. Thoughts?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>So here’s all the Alice jokers. The top left and right one below are from<a href="https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/S24522" target="_blank"> Penguin Magic</a> (I think).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-PmGvCgGkAcv4KjM8cv3mCJ1Hpq4jIWUY1r7QUXEt2lhdlLG_exJseaWzW-MsKypYTbQnpvO9xEIyFLu62Ml55PV3nRIM3WOcHhXlSoEdqJeBaj5GBNR7D8b2w7q8UG_cEC9_0Nm/s2048/Alice-in-Wonderland-Playing-Card-Jokers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-PmGvCgGkAcv4KjM8cv3mCJ1Hpq4jIWUY1r7QUXEt2lhdlLG_exJseaWzW-MsKypYTbQnpvO9xEIyFLu62Ml55PV3nRIM3WOcHhXlSoEdqJeBaj5GBNR7D8b2w7q8UG_cEC9_0Nm/w480-h640/Alice-in-Wonderland-Playing-Card-Jokers.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And their backs...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmxsGnJz7tOiTpTthKwmVJZAgsLC4uxIO-9KHyXGIencVttluLQ9k9sJN5jLbvQ5Kp5lykVbJ85dd_wtKBpBnxaIm5lynds5EHdnl0Q9ugA5THppzr9Zv6Rc8zb_XSCoEMm3vw3Ia/s2048/IMG-2778.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmxsGnJz7tOiTpTthKwmVJZAgsLC4uxIO-9KHyXGIencVttluLQ9k9sJN5jLbvQ5Kp5lykVbJ85dd_wtKBpBnxaIm5lynds5EHdnl0Q9ugA5THppzr9Zv6Rc8zb_XSCoEMm3vw3Ia/w480-h640/IMG-2778.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The second page</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWVYpTOEkO-3j7uhN1h8IHnODqvaH0yLazCtu6MEF3qI5O_Ppto1B9Q3YaBfFxX_WP-ksfJ7-MD2Eq0ukPY3YtJLy2shaR5iazhqMSXLThqfbroxVFmuB0xfBinsnhnxhCFF0-6IOin_5kGGL3R77kg4aVTqgYuwQ-x09n6x2wZytsK4HjFUJQaGex/s4032/IMG_0787.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWVYpTOEkO-3j7uhN1h8IHnODqvaH0yLazCtu6MEF3qI5O_Ppto1B9Q3YaBfFxX_WP-ksfJ7-MD2Eq0ukPY3YtJLy2shaR5iazhqMSXLThqfbroxVFmuB0xfBinsnhnxhCFF0-6IOin_5kGGL3R77kg4aVTqgYuwQ-x09n6x2wZytsK4HjFUJQaGex/w480-h640/IMG_0787.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And their backs...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIrpkJrZcYCHm70-ZC2j3ZjUnFVG88eOK6-cebWZuTPEDouUHsHoXjRmV9VFMeAhx-HIJuSKPajqWj47XQLg6g_WnAdW_igwe1tAlyWMZT5MteAVlmfLk44rvQxx6yowJbhsUAu2m/s2048/AliceinWonderland-Jokers-Backs1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIrpkJrZcYCHm70-ZC2j3ZjUnFVG88eOK6-cebWZuTPEDouUHsHoXjRmV9VFMeAhx-HIJuSKPajqWj47XQLg6g_WnAdW_igwe1tAlyWMZT5MteAVlmfLk44rvQxx6yowJbhsUAu2m/w480-h640/AliceinWonderland-Jokers-Backs1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's another nine Alice jokers. I'm pleased by my artful arrangement on this page.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVgMaNpT4KA4RVV0pNnrT5cAPGTGV6eygPHrYLjVVNbcGJSLpy3cUsDsPpH5_s0bzmli3PmaYfV9iIzvQlfw2sBXakP1qey_MzPSoKHnsk9htNRa2nEyRp_QP3mOoUbZUO4e8WkMVd1A2QJbI-cvPkZvxnDhlt9lSlG4tjgAgaj0FKVR5ffxNks7V/s4032/IMG_0788.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVgMaNpT4KA4RVV0pNnrT5cAPGTGV6eygPHrYLjVVNbcGJSLpy3cUsDsPpH5_s0bzmli3PmaYfV9iIzvQlfw2sBXakP1qey_MzPSoKHnsk9htNRa2nEyRp_QP3mOoUbZUO4e8WkMVd1A2QJbI-cvPkZvxnDhlt9lSlG4tjgAgaj0FKVR5ffxNks7V/w480-h640/IMG_0788.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div>And here are three more that are the start of a new page..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8meccTDE0UMJUERc9zLoApy63uzWgbal1o-mxUMG3UPbaTSuzTGHEPbQ3ZFKQdzgzef3fR6VDQcsvcmGW1nuMjEg2JRL2NrjKtpRVy8HiEXoaC8GOsLs9zGHgAkvJsWHDOjwDo1HTCQwbKGbQUogrQSsUJYBggdX0ODnhdc1hK3ptTpdCoBHfYXu/s2839/IMG_0789.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="2839" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8meccTDE0UMJUERc9zLoApy63uzWgbal1o-mxUMG3UPbaTSuzTGHEPbQ3ZFKQdzgzef3fR6VDQcsvcmGW1nuMjEg2JRL2NrjKtpRVy8HiEXoaC8GOsLs9zGHgAkvJsWHDOjwDo1HTCQwbKGbQUogrQSsUJYBggdX0ODnhdc1hK3ptTpdCoBHfYXu/w640-h290/IMG_0789.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Want some more info on my Alice jokers and decks? Keep reading....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Here's three of the Alice decks now in my collection. I might have more.<br /><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifB4La0Y_6BoUErxwU3cFc2ynR05UkkeNyyS2OnPdXfyKJDrCQWGVr9EAfP723mvFdwxWuiPSBiw9FQwbicbjyPVJQDtYUDhCdfgrcmrRa72eB4bjDDZzWtEee30ThilvBhMZgStLm/s2510/IMG-2776.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="2510" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifB4La0Y_6BoUErxwU3cFc2ynR05UkkeNyyS2OnPdXfyKJDrCQWGVr9EAfP723mvFdwxWuiPSBiw9FQwbicbjyPVJQDtYUDhCdfgrcmrRa72eB4bjDDZzWtEee30ThilvBhMZgStLm/w640-h320/IMG-2776.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><i>Here's more on my Alice in Wonderland joker collecting. </i> I purchased a fantastic Alice deck created by<i><b> <a href="https://prospero-art.com/collections/playing-cards" target="_blank">Prospero Art</a> </b></i>(who have lots of wonderful decks. I've bought 3 so far and will soon be going back for a dozen). Here’s the deck, more on them later (10-2020):<div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" height="480" id="id_a07c_b363_a0d7_794d" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/pnHO2yePqpKcYd1EYNZn5YKqME2y_0HuCfaFHxIVqNATtoRMRdWcUjYzCMZfcoI=w640-h480" style="height: auto; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" width="640" /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Here's the back from Prospero Art. Very nice. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidiv3V1T6MJSQYmrtvm5tQgBb5v784lNFHOtwqJPvhjoT0Er427NdUV2dIX4fk2ng3BsUwEvwulgzYoqpyHv5KW-pp1kQBCrrStrdTc0q2dJABptKRhSE1HUIovdqA4wdYhIFf_CEqaB4/s2048/IMG-9721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidiv3V1T6MJSQYmrtvm5tQgBb5v784lNFHOtwqJPvhjoT0Er427NdUV2dIX4fk2ng3BsUwEvwulgzYoqpyHv5KW-pp1kQBCrrStrdTc0q2dJABptKRhSE1HUIovdqA4wdYhIFf_CEqaB4/w300-h400/IMG-9721.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I just (10/2019) bought an Alice in Wonderland Playing Card Deck entitled "We're all Mad Here" created by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/F4AF226A-2491-443E-94D0-4FB9AA1CB878?ingress=0&visitId=ddf84173-afc5-4a5d-ba9c-30dceae24060" target="_blank">ASVP</a>. It’s lovely. Marked 1865 on the cover (the date the book was published), the deck might be using much of the original book’s artwork.<br /><br />First, the back and a joker:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6f2AluVr2bTk0zKrNl_6utZozZ5g8XyiJREBqY_IeN4P2f-A4bv0qkZAiGfh1PLlUpMxx6rHfjw9l7pXfDIHYaTYwBXroqtm0_kpf1v6LG5S_yWkDSGxSJhHUZ706GO4Pcftcldr/s1600/IMG_6220.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" id="id_e69e_8739_a7d9_12f8" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6f2AluVr2bTk0zKrNl_6utZozZ5g8XyiJREBqY_IeN4P2f-A4bv0qkZAiGfh1PLlUpMxx6rHfjw9l7pXfDIHYaTYwBXroqtm0_kpf1v6LG5S_yWkDSGxSJhHUZ706GO4Pcftcldr/s400/IMG_6220.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 400px;" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Then two examples of the artwork on the royal cards and aces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7e4skgmPBDtKWjuIb9SMhHI1utcpm4v1T86h5hdk9g26gaMao_L1H5xv9VkjURyoP-Ct3Bv2Ii8IkSK1117qMZr7eV1JNI3UvY2u0gEmBmzcz7hpbyXLemZXWZOtV0CVPSTGXRn8c/s1600/IMG_6221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" id="id_2cb9_662d_e229_3b6c" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7e4skgmPBDtKWjuIb9SMhHI1utcpm4v1T86h5hdk9g26gaMao_L1H5xv9VkjURyoP-Ct3Bv2Ii8IkSK1117qMZr7eV1JNI3UvY2u0gEmBmzcz7hpbyXLemZXWZOtV0CVPSTGXRn8c/s400/IMG_6221.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 300px;" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiRxaqmLXuuOp738TaRfXBzcjhwWuoz8ZplLznuUXyOibmd68mpPlvKECGK-QClqH9hmhCkkb1Qmg5ltgIsT5_H9tLSKb19oqTNSkjgtj3fwSgzcjbbAmnQl-FyQR7c4buQpLTRAA/s1600/IMG_6222.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" id="id_1752_a533_1029_d286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiRxaqmLXuuOp738TaRfXBzcjhwWuoz8ZplLznuUXyOibmd68mpPlvKECGK-QClqH9hmhCkkb1Qmg5ltgIsT5_H9tLSKb19oqTNSkjgtj3fwSgzcjbbAmnQl-FyQR7c4buQpLTRAA/s400/IMG_6222.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 300px;" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Other Alice in Wonderland jokers: Here’s a Mad Hatter joker, front and back. Modern and cheesy.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_98cd_7f5e_704d_db79" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyFaFLuBnr3vYm7usjiXo4J9Kuu7hUJBjl28xl-HjjZPUGj2JiwqVevbnscN0_T1sndVoSgOtiV_wSX_Yhyl0RXwj6nJglN8yecFEKJa6ODOw4o6LOoKJhNaQXqvitKJMbX_HPw6j8Z0/s1600/IMG-1533.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" id="id_ccb4_992a_1e1d_8512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyFaFLuBnr3vYm7usjiXo4J9Kuu7hUJBjl28xl-HjjZPUGj2JiwqVevbnscN0_T1sndVoSgOtiV_wSX_Yhyl0RXwj6nJglN8yecFEKJa6ODOw4o6LOoKJhNaQXqvitKJMbX_HPw6j8Z0/s400/IMG-1533.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 300px;" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Mad Hatter Joker</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_6a82_32e7_5040_be9e" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4_t5L0kxLJ1binocWVd5d_fqD-d36FZQoQQTYPcBXvpm6nyDdOI-ccvIe9xVM_APtsU_PBB3SaSzW1GsBUjcAtZjwJxA0SOEe6NBQoqPeZLakUkE4his6j11Wp1HGIdOckMz10GEjL8/s1600/IMG-1534.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" id="id_4b61_2592_1079_31f3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4_t5L0kxLJ1binocWVd5d_fqD-d36FZQoQQTYPcBXvpm6nyDdOI-ccvIe9xVM_APtsU_PBB3SaSzW1GsBUjcAtZjwJxA0SOEe6NBQoqPeZLakUkE4his6j11Wp1HGIdOckMz10GEjL8/s400/IMG-1534.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 300px;" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">The Back</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Here's a Steampunk Adventure Alice in Wonderland deck designed by <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jsolorzanoarts/alice-of-wonderland-playing-cards-printed-by-uspcc/creator_bio" target="_blank">Juan Solorzano</a>. There are three jokers: the Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit, and Alice.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_9ecd_48ec_150c_96be" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrO2V3Jbg9M53LOf6dxUaGv7d_SR5_ShyWgNpVLhV3O_wz2eieVATXNMpxU7aY_OO28OWnb5aYRRVtcAcIwyfw1ZAlzNQDwFrYavTxXFwbbkyMns6ewEbM73eKum6hKUnzDgS5OmIIA4k/s1600/IMG_AliceCheshireCat.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The Cheshire Cat Joker" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" id="id_ad93_c0f8_5013_51f5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrO2V3Jbg9M53LOf6dxUaGv7d_SR5_ShyWgNpVLhV3O_wz2eieVATXNMpxU7aY_OO28OWnb5aYRRVtcAcIwyfw1ZAlzNQDwFrYavTxXFwbbkyMns6ewEbM73eKum6hKUnzDgS5OmIIA4k/s400/IMG_AliceCheshireCat.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 300px;" title="The Cheshire Cat Joker" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">The Cheshire Cat Joker</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_780e_f0bb_ebee_667a" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTt_UHXycEZfzEpCGIf1Dga3a7froGa2KmwIEATLSZWdm2SM825IVSjO4_Ww6RY2qMzdj1bXO2LERv6DJIApPvR-2cZ2-MxN0gnMqnuqJ3eMdpv1fg83n7E5O7yL7t2bUpfpZNermtK4/s1600/IMG_AliceWhiteRabbit.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="White Rabbit Joker" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" id="id_5570_4c10_461e_5eb9" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTt_UHXycEZfzEpCGIf1Dga3a7froGa2KmwIEATLSZWdm2SM825IVSjO4_Ww6RY2qMzdj1bXO2LERv6DJIApPvR-2cZ2-MxN0gnMqnuqJ3eMdpv1fg83n7E5O7yL7t2bUpfpZNermtK4/s400/IMG_AliceWhiteRabbit.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 300px;" title="White Rabbit Joker" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">White Rabbit Joker</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_3e3c_9e46_5411_ee4b" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPT14dZznHYDBbjpnCRg2rQkbhwE1E4CYOc2pzZb7_imrKpjyp09nupW2EUXiYsNZPPYvoXELgUTVt6jbzNsB8ItMmd35tpWzYAi_QFtKmLz7L5v-fmOjhS332mQUw7JTAfCVq95AcjQ/s1600/IMG_Alice.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Alice: The Joker" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" id="id_5870_e80e_d6fd_d3ea" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkPT14dZznHYDBbjpnCRg2rQkbhwE1E4CYOc2pzZb7_imrKpjyp09nupW2EUXiYsNZPPYvoXELgUTVt6jbzNsB8ItMmd35tpWzYAi_QFtKmLz7L5v-fmOjhS332mQUw7JTAfCVq95AcjQ/s400/IMG_Alice.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 300px;" title="Alice: The Joker" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Alice: The Joker</td></tr></tbody></table>Here is the back of the Steampunk Alice in Wonderland deck. Pretty good but it didn't blow me away.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_5gWF0SXCo-OcRNr3iBW1OYQ1RnSmlPWdpEJA-gBN06wx4WFN-xSxW83MmSfwEoVC0qZAsBACm8mKXymxFQhvFqOqo8El0mSDvB8QcwFM7AaWXwbO6EPnNqJdD46qcR7OdE_olvRgpc/s1600/IMG_AliceBack.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" id="id_d446_df84_fa54_39e0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_5gWF0SXCo-OcRNr3iBW1OYQ1RnSmlPWdpEJA-gBN06wx4WFN-xSxW83MmSfwEoVC0qZAsBACm8mKXymxFQhvFqOqo8El0mSDvB8QcwFM7AaWXwbO6EPnNqJdD46qcR7OdE_olvRgpc/s400/IMG_AliceBack.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 300px;" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> On the other hand, I loved the Jack, Queen, and King of Diamonds. Especially the queen. The detail on the queen that is so cool is the tiny mouse that she's holding. Generally, the details on the royal cards are great. The diamonds are cool since this is an integrated deck which is really rare.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXzUG21_sSYmMu8i7qt3KsdCL2LXRU4h8zr0gCndArDD3N5x_QsO2D_fmqjZAsVBP9-ir1txminLkmJeNfDGj3nQ2L6GHZX85IhMZPJHijmcBHyHqxi1Gmv8MxSdUoeWulRoNlx7vmVs/s1600/IMG_AliceJack.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" id="id_78fd_66fd_9e3e_bc57" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXzUG21_sSYmMu8i7qt3KsdCL2LXRU4h8zr0gCndArDD3N5x_QsO2D_fmqjZAsVBP9-ir1txminLkmJeNfDGj3nQ2L6GHZX85IhMZPJHijmcBHyHqxi1Gmv8MxSdUoeWulRoNlx7vmVs/s400/IMG_AliceJack.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 300px;" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYQcFayx6pgHe_q0VecAmbItvZSEFXPstIzr8pW-bbtrVBUa8aCKLoL5qEGZtp6WPdRb4DByp5RrM9oVTQ3mfuwaBM78KRpjL7zVzkzcidc-AamxLNRpzmKsaDWgF9qyxCUM4Y-3n52A/s1600/IMG_AliceKing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" id="id_8025_76a7_adbe_9417" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYQcFayx6pgHe_q0VecAmbItvZSEFXPstIzr8pW-bbtrVBUa8aCKLoL5qEGZtp6WPdRb4DByp5RrM9oVTQ3mfuwaBM78KRpjL7zVzkzcidc-AamxLNRpzmKsaDWgF9qyxCUM4Y-3n52A/s400/IMG_AliceKing.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 300px;" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDo48Szh5MifKhS5mMFkXRlFGN6eiUjoZtNQIbeQtlY2CH9xAG6txZ25y63XWdR4cOw7Zzi2rnOemEhA_xgn4SyboTE-f7MH8GpbBSO0zS-hmeCHVtZsdLVTCVNgpFG9HTFqZhTi5Aj20/s1600/IMG_AliceQueen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" id="id_680d_7c57_5ed5_1968" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDo48Szh5MifKhS5mMFkXRlFGN6eiUjoZtNQIbeQtlY2CH9xAG6txZ25y63XWdR4cOw7Zzi2rnOemEhA_xgn4SyboTE-f7MH8GpbBSO0zS-hmeCHVtZsdLVTCVNgpFG9HTFqZhTi5Aj20/s400/IMG_AliceQueen.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 300px;" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br />The next picture is not of a playing card. This morning, I opened my Alice in Wonderland deck partially because last night for Halloween, we dressed up as Alice and Mad Hatter. Wifey was Alice, I was the Hatter. We won first prize for costumes at a neighborhood party. I'll probably be scraping greasepaint off my face for a week but it was worth it in that Wifey liked how she looked as Alice (actually, when she wasn't next to me, people thought she was Dorothy from Oz).<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_d9c1_5dff_4b6a_73a" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5-77YdD9hC40iq1oacZGKrA5y_q-Sv33qdQnzfkjO6boFGJn7ceT3Wi2tV94OlH7VB3HutBJo5T4nPbKJ-hBgoZ9cOGbWr4JhfeyupdgbUZOiTh_N2u_4G4JPs9JgIQQuTchyphenhyphenlZZWLE/s1600/Alice-Hatter.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Alice and the Mad Hatter" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" id="id_3b03_2b3d_71cb_8cff" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5-77YdD9hC40iq1oacZGKrA5y_q-Sv33qdQnzfkjO6boFGJn7ceT3Wi2tV94OlH7VB3HutBJo5T4nPbKJ-hBgoZ9cOGbWr4JhfeyupdgbUZOiTh_N2u_4G4JPs9JgIQQuTchyphenhyphenlZZWLE/s400/Alice-Hatter.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 300px;" title="Alice and the Mad Hatter" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Alice and the Mad Hatter</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div><br /></div><div><img alt="" id="id_ca87_3824_a8e8_c0c7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hoPjyhD6Luu4TatsEO1SB4JTHnLdE1R-LXinIJ7WR5H5xzaoMlt4GQAsw4EgYQA" style="height: auto; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br /><img alt="" id="id_3804_acd3_dea4_bf43" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/MKCz5tKLuV2_7IJkwJ1ANWNA4Pz9a5Nc0lbCOCdVkhHp7HO72B2bSxzjEEJJjto" style="height: auto; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br />What do you want to see next?</div><div><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animals-cat-and-dog-jokers.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Cat</b></i></a><i><b> </b></i> or <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/08/dog-jokers-animal-jokers.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Dog jokers?</b></i></a><br /><i><b><i><b><u><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2019/06/harry-potter-jokers.html">Harry Potter Entertainment:<br /></a></u></b></i></b></i><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2018/07/jesters-dancing.html" target="_blank">Dancing</a> Jokers</b></i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2019/07/jokers-with-swords.html" target="_blank"><i><b><br />Fighter jokers</b></i></a>!<br /><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/02/clown-jokers.html" id="id_adb4_e8b7_220_d100" target="_self">Clown Jokers</a> <br /></b></i></div></div></div></div></div></div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-26930306959318142762023-12-10T00:30:00.051-05:002024-03-26T15:51:21.875-04:00My Matching Congress 606 Jokers<p>This article - updated March 26, 2024 - focuses on Congress 606 Matching joker decks which were published for around 6 years starting in 1898. <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FiwD1IqJDuWRArIlzhZVkgnCArITLOfc/view?usp=drive_link" target="_blank"><i><b>Here is a master list of those known to exist and which ones I have and am seeking.</b></i></a></p><p><b>Number of different images</b> on matching jokers*<br />41 - Known to exist<br />37- In my collection. ONLY FOUR TO GO!</p><p><b>Number of different matching joker decks</b>*<br />56 - Known to exist<br />43 - In my collection</p><p><b>What is this weird distinction</b> that John (that's me) is making between <i>images </i>and <i>decks</i>? Here's the problem. In some cases the same image, say of a spinning wheel, was used in slightly different format. Here for instance, is the same basic spinning wheel image used on a joker with the word joker, on a joker without the word joker, and on a deck called Priscilla (rather than spinning wheel name used on the first two). So one image - Spinning Wheel - but three different jokers and decks.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIgpyuxr88QBxCHqHjh2kG7MDXbMBRCT3Xs1y5Jd_decusgZt-lcZqelM43yXhDf63Vl0Q6mVhdxXd_JkTFvF30jfruNKGQ3VTqTAiWjjsGjUBkhmCnUlNl1sseenicgJVmjubqVpzHNzDnUmTuSYFwBsYu6UmCUIHiMKP3g1GkGS7gS0V2bIpT-F/s3824/spinningwheeldifferences.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1771" data-original-width="3824" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIgpyuxr88QBxCHqHjh2kG7MDXbMBRCT3Xs1y5Jd_decusgZt-lcZqelM43yXhDf63Vl0Q6mVhdxXd_JkTFvF30jfruNKGQ3VTqTAiWjjsGjUBkhmCnUlNl1sseenicgJVmjubqVpzHNzDnUmTuSYFwBsYu6UmCUIHiMKP3g1GkGS7gS0V2bIpT-F/w640-h296/spinningwheeldifferences.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same image but three different decks and jokers*</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>*Yes, I am aware that they are not exactly the same image and that the differences are more pronounced on the backs where there are differences in how the dress is colored, how zoomed in the image is, and how much foliage is shown thru the window.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAclGZfwnYziDBCbjc0DYCNPAvMm5mNgDwabT4bFhezLCp4zypZQyJHrJJ3O79ezLKPMS7Sk9b_B6seBKzi_lB6vhJlRPnOdCsEyZzLL874thNIb0ySOENWr6k-272SLAYED71_1wXdPztlyVa4CUcJGLNqg45fANj3eKgEesDr9TTG-Ll9I_ga0m/s3891/spinningwheelbacks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="3891" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAclGZfwnYziDBCbjc0DYCNPAvMm5mNgDwabT4bFhezLCp4zypZQyJHrJJ3O79ezLKPMS7Sk9b_B6seBKzi_lB6vhJlRPnOdCsEyZzLL874thNIb0ySOENWr6k-272SLAYED71_1wXdPztlyVa4CUcJGLNqg45fANj3eKgEesDr9TTG-Ll9I_ga0m/w640-h220/spinningwheelbacks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /><p><b>The Matching Jokers that I most want: </b><br /><b><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Chameleon, Clown, The Cavalier, Holland, and Spinning Wheel (facing left, not right)</span>. </b>And there are plenty of variations that I'm also seeking.</p><span></span><p><b>*****************<br />What is a Matching Joker? </b> A <i>matching joker</i> (or <i>named joker</i>) means that the joker image is a black and white version of the back design. For example, here is the back and the joker of the Congress 606 Rookwood joker from 1899:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgWbml19g2wbgTIdgo67ejsnjFUfGE4DYLqrtSXCXWX2gpU3StzeHUf1L9gP81Ru260P25x_wuP_hLCBkr8Ljje_wYnpWdfZcz8zHMCkbhPRU9jd_EyZmIdSBH9TfsDp_l5KGWUx_XlBxrYMhJU0ONoq6jgefUsow678lDE-IAX5guRxRbEDQHLaz/s2478/Rockwood-Congres606-joker%20n%20back.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2478" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgWbml19g2wbgTIdgo67ejsnjFUfGE4DYLqrtSXCXWX2gpU3StzeHUf1L9gP81Ru260P25x_wuP_hLCBkr8Ljje_wYnpWdfZcz8zHMCkbhPRU9jd_EyZmIdSBH9TfsDp_l5KGWUx_XlBxrYMhJU0ONoq6jgefUsow678lDE-IAX5guRxRbEDQHLaz/w400-h281/Rockwood-Congres606-joker%20n%20back.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rookwood Congress Joker and Back Design</td></tr></tbody></table><p>These matching jokers date from 1897 to 1904. Then, Congress switched to jokers that featured the US Capitol building (see below for an example). I have an article on<a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2018/01/congress-jokers.html"><i><b> the history of Congress jokers</b></i></a><b><i>.</i></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjum75m-SG1BUpIaUCHTZV8UTeR6Z2LIXZj6agrUd3nlRUVRPgFComI-CsVBSG81N3xMdPBBioTG6wyavt4C9vx1DRYjYhOGIg86wNOJkCaJV2Ibq3k_GljgcSIZL5WIZ62HGhx5nmq/s400/IMG-3353.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjum75m-SG1BUpIaUCHTZV8UTeR6Z2LIXZj6agrUd3nlRUVRPgFComI-CsVBSG81N3xMdPBBioTG6wyavt4C9vx1DRYjYhOGIg86wNOJkCaJV2Ibq3k_GljgcSIZL5WIZ62HGhx5nmq/s320/IMG-3353.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Congress switched to Capitol Jokers around 1910</td></tr></tbody></table><br />If you are interested in learning more about Congress matching jokers, here are some resources: <p>- <a href="https://congressplayingcards.com/matching-jokers/" target="_blank"><i><b>The Congress Guy's Page on Congress Matching Jokers</b></i></a><br />- <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14nEKiSmgnUJls93c52-__gVzHhyP95bO?fbclid=IwAR04nXcuoQKG7-hV-s45px31E7-CXqZwv-KR3XDIUTQWFrVrZQwc96k_OqE" target="_blank"><b><i>Matt Schacht's list with images of all of the Congress Matching Jokers</i></b></a><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />***********</span></b></p><p><b><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Three Generations of Matching Jokers.</span></u></b> I categorize the <b> Congress 606 matching jokers in three generations.</b> It is slightly different than <a href="https://congressplayingcards.com/matching-jokers/" target="_blank">CongressGuy</a>'s categories which is probably more historically accurate but he is considering the whole deck, I try to focus on the jokers. </p><p><b>Generation 1 (G1)</b>- These are distinguished by the word <i>Joker </i>included on the joker and the image is always in an oval.</p><p><b>Generation 2 (G2)</b> - The word <i>Joker </i>is not there and the frame is either oval or rectangular but without any fancy trimmings.<br /><br /><b>Generation 3 (G3) - </b>The oval and rectangular shapes have fancy trim.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsbUXhVcLekdfoTrLkqoQV1bntem2RK9Lwb4bb2QqRbR8qAI9JfJfviqNpTYfz49iywLZBjECn1T7zWaBQYP7h4EYp0JGWyz1nFLwJzMTxmWxUyDIVa7Ie2v93HyZdUYfTZzvoUNTRzksbUGZUyg6lya4bPBYrmnTAQ0FKuW35ALMg7lima9R6Mc8u" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="573" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsbUXhVcLekdfoTrLkqoQV1bntem2RK9Lwb4bb2QqRbR8qAI9JfJfviqNpTYfz49iywLZBjECn1T7zWaBQYP7h4EYp0JGWyz1nFLwJzMTxmWxUyDIVa7Ie2v93HyZdUYfTZzvoUNTRzksbUGZUyg6lya4bPBYrmnTAQ0FKuW35ALMg7lima9R6Mc8u=w400-h216" width="400" /></a></b></div><div><br /></div>Let’s take a look at which jokers I have from each generation. In most cases, I have only the joker. If I have the full deck, I'll mention it.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">***********</span></b><br /><p></p><p><b><u>Generation 1 Congress 606 Matching Jokers</u></b> - These jokers - as mentioned - have the image in an oval and with the word <i>Joker.</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Yacht, Diana, The Rube, and George Washington </b> (entire decks). Diana is mythological, Rube is Americana, Yacht is "aspirational anglophiles", and GW is political leaders.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-QvlSujyNXoBEkNQTOtQ_YmR_iq3ZEjF8d50vgYFWzaZIAV2EcX1th-cC_M68WDffX40CNQKHE_UokedmjuPrPzIWAEjpcu-RllozRqJKBSRn9NrlBz1jxjbp8kaMSUKM9YME3qnroFcPhMywW9QRuiaW6KShQFFuZkqZIjSB_CAwyVCMgWh6LEb/s639/matching%20jokers%20marked%20joker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-QvlSujyNXoBEkNQTOtQ_YmR_iq3ZEjF8d50vgYFWzaZIAV2EcX1th-cC_M68WDffX40CNQKHE_UokedmjuPrPzIWAEjpcu-RllozRqJKBSRn9NrlBz1jxjbp8kaMSUKM9YME3qnroFcPhMywW9QRuiaW6KShQFFuZkqZIjSB_CAwyVCMgWh6LEb/w360-h640/matching%20jokers%20marked%20joker.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Moon Fairy </b>- joker only. This Moon Fairy joker has the word <i>joker</i>. There is also version that I have that you can see below in the Generation 2 matching jokers that does not have the word <i>joker</i>. She is a mythological one kept in the <b><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/06/crescent-moon-jokers.html">sitting on the moon section of the collection.</a></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu7rMwar4FoRrYSPSj3bgBn_MRaUEbjOs-rDmi5e7NaTsxIm955hb6zA6MdNLjNFjN9IlrLsrH1iW5O8yGIT4vS-9J5nhlIFWEeEAIQmBBjX1p-ql9MkavaI5-kElzK59FHrJIY5u4Xfi-vSyngyK-ZMT8nJ8aoaBHs7Vd87AdYqrnoyja4xoYYOpL/s925/moonfairy-Gen1.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="925" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu7rMwar4FoRrYSPSj3bgBn_MRaUEbjOs-rDmi5e7NaTsxIm955hb6zA6MdNLjNFjN9IlrLsrH1iW5O8yGIT4vS-9J5nhlIFWEeEAIQmBBjX1p-ql9MkavaI5-kElzK59FHrJIY5u4Xfi-vSyngyK-ZMT8nJ8aoaBHs7Vd87AdYqrnoyja4xoYYOpL/w400-h271/moonfairy-Gen1.PNG" width="400" /></a></div>
<p><b>Berenice - </b>Whole Deck. Berenice is a classic mythological type.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjms2-ft01ClMNrG_GEtRXVfBXgGHtXtQaFHc3LyZfey9YEdKbBoQ9InC5hLh_18fpZ9a22r0uXyOFc4LjwYwmxUluTooXrEN4b6Z9BWFPPA0BHJllVyHzJ7gKKyHc-mPhL-oBojC-x1m12hmKX9aGmKDwtcHsn5DpxMrtGi7T4Q9nEVdjGC0gdHPx1/s5695/IMG_0032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Berenice picture on playing cards" border="0" data-original-height="1943" data-original-width="5695" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjms2-ft01ClMNrG_GEtRXVfBXgGHtXtQaFHc3LyZfey9YEdKbBoQ9InC5hLh_18fpZ9a22r0uXyOFc4LjwYwmxUluTooXrEN4b6Z9BWFPPA0BHJllVyHzJ7gKKyHc-mPhL-oBojC-x1m12hmKX9aGmKDwtcHsn5DpxMrtGi7T4Q9nEVdjGC0gdHPx1/w640-h218/IMG_0032.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>Martha Washington</b> - She is American political, in the American people section of the collection next to George.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgViV5HlD_-i7o2SvSQWO6SN7ANx2sb2y2gfkJMhyphenhyphen6Lt1vPLi45AVRetsxmUcy7-syqlHXIpgB9pGS_uNHBSypn8GajFvoF_5Ip9YEG0YBCaW8nfbVw9Ga156T-ov2ELCkGYkgl1cmi9CF24RElZsLBxbp3pXnN09PiXV7NB9K4kcCvEebmZw7F7_Dj/s916/MarthaWashington.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="916" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgViV5HlD_-i7o2SvSQWO6SN7ANx2sb2y2gfkJMhyphenhyphen6Lt1vPLi45AVRetsxmUcy7-syqlHXIpgB9pGS_uNHBSypn8GajFvoF_5Ip9YEG0YBCaW8nfbVw9Ga156T-ov2ELCkGYkgl1cmi9CF24RElZsLBxbp3pXnN09PiXV7NB9K4kcCvEebmZw7F7_Dj/w400-h271/MarthaWashington.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martha Washington</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">Good Night.</b><span style="text-align: left;"> The box and ace says 1899. She is the Americana album, </span><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2019/09/american-jokers.html" style="text-align: left;"><i><b>American people subsection</b></i></a><span style="text-align: left;">. This section will soon be split up and she'll go with a few pages of old images of American children. Note that my Good Night is a brunette. There is also a blond version of this girl. She's in the Americana section.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHEa9eSebriAekRbL3O-Bv5PQ-_DCgQB2CfRSr5fk7sbWo57BnB74hkSrg7WmujfUQcbHiwYS6nJRVTFGcCN0G6oQsikk7JFfvkLcVrMolVE4Wuz-jmRV2b7Djhc7xlkge4uHQmHXLf-mN_PK498yqyIS8vHqxVhVQaADKJLhyjesVdsJMbMJmLyL/s4032/Good%20Night%20Congress%20Playing%20Cards.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1972" data-original-width="4032" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHEa9eSebriAekRbL3O-Bv5PQ-_DCgQB2CfRSr5fk7sbWo57BnB74hkSrg7WmujfUQcbHiwYS6nJRVTFGcCN0G6oQsikk7JFfvkLcVrMolVE4Wuz-jmRV2b7Djhc7xlkge4uHQmHXLf-mN_PK498yqyIS8vHqxVhVQaADKJLhyjesVdsJMbMJmLyL/w400-h196/Good%20Night%20Congress%20Playing%20Cards.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good Night</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><b>Delft and Fishers Return</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7nKttX5b2-PwxST5SJOb8u_wIvbejUdzVB31Zftvfauz8rsHCrMNyH_lSxnqCyvI-s7YmyvIH6m3uAkEEv87qtErgEpDskjQMT9FkSW4xPHOJRIhLvAaAM5uFvOhEdJDRfNVB62CvNHuysH1kKdRGkACmPiLtgCozCecqT4YTeO3m3CnVX3snSa4G/s4032/IMG_2908.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7nKttX5b2-PwxST5SJOb8u_wIvbejUdzVB31Zftvfauz8rsHCrMNyH_lSxnqCyvI-s7YmyvIH6m3uAkEEv87qtErgEpDskjQMT9FkSW4xPHOJRIhLvAaAM5uFvOhEdJDRfNVB62CvNHuysH1kKdRGkACmPiLtgCozCecqT4YTeO3m3CnVX3snSa4G/s320/IMG_2908.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delft and Fishers Return</td></tr></tbody></table><b>The Rookwood </b>Generation 1 (with the word <i>joker</i>) joker and deck. There is also the Rookwood G2 without the word <i>joker </i>which you can see when you read further. "Rookwood" is the name of a pottery company based in Cincinnati OH, a city where the US Playing Card Company was also located. The Rookwood Pottery Company had a fascination with the portrayal of the American Indian. A book was written on the topic: "It involves the interplay of a female entrepreneur, her business manager and premier artists and educators–all entwined in the nation’s policies that reflect a contradictory attitude of exploitation and sympathy toward the first Americans. In the end, masterpieces of art pottery depicting noble Indians were created.” This quote is from <a href="https://www.statehouse.shop/product/rookwood-and-the-american-indian-by-anita-ellis-and-susan-labry-meyn-edward-andrews/" target="_blank"><i><b>the State House website </b></i></a>promoting and selling the book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDgeXoVqHS3lgvPNXOfUKchtxNzHiunKMzvm3VGz9pOoEpYHCsKa9JFWqNZ66NBBzA8gObgub7SoTSt-BJjVUIPGmwE64Ffnk5sDbVuRw34ZXBCim7jMPlITZ5MoNIvT3Pa7jkqXZGftrNn4YfwyR_r0MftebC258xNf8OVYT6we9-eXBrwg0VdDF/s4024/Rookwood%20Matching%20606%20Congress%20Generation%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="4024" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDgeXoVqHS3lgvPNXOfUKchtxNzHiunKMzvm3VGz9pOoEpYHCsKa9JFWqNZ66NBBzA8gObgub7SoTSt-BJjVUIPGmwE64Ffnk5sDbVuRw34ZXBCim7jMPlITZ5MoNIvT3Pa7jkqXZGftrNn4YfwyR_r0MftebC258xNf8OVYT6we9-eXBrwg0VdDF/w640-h221/Rookwood%20Matching%20606%20Congress%20Generation%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">***********</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><b>Generation 2 </b><b>Congress 606 Matching Jokers</b> </u>- These jokers have the image either in an oval or rectangular. If oval, the word <i>Joker</i> is not there. And there is no fancy frame around the image.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Diane, Moon Fairy, and Music Hath Charms. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br />Diana. </b>This is one of my three Diana Congress decks, each one different in some ways. The box and ace are dated 1899. In this one, the joker image is in an oval frame without the word <i>joker</i>, above was one with an oval with the work joker. I also have one with a Capital joker which is not a matching joker. BTW, none of these Dianas are wearing a shirt. Or a bra. Just saying... Diani is <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2019/07/jokers-with-swords.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">the fighters section of the joker collection</a><b><i>.</i></b></div><div><b>Moon Fairy. </b>This is a complete Moon Fairy deck and unlike my other matching Moon Fairy joker (which was <i>Matching Early Period </i>with the word Joker), this is <i>Late Period Matching</i>. Both the box and ace are dated 1899. The joker image is in an oval frame. The <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/06/crescent-moon-jokers.html">two moon fairy jokers are in the collection in the sitting section, crescent moon subsection</a></b></i>.</div><div><b>Music Hath Charms.</b> The box is undated but the ace cites 1902. Since he is playing a wind instrument, he is in the collection in the <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/04/wind-instruments-sans-flutes.html">music section, wind subsection. </a></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_NKnBEtIfqMnoC7-8k4MN2OzqE7ZIkLJwmJVHzyNusHIyX7DIBd_4s2gQ09NxqLvbIwJPZg1_8khF6_Ug3V7n02-IKj3qqnFpccZwmkHjNStB1yQyQagetyiZTUYQfSTVBC0y_KPN4ZTYi9tLH0ACAxEfYS77cSkeGFaC2g9TShqpSrdCpwBPQfe/s2942/G2%20-%20Congress%20Matching%20Jokers.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2942" data-original-width="2909" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_NKnBEtIfqMnoC7-8k4MN2OzqE7ZIkLJwmJVHzyNusHIyX7DIBd_4s2gQ09NxqLvbIwJPZg1_8khF6_Ug3V7n02-IKj3qqnFpccZwmkHjNStB1yQyQagetyiZTUYQfSTVBC0y_KPN4ZTYi9tLH0ACAxEfYS77cSkeGFaC2g9TShqpSrdCpwBPQfe/w395-h400/G2%20-%20Congress%20Matching%20Jokers.JPG" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>The Rookwood Joker</b></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTI-_tPs_fxRgAUWa6nbGtl9HWjKKHICbPN2GlgBZ1TSD2pSfbA-YVgauAeJYXHGMeyYI_6BY9Ln_b_m9yl_06ZG9znXhhON4fogVfkkM9j9JNigQcZMZbJlJyH350QGkR7ajEgMSo34CYO8xdWpp8P3rhr1awuehpzhMC_3YYU-eX4FMoNPKVPfCS/s3733/Rockwood-Congres606.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1755" data-original-width="3733" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTI-_tPs_fxRgAUWa6nbGtl9HWjKKHICbPN2GlgBZ1TSD2pSfbA-YVgauAeJYXHGMeyYI_6BY9Ln_b_m9yl_06ZG9znXhhON4fogVfkkM9j9JNigQcZMZbJlJyH350QGkR7ajEgMSo34CYO8xdWpp8P3rhr1awuehpzhMC_3YYU-eX4FMoNPKVPfCS/w400-h188/Rockwood-Congres606.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rookwood Congress 606 - 1899</td></tr></tbody></table><b>The Sitting Bull Joker</b><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4FXHkhBZE5wSdu9lsKjqf6PWnROuD4OwKzZ-i0EgHjlEeKwWrvDypghoIJhyt5Uh8rFEdL8NLN39SzTTft6ln2s3p1Jp4OvHRoaF7rweeFQRknvSQYyIlq7gbdI_Z-fSwucv2dKhNL3pHs7ofoQTeqnN5UVlGw-9myb1dQas1H0siED36BNWY_zL/s4032/sitting%20bull%20congress%20606.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1899" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4FXHkhBZE5wSdu9lsKjqf6PWnROuD4OwKzZ-i0EgHjlEeKwWrvDypghoIJhyt5Uh8rFEdL8NLN39SzTTft6ln2s3p1Jp4OvHRoaF7rweeFQRknvSQYyIlq7gbdI_Z-fSwucv2dKhNL3pHs7ofoQTeqnN5UVlGw-9myb1dQas1H0siED36BNWY_zL/w400-h189/sitting%20bull%20congress%20606.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sitting Bull Joker - 1901</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>Anticipation. </b>Note that Anticipation and Naples have simple rectangular frames like <b>Music Hath Charms</b> above.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0ddKv2LzKB5c6Ekj5hdBGPoXdcm8DORiNYt5ZsRxWdFLKn7jseKM4XJm_8nwPlvU-2HfqtXw1hTs_lTw4oZSHxQvd_b59Za3ixRO7E2FIqRkGmyMxqXAWaGfVMNu67UaBg7NPWL0SIgc2RUEp1b6l4-Rgvwbaz5gbX8d_6p5ar9YR5-tpennLyCv/s3210/Anticipation%20-%20Gen%202-%20606%20Matching.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="3210" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0ddKv2LzKB5c6Ekj5hdBGPoXdcm8DORiNYt5ZsRxWdFLKn7jseKM4XJm_8nwPlvU-2HfqtXw1hTs_lTw4oZSHxQvd_b59Za3ixRO7E2FIqRkGmyMxqXAWaGfVMNu67UaBg7NPWL0SIgc2RUEp1b6l4-Rgvwbaz5gbX8d_6p5ar9YR5-tpennLyCv/w400-h185/Anticipation%20-%20Gen%202-%20606%20Matching.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anticipation</td></tr></tbody></table><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Naples Joker</b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfeizbUl8XvFiXk2xOKvOdIfBbD4R2HPgEpuFocRgVCng2qhQ3kTlAkBZgqbrJ90ejEnhXbWgnEFD9GXKbjzDeFWtFdvS5nOX6ar2KM7zS2zgsJ7BnVE4LzT6VtX8Uvd_JvecWTsHPdScw5Y0ZSy3pi-cYfUk3Zl4rOERtbhm6tVO5QOsbGyWy2hf/s4032/IMG_2437.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1874" data-original-width="4032" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfeizbUl8XvFiXk2xOKvOdIfBbD4R2HPgEpuFocRgVCng2qhQ3kTlAkBZgqbrJ90ejEnhXbWgnEFD9GXKbjzDeFWtFdvS5nOX6ar2KM7zS2zgsJ7BnVE4LzT6VtX8Uvd_JvecWTsHPdScw5Y0ZSy3pi-cYfUk3Zl4rOERtbhm6tVO5QOsbGyWy2hf/w400-h186/IMG_2437.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naples Congress 606<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><b>The Mill</b></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZVCTTjBk8QwHwIrJ0FeKM6MhIuCP597h9e0zi6uJGNlSmb0AHaZcbtPiJ0OBzitEYtcUI5Ks9inpgCxu6wc9s9Ib6ZYUA__bJf6Ll8Z0-C2khl7z7L5NNNIMIQ8XzMoXdc5sU3zx_raZsfJbkR3jqh5sf8RDf6NSRRauuihxiAfrI7IoDSvZm_z0/s4032/TheMillCongressJoker.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1892" data-original-width="4032" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZVCTTjBk8QwHwIrJ0FeKM6MhIuCP597h9e0zi6uJGNlSmb0AHaZcbtPiJ0OBzitEYtcUI5Ks9inpgCxu6wc9s9Ib6ZYUA__bJf6Ll8Z0-C2khl7z7L5NNNIMIQ8XzMoXdc5sU3zx_raZsfJbkR3jqh5sf8RDf6NSRRauuihxiAfrI7IoDSvZm_z0/w400-h188/TheMillCongressJoker.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mill 1898</td></tr></tbody></table><b>The Hunt</b> (joker only)<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR55MUcqrf-Drqq7TiW1w3STJ6Fw0xWHrGPnh81_bpZt8x_R2neVWmqkTRdGVrBoZud-PuMutVgX9bA5twqeEqRiC8UDLLkeZ_4ewh5A3NO9gg0uC-rRZO6aqF_al52XU0b2Ku4bPrfSC0dwkGrMfNhPn1xeBQrGodKV-KBmbSRTA5grgk2SuW4SEz/s4032/TheHuntCongressJoker.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR55MUcqrf-Drqq7TiW1w3STJ6Fw0xWHrGPnh81_bpZt8x_R2neVWmqkTRdGVrBoZud-PuMutVgX9bA5twqeEqRiC8UDLLkeZ_4ewh5A3NO9gg0uC-rRZO6aqF_al52XU0b2Ku4bPrfSC0dwkGrMfNhPn1xeBQrGodKV-KBmbSRTA5grgk2SuW4SEz/w150-h200/TheHuntCongressJoker.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Hunt Congress Joker</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Minuet </b>(2 copies) <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnlRedILkNF1jB_bZTF_D-BZ2r6lpVsDJsIvyb0m53mKp29y1U72a8CoNEv2bD-wFp4lnojzBGDea6HirYB86ndmDSi0lxOu_F8qfXoe8h1w4fBqYBMyiGyxIS0pQj5vuuhOaI-tJfBgNWHWnNnYWDWa3c7x6hDbYnXz4K1G1lR3JjtQWkO2C_b-h/s910/the%20minuet.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="910" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnlRedILkNF1jB_bZTF_D-BZ2r6lpVsDJsIvyb0m53mKp29y1U72a8CoNEv2bD-wFp4lnojzBGDea6HirYB86ndmDSi0lxOu_F8qfXoe8h1w4fBqYBMyiGyxIS0pQj5vuuhOaI-tJfBgNWHWnNnYWDWa3c7x6hDbYnXz4K1G1lR3JjtQWkO2C_b-h/s320/the%20minuet.PNG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Minuet - Congress 606 (joker only)<br /><br />I have two copies of the Minuet Joker (no decks). The backs are very slightly different. I'd say this is a print run difference. I'd also be pleased to trade either one for another one to build this collection.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cenaPqDlMjSPeAN6nLBQwNTJHkHJ7In25qy1nGXGdlFgYNZBehAKthL32kOSejzs2_T3nvIVWiaS18qB-ZXHceKmju9mrk9CKgg8tLd5IxWqTRNvk89btppjXyTWbw3T1N5Gmd9YtETkNmcgD01xgT4GJ46k9zbBN_aLZ2wqP4BzBVfnAhApQxIq/s4032/Minuet%20Congress%20Card%20Backs.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cenaPqDlMjSPeAN6nLBQwNTJHkHJ7In25qy1nGXGdlFgYNZBehAKthL32kOSejzs2_T3nvIVWiaS18qB-ZXHceKmju9mrk9CKgg8tLd5IxWqTRNvk89btppjXyTWbw3T1N5Gmd9YtETkNmcgD01xgT4GJ46k9zbBN_aLZ2wqP4BzBVfnAhApQxIq/w320-h240/Minuet%20Congress%20Card%20Backs.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two Minuet Congress Jokers</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><b>Fishers Return </b>- This is the second of my Fishers Return jokers. I have both this one without the word joker and the one in the first category with the word <i>joker</i>.</div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6ilQPt8Onir9tpEDA_S-XKNym81imLqAx364xcI2-KYrlURjdZOBovGR_3oaqlADCYTQLBg40U99E2HkXURFSCuydOq2-bZ4UTwzmhLJJp2ex2dYMctnQ9rNMck3-na2GaNUcPanRs1yYYPPSxjS5fPSLk_bwAUqB2LZfrYYGTlQCJdQsiL7a4Rx/s4032/Fishers%20Return%20Congress%20Cards.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6ilQPt8Onir9tpEDA_S-XKNym81imLqAx364xcI2-KYrlURjdZOBovGR_3oaqlADCYTQLBg40U99E2HkXURFSCuydOq2-bZ4UTwzmhLJJp2ex2dYMctnQ9rNMck3-na2GaNUcPanRs1yYYPPSxjS5fPSLk_bwAUqB2LZfrYYGTlQCJdQsiL7a4Rx/s320/Fishers%20Return%20Congress%20Cards.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fishers Return Joker without "Joker"</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Below are the back of my two Fisher Returns. The one on the left is the one without the word joker. The purely gray one on the right is the back of the joker with the word <i>joker</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-Rs12Q3E45hCuzHGxKHvbQJO7VQ4jUgTXHzJz1VWt4APSzDIQRel2fY7nQ-TD_9U7SNZB71eISrPMg3TINkdcloOmDpO25oH1XWjV_AS0E_Em2ck6tp3vlZgao4v1sZqlboghCqj0LiEm5TJNALY0XVx-rWykPCsR4OsMSp5vzpapFZGXDlFOzcQ/s4032/Fishers%20Return%20Backs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-Rs12Q3E45hCuzHGxKHvbQJO7VQ4jUgTXHzJz1VWt4APSzDIQRel2fY7nQ-TD_9U7SNZB71eISrPMg3TINkdcloOmDpO25oH1XWjV_AS0E_Em2ck6tp3vlZgao4v1sZqlboghCqj0LiEm5TJNALY0XVx-rWykPCsR4OsMSp5vzpapFZGXDlFOzcQ/s320/Fishers%20Return%20Backs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Peaceful Vale</b></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9RGXJJzVMNgreHSFeMgr_USN0Mlgs6R9vnS_kXCb_75-J_tA3Y-jUIa6-7V4W0PlWlGdDlbrKWaeH9DtRuse24mvNgEVjjMxgEPaQdqSvzd-mk5exnYVaXlMLgvGv4IrB5tw9xrnI81eLRjIVsIx993oUXEMBqRAI-k15ErWwFzw4rs7Rq55ZawW/s4032/PeacefulVale.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1906" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9RGXJJzVMNgreHSFeMgr_USN0Mlgs6R9vnS_kXCb_75-J_tA3Y-jUIa6-7V4W0PlWlGdDlbrKWaeH9DtRuse24mvNgEVjjMxgEPaQdqSvzd-mk5exnYVaXlMLgvGv4IrB5tw9xrnI81eLRjIVsIx993oUXEMBqRAI-k15ErWwFzw4rs7Rq55ZawW/w400-h189/PeacefulVale.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Peaceful Vale Congress 606</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Rotterdam Delft</b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgPmV3gREdxdliJYUXHwXj_DgtEVJ5vJERVLfHdHiXkB_vuZlRgQaJzuICUuZGjU57_piZGcRF78-sPlXtU2kaRJuQD0k5Ev9Csbwv5j3BzMCt_wAUHio3PoUH3mWuZy4dWa-3UaDUM6wZHv-Ki90AWbuef95VfkQ_CeI4bOnf2YubstIHw3tTsuJ/s2753/Rotterdam%20Delft.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2753" data-original-width="2015" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgPmV3gREdxdliJYUXHwXj_DgtEVJ5vJERVLfHdHiXkB_vuZlRgQaJzuICUuZGjU57_piZGcRF78-sPlXtU2kaRJuQD0k5Ev9Csbwv5j3BzMCt_wAUHio3PoUH3mWuZy4dWa-3UaDUM6wZHv-Ki90AWbuef95VfkQ_CeI4bOnf2YubstIHw3tTsuJ/s320/Rotterdam%20Delft.jpg" width="234" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rotterdam Delft</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Priscilla and Spinning Wheel. </b>The image on Priscilla and Spinning Wheel seems to be identical. But the corner index on Priscilla is bolder and they have different names. The backs also have the same images but the colors on the lady's dress and the table cloth are reversed. And the back border is slightly different. Weird?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_2f7GylhVEyX8DfdvzaGNVkuyDZPOcNBoZOgwtLxYSL396vfdR-ZhGyppiICjsOq4kq5gKBCxOStCyf_9UHz8QapYht2IWrSYrqoMXdjzuU1OjB-T3Ks8A9mY70OKrg3yubkxl3mnTLToweQ3xyJfIjLtPJjZE0LpU2ybP_KMpzb5vU68LSo1LM5/s3873/IMG_2911.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2807" data-original-width="3873" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_2f7GylhVEyX8DfdvzaGNVkuyDZPOcNBoZOgwtLxYSL396vfdR-ZhGyppiICjsOq4kq5gKBCxOStCyf_9UHz8QapYht2IWrSYrqoMXdjzuU1OjB-T3Ks8A9mY70OKrg3yubkxl3mnTLToweQ3xyJfIjLtPJjZE0LpU2ybP_KMpzb5vU68LSo1LM5/s320/IMG_2911.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQqmfp94Tey9sUQswChXEH-t_I6TCaRyXyyLbhGHzLGZshdhtePnKHDT5ggC7hpWIiljiLPQ12LKQb5j34zGLkPMTg4QmuBI26QOvWlfnsvDx3XujcoVP1_VkqSC8webVrxig1f7kpxjUa4ErA0aH4TP_iBqkzw7haY5HOtcOsTFDqTCIj8K3x-Qg/s4032/IMG_2912.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQqmfp94Tey9sUQswChXEH-t_I6TCaRyXyyLbhGHzLGZshdhtePnKHDT5ggC7hpWIiljiLPQ12LKQb5j34zGLkPMTg4QmuBI26QOvWlfnsvDx3XujcoVP1_VkqSC8webVrxig1f7kpxjUa4ErA0aH4TP_iBqkzw7haY5HOtcOsTFDqTCIj8K3x-Qg/s320/IMG_2912.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>The Bridge</b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVr-lRqeGsr3AZya8p4SuhZdkMWKm0ESQNsFw4cfLIuWDP02eEeWrMcuo3T39Visz5XmCmv9pHx8xSunjo9YrJXtL5snSPkf08IGySwLL27jFkIfZqKInrqtkwOXYHnCafEWhYsC8Au-sgk0Mh93Dm21F4SBZR3Qberb4YU1v4c5DkdrjqN2Xu2srH/s4032/IMG_2910.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVr-lRqeGsr3AZya8p4SuhZdkMWKm0ESQNsFw4cfLIuWDP02eEeWrMcuo3T39Visz5XmCmv9pHx8xSunjo9YrJXtL5snSPkf08IGySwLL27jFkIfZqKInrqtkwOXYHnCafEWhYsC8Au-sgk0Mh93Dm21F4SBZR3Qberb4YU1v4c5DkdrjqN2Xu2srH/s320/IMG_2910.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Bridge</td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Napoleon and Empress Josephine.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yK671uZRpAino-mW_oADoPv_N2xQJokecVsMlGBRlMHztb-13shiDnbf6MvZ9l2PXEohfNZxSfQCsXp6A6RcgWAFnEoH2LBKROJsanXv8htaZLL8FRmrvcpPJE5cYMZ0HalmQPN_qJfQ5AXSjMpuniNvsM7VAn1oB-BoS5mI4DfAevzor3_hJucW/s4030/IMG_0771.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2830" data-original-width="4030" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yK671uZRpAino-mW_oADoPv_N2xQJokecVsMlGBRlMHztb-13shiDnbf6MvZ9l2PXEohfNZxSfQCsXp6A6RcgWAFnEoH2LBKROJsanXv8htaZLL8FRmrvcpPJE5cYMZ0HalmQPN_qJfQ5AXSjMpuniNvsM7VAn1oB-BoS5mI4DfAevzor3_hJucW/w400-h281/IMG_0771.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">***********</span></b><br /><div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><u><b>Generation 3 </b><b>Congress 606 Matching Jokers</b> </u>- These jokers are distinguished by the fancy decorated frame around the image. The image can be in either an oval or rectangular. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Kaatje</b> - Kaatje is a girl's name in Dutch. I guess someone was inspired by her while getting the picture for the <span style="text-align: center;">Rotterdam Delft.</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVD0lLbkqNDxcMiSEgmBwNgxyvd9dfEus6DN0BqEM6hAFeCUlBo4pkZ7UpC7Q39g9ZwGIYU0Q60gdkoZscAkZbwI4l33z9hw0VNh55aB5DNmnxI4P2Fw6cayKrNj4SMAA0rIk9IIkTbE5azNvyLoCY300qsdGY22EPaQNRqVR4gSx4TbSgyqgWQy5p/s4032/IMG_2440.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1798" data-original-width="4032" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVD0lLbkqNDxcMiSEgmBwNgxyvd9dfEus6DN0BqEM6hAFeCUlBo4pkZ7UpC7Q39g9ZwGIYU0Q60gdkoZscAkZbwI4l33z9hw0VNh55aB5DNmnxI4P2Fw6cayKrNj4SMAA0rIk9IIkTbE5azNvyLoCY300qsdGY22EPaQNRqVR4gSx4TbSgyqgWQy5p/w400-h179/IMG_2440.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaatche</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /></b></div><div><b>King Edward VII of England</b> (entire deck)<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjX3y6qBEuGzcLTBhkiYnScjsq0PpqH92Q5J0gY2W9MiWSdOkUW4a79DW6fHMyCAFt_tzjJfpXxL2aTfwvo2lddGrhLQhL0hcQUzoJQkCHIAnMHTDeRNDqDIdJp9l6qmzmDKWzeG9k97XLaBgL_5cxEaRkCd5FP64JhOIqZNr17qRZs5xHnCNW6W2/s3902/IMG_2442.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1819" data-original-width="3902" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjX3y6qBEuGzcLTBhkiYnScjsq0PpqH92Q5J0gY2W9MiWSdOkUW4a79DW6fHMyCAFt_tzjJfpXxL2aTfwvo2lddGrhLQhL0hcQUzoJQkCHIAnMHTDeRNDqDIdJp9l6qmzmDKWzeG9k97XLaBgL_5cxEaRkCd5FP64JhOIqZNr17qRZs5xHnCNW6W2/w400-h186/IMG_2442.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">King Edward VII</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><b>Kite Time</b> Americana. <b><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPsd2eZMbp_2EmoSOeCRX89ITqVQAgJByVcgcBvnpqQ55zoCCFZB3-RNZfFuekegloHgH8AsUGA_ucr47T16ddtma9BXiWKUn8FUdH9PCh7G9nsrUMblI4Vj3QCe4WKwa62fg_NerJTaZH2HIHPFi3tIpyBGimjbcg9XfHTzbC21rlG10HLaHhEzx/s4032/IMG_0025.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPsd2eZMbp_2EmoSOeCRX89ITqVQAgJByVcgcBvnpqQ55zoCCFZB3-RNZfFuekegloHgH8AsUGA_ucr47T16ddtma9BXiWKUn8FUdH9PCh7G9nsrUMblI4Vj3QCe4WKwa62fg_NerJTaZH2HIHPFi3tIpyBGimjbcg9XfHTzbC21rlG10HLaHhEzx/s320/IMG_0025.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><b>Toboggan </b>(entire deck) . Americana. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57RywEI058boJLKlQ01S06d5ziWyiHr8aK52FR12lahEqohyphenhyphenCUFbBH3s_S2n6Qc8KKAJbjDXy8YlCHKBu_1foPdqo8Pc0hV0bsrEWee09M-J_SYXcRz7iaWyQ6T4ESKM-DMJAxu3gfdtg2h8mLCpke0aIDaPU855yQxfFqsQhyJJua4q957FRDJpI/s3163/Toboggan%20-%20fancy%20frame.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="3163" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57RywEI058boJLKlQ01S06d5ziWyiHr8aK52FR12lahEqohyphenhyphenCUFbBH3s_S2n6Qc8KKAJbjDXy8YlCHKBu_1foPdqo8Pc0hV0bsrEWee09M-J_SYXcRz7iaWyQ6T4ESKM-DMJAxu3gfdtg2h8mLCpke0aIDaPU855yQxfFqsQhyJJua4q957FRDJpI/w400-h185/Toboggan%20-%20fancy%20frame.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><b>Mistletoe </b>(entire deck). 1903. Americana</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmwV2Kjd3SLoTkxREWmRZyU1f323dGlI7ttQpm7kvpc00jdIYodb0CSUXqHxpqxaJ5S8WH0BVWOO8qTIVYIULx5HnZ6yP4D0riTMSX31h_mFmylJ5zYbm6ozyUAsaTYOU29YfwaBkLUQz8JXpI6iFeznHpnn6Ni4TKXco84HUOfzzMlV7tGNiOOTB/s4032/misletoe%20Congress%20joker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1881" data-original-width="4032" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmwV2Kjd3SLoTkxREWmRZyU1f323dGlI7ttQpm7kvpc00jdIYodb0CSUXqHxpqxaJ5S8WH0BVWOO8qTIVYIULx5HnZ6yP4D0riTMSX31h_mFmylJ5zYbm6ozyUAsaTYOU29YfwaBkLUQz8JXpI6iFeznHpnn6Ni4TKXco84HUOfzzMlV7tGNiOOTB/w400-h186/misletoe%20Congress%20joker.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><b><br /></b></div><b>Spring </b>(entire deck). 1903. Americana</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLYDnHlDXm437LYnFgJdwvxB9Kgj7xvuFyn2AL2Ou8tZuKIHBVyMm3NWhfOQniOyo6vrf8h_n2TA7pVmIIiO0nE2RcJaVGIiLzc9nmhZ3c0EX-tCSFFhIu78KxkeXHFoqBXGm7C57ZIJTOZQVxR2YwAGCB8cWfyI-Q1trKhGn_rYScBxS5OwoJhu15/s3954/IMG_0768.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="3954" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLYDnHlDXm437LYnFgJdwvxB9Kgj7xvuFyn2AL2Ou8tZuKIHBVyMm3NWhfOQniOyo6vrf8h_n2TA7pVmIIiO0nE2RcJaVGIiLzc9nmhZ3c0EX-tCSFFhIu78KxkeXHFoqBXGm7C57ZIJTOZQVxR2YwAGCB8cWfyI-Q1trKhGn_rYScBxS5OwoJhu15/w400-h184/IMG_0768.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Moorish. </b>This might be my favorite of all of the matching decks!</div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Yidc9ERqSoHHgURAhVFiZk-B_wm-n_NHbBvubjBywGPbj9Xy1Kp9P1NAuJz9uT468tRojfBk1iOF-OSfh7qiHV2fa4_hMkTYnNV8Tfi1ZEN21R_Q_EUppFD7F05ESr9fZnehtTOA57HRbreMQtzCvIOSvwk-uBn5otK-szs7UGmHVTjBRdetRdya/s807/moorish-Congress.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="807" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Yidc9ERqSoHHgURAhVFiZk-B_wm-n_NHbBvubjBywGPbj9Xy1Kp9P1NAuJz9uT468tRojfBk1iOF-OSfh7qiHV2fa4_hMkTYnNV8Tfi1ZEN21R_Q_EUppFD7F05ESr9fZnehtTOA57HRbreMQtzCvIOSvwk-uBn5otK-szs7UGmHVTjBRdetRdya/w400-h283/moorish-Congress.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Congress 606 Moorish Joker</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Tamborine, Prince of Wales, Princess of Wales </b>(entire decks)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEtXptOyARbJtbWrhaEzpGhw40m34Ti5HZtuBViiK6rDYzs4da3TIo5V4YwMuvcOvrCTFjXyXTcNbfiMM1c0sMUeRH3Uhk5rZvDp4OxsxfJuQnr1fmPpnCQB6fRYBsABm7klS7zZDBtHfbpsUeEKHSYt3Y8aNsC-1SX2BAll_2o-L5XP8qvaQ2ojg/s4360/IMG_0030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4280" data-original-width="4360" height="629" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEtXptOyARbJtbWrhaEzpGhw40m34Ti5HZtuBViiK6rDYzs4da3TIo5V4YwMuvcOvrCTFjXyXTcNbfiMM1c0sMUeRH3Uhk5rZvDp4OxsxfJuQnr1fmPpnCQB6fRYBsABm7klS7zZDBtHfbpsUeEKHSYt3Y8aNsC-1SX2BAll_2o-L5XP8qvaQ2ojg/w640-h629/IMG_0030.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">***********</span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p><b>A Listing of My Matching Jokers </b>(so far... this will <i>soon </i>be replaced by a proper table which show the universe of known matching jokers and my collection as I check them off) </p><p>Anticipation - rectangular frame (entire deck) <br />The Bridge - oval frame without word <i>joker<br /></i>Delft - oval frame with word <i>joker </i><br />Diana white border - oval frame with word <i>joker </i>(entire deck)<br />Diana red border - oval frame without word <i>joker </i>(entire deck)<br />Empress Josephine - oval frame without word <i>joker</i><br />Fishers Return - oval frame with word <i>joker ( gray colored back)<br /></i>Fishers Return - oval frame without the word <i>joker </i><i>(green septome colored back)</i><br />George Washington - oval frame with word <i>joker</i> (entire deck)<br />Good Night<b> </b> - oval frame with word <i>joker </i>(entire deck)<br />Holly - fancy oval frame<br />Hunt - oval frame without the word <i>joker</i><br />Kaatje - fancy rectangular frame <br />King Edward the Seventh<b> </b>- fancy oval frame (entire deck)<br />Martha Washington - oval frame with word <i>joker<b> </b></i><br />The Minuet - oval frame without the word <i>joker </i><i>(2 copies)</i><i><br /></i>Mistletoe - fancy oval frame<br />Mill - oval frame without the word <i>joker </i>(entire deck)<br />Moon Fairy white border - oval frame with the word <i>joker</i>.<br />Moon Fairy orange frame - oval frame without the word <i>joker </i>(entire deck)<br />Moorish - fancy oval frame<br />Music Hath Charms - rectangular frame (entire deck)<br />Napoleon - oval frame without word <i>joker</i><br />Peaceful Vale - oval frame without the word <i>joker </i>(entire deck) <br />Priscilla -oval frame without word <i>joker</i><br />Rookwood 1899 - oval frame with the word <i>joker </i>(entire deck)<br />Rookwood 1899 - oval frame without the word <i>joker </i>(entire deck)<br />Rotterdam Delft - oval frame without word <i>joker</i><br />Rube 2 - oval frame with word <i>joker </i>(entire deck)<br />Spinning Wheel facing right -oval frame without word <i>joker<br /></i>Spring - rectangular fancy frame (entire deck)<br />Sitting Bull - oval frame without the word <i>joker </i>(entire deck) <br />Toboggan - fancy oval frame <i> </i><b> </b>(entire deck)<br />Yacht - oval frame with the word <i>joker</i>.(entire deck)</p><p><b>The Matching Jokers that I most want? </b><br /><b><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Chameleon, Clown, The Cavalier, Holland, and Spinning Wheel (facing left, not right)</span>.</b></p><p>The ones that I want also but I have in some form:<br />GW - G2<br />King Edward G2<br />Naples - G3<br />Peaceful Vale - G3<br />Prince of Wales - G2<br />Princess of Wales - G2<br />Rotterdam Delft - G1<br />Spinning Wheel Facing Left - G1<br />Yacht - G3<br /><br /></p></div><p><b>Congress 606 Matching Joker Themes</b></p><p>I think there are a few interesting themes of Congress cards. My favorite theme might be <b>the exotic Mediterranean North African imagery</b> of which I have Oasis, Moorish, and Naples: </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYA5RcY6qCVR0kMwwKZChoSuNPaJCUZbQNFNwzCHEt5t5IFwBUaBkwqv3Kgg8SwtQ1o_1b1j8ovYlOgB-e1zKOPWGM6TV3UqMvd74IgECdq4ZMs8P4qGh9emTSpysgUgM2HyVDCGy4vHunkarXDkeSForeqoN-3hjiFFbLKmCOz2xHphe5TKxgappR/s4032/IMG_2439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1817" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYA5RcY6qCVR0kMwwKZChoSuNPaJCUZbQNFNwzCHEt5t5IFwBUaBkwqv3Kgg8SwtQ1o_1b1j8ovYlOgB-e1zKOPWGM6TV3UqMvd74IgECdq4ZMs8P4qGh9emTSpysgUgM2HyVDCGy4vHunkarXDkeSForeqoN-3hjiFFbLKmCOz2xHphe5TKxgappR/w400-h180/IMG_2439.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p>Other themes (only listing the ones that I have): <br />- Native Americans: Rookwood and Sitting Bull<br />- Greek Mythology: Diana, Berniece, and Moon Fairy.<br />- Americana scenes such as Spinning Wheel, Rube, Anticipation, Knuckles Down, Mistletoe and Good Night. <br />- Presidents and Royalty people such as George Washington, Martha Washington, King Edward VIIth<br />- Chinoiserie - Cheefu</p><p>_</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>BTW: I need more. </b>If you have any of these as decks or as single jokers, contact me. thanks. john@edelson.info</div><p> Related articles:<br />- All of <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2018/01/congress-jokers.html"><i><b>my Congress jokers (most of which have the Capital)</b></i></a><br />- <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/congress-antique-decks-of-cards.html"><i><b>My purchase of 19 Congress decks</b></i></a> from around 1900<br />- <a href="https://congressplayingcards.com/" target="_blank"><i><b>The Congress Guy's Website</b></i></a><br />- <i><b><a href="https://www.wopc.co.uk/usa/the-united-states-playing-card-company/congress-606" target="_blank">The World of Playing Cards article on Congress Cards</a></b></i> by Simon Wintle</p></div><b>Matching Jokers from other Brands:</b> I learned from Matt Schacht that there were two other brands that had matching jokers: <br /><a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks03/d01911/d01911.htm?fbclid=IwAR0AfuyIYm6nKFqvqEy5uF_dewITAKNWaHU04U_qi-GGkTIG1QImSPz0UqU" target="_blank"><i><b>Parker Bros Rembrandts</b></i></a> (made by SPCC) <br /><i><b><a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks05/d02186/d02186.htm?fbclid=IwAR26_4wHMuiaqhGMPGd6Wq_DeZ5OE2w9RTepLqn675wa0DqJNSMmb6w-oWE">SPCC Peerless</a></b></i>. <br />So far, I have not focused on collecting them. </div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The other intense highly focused joker-collecting effort by me</b> is to get all the jokers from <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/joker-poster-inventory-of-my-status.html">the USPCC Joker Poster</a></b></i>. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div></div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-18881072200930960142023-11-29T15:56:00.009-05:002024-01-09T03:26:15.124-05:00Vintage Decks that I'd trade away<p><b> Interested in old decks? </b>Step up and see how it feels to own a part of history. But I'm not really selling, I'm really looking to trade. </p><p><b>What do I want?</b> Old jokers or old decks <i>with</i> Jokers. I'm particularly interested in wide Congress decks with matching (or named) jokers. Contact me at john at edelson dot info.</p><p>Here's the decks that I have to trade. </p><p><b>Samuel Hart NY 41 1875. </b> This first one is a Hart deck bought from Phil Bollhagen in 2020. A Samuel Hart NY 41 in Hochman c1875. c. 1855. Hochman P55. Good condition 51/52. (missing the 6 of spades) Single-ended courts used in Faro decks. No joker issued as faro decks (gamblers) did not use a joker. It’s in the original playing card case. Hochman's values-- $400-$250-$175. it's quite rare. I bought it for $250 from Phil Bolhagen in 2020.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtKcPcLk37XcnsLr0eZfNDfeC5BfjLIu8w_94vKJFxB3VulDoVl6oF0VBbUWtF7WOcxPdOb4SqA-JqejIHJZ_jS-_p2QxKK-ld0sUVfHUudXGlEU0vDMV6WcQELZbAl3nGQMjM2dYt6948Qdyaw5GJw942m9yPNhqskekJT82jHjAHBb0G1kzifBkS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtKcPcLk37XcnsLr0eZfNDfeC5BfjLIu8w_94vKJFxB3VulDoVl6oF0VBbUWtF7WOcxPdOb4SqA-JqejIHJZ_jS-_p2QxKK-ld0sUVfHUudXGlEU0vDMV6WcQELZbAl3nGQMjM2dYt6948Qdyaw5GJw942m9yPNhqskekJT82jHjAHBb0G1kzifBkS" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b>US30 Picket3515. </b>It’s also a USPC Picket deck with an original case. He looks to me like US30 Picket3515 on P101 of Hochman.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl5nBP1Z_s-ZGt8wHP4Wd5x9jgEkQbF6FhebsDeh2fnP9IlIp8O2nZ9m2q495RdaIc7m9CYhXOIvoSheNp0VBSoNKEgNIlKHw6sQUgm7J2n6kvzxH_X45WBlCDAayGLyvjmRTGSXn7Xz9AQy38DrcPyxxmf35GvP6p-aF07Zd982BRvgOmt94aI6G1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl5nBP1Z_s-ZGt8wHP4Wd5x9jgEkQbF6FhebsDeh2fnP9IlIp8O2nZ9m2q495RdaIc7m9CYhXOIvoSheNp0VBSoNKEgNIlKHw6sQUgm7J2n6kvzxH_X45WBlCDAayGLyvjmRTGSXn7Xz9AQy38DrcPyxxmf35GvP6p-aF07Zd982BRvgOmt94aI6G1" width="180" /></a></div><br /><b>Marguerite Decks.</b> These five gold edged decks come in beautiful leather cases. I have Orchid, Iris, Thistle, Lilies of the Valley, and Forest Stream. They are all complete decks in lovely condition except Forest Stream which lacks a joker. Three are published by A Dougherty, two by Abrham J Straus. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQNObp2yZlSg76mZGGmInnCpdUI6hNjbNm5KoSmMksQNKqM9RCVMHqELbCeOzQ6kFkNHCoS7kxHvx3KQMK6GZlBCD-AHFMAVFDSRErN3NZhJ1InnLEs-UqZO-56nNwaodG3ZveYS-x8WyrFpN4nSQV7_y9JLPQ1m4KGmc9ROX2zK-yI6PkrW5Mwpl/s3355/margueritte.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3355" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQNObp2yZlSg76mZGGmInnCpdUI6hNjbNm5KoSmMksQNKqM9RCVMHqELbCeOzQ6kFkNHCoS7kxHvx3KQMK6GZlBCD-AHFMAVFDSRErN3NZhJ1InnLEs-UqZO-56nNwaodG3ZveYS-x8WyrFpN4nSQV7_y9JLPQ1m4KGmc9ROX2zK-yI6PkrW5Mwpl/w400-h360/margueritte.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marguerite decks of cards</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmP4ERFwvfjK8mN64-ErdTx_50XmRubFQm5pI6Y5RXjX1E74igwVuP38LmNxWDS3k-ivnspEkHYYrn4FXhlGXjudCU6jgbwBF1oUvxbhivjH9oL9RXrwEwMTbk41JiBoFh4l0Jc8SZWlCW7Z_70_dD-qblVwVFx7s1EbIiSGif_cIWthEcQUDyX9S/s4032/margeurite%20gold%20edges.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmP4ERFwvfjK8mN64-ErdTx_50XmRubFQm5pI6Y5RXjX1E74igwVuP38LmNxWDS3k-ivnspEkHYYrn4FXhlGXjudCU6jgbwBF1oUvxbhivjH9oL9RXrwEwMTbk41JiBoFh4l0Jc8SZWlCW7Z_70_dD-qblVwVFx7s1EbIiSGif_cIWthEcQUDyX9S/s320/margeurite%20gold%20edges.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Dougherty</td></tr></tbody></table><div>Motor Playing Cards, with case</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8tVBFeOw-F9zvtJQFSw81wmkQOqjP-dVMxY6CVy6SHKT2LaMe_hz1xIyy8KwzEmuYkgLEUiCSbnUVwSAahqmmuKeOZZSSZ1gEnhAOtQbH3jJH3_B9sxIG5Hxyg2v0eow-W68HpDBtQ34NkfsBNbZauFOV40Pk9KYOcLkq-u598vnwJTKVXrrfjUc/s4032/IMG_2497.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8tVBFeOw-F9zvtJQFSw81wmkQOqjP-dVMxY6CVy6SHKT2LaMe_hz1xIyy8KwzEmuYkgLEUiCSbnUVwSAahqmmuKeOZZSSZ1gEnhAOtQbH3jJH3_B9sxIG5Hxyg2v0eow-W68HpDBtQ34NkfsBNbZauFOV40Pk9KYOcLkq-u598vnwJTKVXrrfjUc/w400-h300/IMG_2497.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b>Kangaroo Playing Cards</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorR0TlCzCRGH-Gb9pgFdpWRMiE6BPY_6xqx47Nh3uMSFXW0YNixmO1EIlr6MT61r_KicjO1txNz_eoRwXGReVVREnW4BPC_-Nwnq3PVdbdJ2fepScsg7DHRRl0BFhqIMzwzb0TAMJR5THcJmS5f6cM8TyH5kbIl1QemkLMhdCyeZ9o8-8xh1YC_eH/s4032/IMG_2498.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorR0TlCzCRGH-Gb9pgFdpWRMiE6BPY_6xqx47Nh3uMSFXW0YNixmO1EIlr6MT61r_KicjO1txNz_eoRwXGReVVREnW4BPC_-Nwnq3PVdbdJ2fepScsg7DHRRl0BFhqIMzwzb0TAMJR5THcJmS5f6cM8TyH5kbIl1QemkLMhdCyeZ9o8-8xh1YC_eH/w480-h640/IMG_2498.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Vintage Advertising Decks </b>- I bought these decks as part of a big lot and would happily consider a trade for them for some number of similar aged / themed decks <b>with jokers</b>. These are all complete advertising decks but without jokers.</div><div>Update: Dahl House (R1:C5), Cork and Seal (R3,C2), and Pepsi (R4, C3) are already traded away. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXYuX3c4Bv3bI1sKiW23sYiwpqML4Kd8Bh6CDtPUwYEtTpKXiNcsRlkh6Gl24Gaqm4mq8Pxg2UTQdJ1X8bhzI8hJjrW4gMQaVdXpIM8X4Hj7NHn5DeYHgRExRsnlW0Y-nEXWXIFosYJROoXXl8CLU27Qki4xKBkp32JNczitk9LOeDTTc5fLtzhF6F" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXYuX3c4Bv3bI1sKiW23sYiwpqML4Kd8Bh6CDtPUwYEtTpKXiNcsRlkh6Gl24Gaqm4mq8Pxg2UTQdJ1X8bhzI8hJjrW4gMQaVdXpIM8X4Hj7NHn5DeYHgRExRsnlW0Y-nEXWXIFosYJROoXXl8CLU27Qki4xKBkp32JNczitk9LOeDTTc5fLtzhF6F=w480-h640" width="480" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">White Star Coffee. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgnYiCyaeTPZRDqAqOYtUEKQI0ZU3q7ObqUnUCAsRf3qiGorMEvPjxQoNwo-6xc9AwiBS6zZ65cVwRixA4x-P-BNZWNjp2rF1pA4zmTE5IsVdSLEtbZytE7Kr8v_-Q6-qdZlHBgxG_uJfc5FsH73_cULnPvDa0nxrAxEsrkSFx-UB9HjmRn-t1ZgC/s4032/IMG_2307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgnYiCyaeTPZRDqAqOYtUEKQI0ZU3q7ObqUnUCAsRf3qiGorMEvPjxQoNwo-6xc9AwiBS6zZ65cVwRixA4x-P-BNZWNjp2rF1pA4zmTE5IsVdSLEtbZytE7Kr8v_-Q6-qdZlHBgxG_uJfc5FsH73_cULnPvDa0nxrAxEsrkSFx-UB9HjmRn-t1ZgC/w400-h300/IMG_2307.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">While I'm generally trying to accumulate Congress wide decks, I particularly want to get ones with matching jokers. I would trade these wide Congress decks away in exchange for ones with matching (not Capitol) jokers. I don't know the right name for the <span style="text-align: center;">"Girl on Chair" </span> but it's marked copyright 1905.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Congress 606 Wide deck with Capitol Jokers<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-dMtTD5qe6TS5f-4rW9A3JO6OsmyrGef704u7bncqt3cSWVXDHDUcrAWRTV_0aWTVj-QolCydqD3Hnn9niMAkpWQU0VovzPzE0VGBQ4BgeBDrz49JcmbqiR85rPyxbYeY-Sr2mOipNjjngZIs1K8v4_52tIEat2KVQh9V3R4eTjqNpS_3NX0PhWX/s4032/IMG_2310.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2030" data-original-width="4032" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-dMtTD5qe6TS5f-4rW9A3JO6OsmyrGef704u7bncqt3cSWVXDHDUcrAWRTV_0aWTVj-QolCydqD3Hnn9niMAkpWQU0VovzPzE0VGBQ4BgeBDrz49JcmbqiR85rPyxbYeY-Sr2mOipNjjngZIs1K8v4_52tIEat2KVQh9V3R4eTjqNpS_3NX0PhWX/w400-h201/IMG_2310.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November, LaFrance, and Playmates (Not "Girl on Chair". Kevan, thanks!)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">More Congress 606 Decks (I think Bernice is already traded away) that I could trade away. I think these are Whist size (ie narrow). </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Top Row: Going to Cover, A Hot Scent, Badoura</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bottom row: Berenice, Muse, Flora, (Spinning Wheel maybe shouldn't be in with these narrows...)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8pXQfLvXEgMH1W27nbcAA7jqZokxrw8iuIGCJLQYNsGr4XWXHoxe5Gx6rdMOB-y7GxDpz-oOv-Hf9hc6ufFrnJkplikRbuZwP9KqJxKfgmW3ihSbdF8J1olQr_y86oHFfKHcccNbnKxYx-_RKtp-NYMguZPyjKlOaVmR5FwbrIEFKgpExhIhEGBP/s4032/IMG_2311.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8pXQfLvXEgMH1W27nbcAA7jqZokxrw8iuIGCJLQYNsGr4XWXHoxe5Gx6rdMOB-y7GxDpz-oOv-Hf9hc6ufFrnJkplikRbuZwP9KqJxKfgmW3ihSbdF8J1olQr_y86oHFfKHcccNbnKxYx-_RKtp-NYMguZPyjKlOaVmR5FwbrIEFKgpExhIhEGBP/w640-h480/IMG_2311.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Duplicate Bridge</b> - I don't know much about this but it's gorgeous and in fantastic condition. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration: underline; white-space: pre;">The African American Experience as Portrayed on Playing Cards
<a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/the-earliest-jokers-and-my-questions.html">The Earliest Jokers</a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p> Here are articles about my older American jokers by publisher (they all need updating):</p><p><i><b>- <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3773697932137398403/3844154146764859972#">Dougherty </a> <br />- <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/08/my-new-york-consolidated-card-company.html">NYCC jokers</a><br />- <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/08/us-playing-card-company.html">USPC Jokers including Bicycle, Congress</a> </b><br /><b>- <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/08/national-card-co-kalamazoo-perfection.html">National Card Company and Perfection too</a> </b><br />- <b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/09/kalamazoo-and-russell-playing-cards.html">Kalamazoo and Russell</a> <br /></b></i><b>- <i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/narrow-playing-card-jokers-arrco-arrow.html" target="_blank">Arrow and ARRCO</a></i><br />- </b><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/09/standard-playing-card-manufacturing.html">Standard</a></b></i></p></div></div></div></div><br />Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-28070163578557394052023-11-28T16:47:00.005-05:002023-12-07T10:49:51.425-05:00African Americans as Portrayed on Playing Cards<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"> Rory Renick is a collector and historian. He built an amazing exhibit which I write about here. This article shows his exhibit at the <em>52PlusJoker Conference</em> of his collection of playing cards which documents the portrayal of some of the history of African Americans and of the African Diaspora. At the end of the article, there’s more info about Rory and the conference.</p><p>It astonished me. Two months later, I'm still thinking about it. It is powerful, meaningful, and haunting. I would like to see his collection get a much larger viewing by becoming a travelling exhibit across major museums. </p><p>Its name: <strong><em>Art, Allegory & Advertisement -In Black-Imaged Playing Cards</em></strong></p><p>But to start at the beginning, Rory is a magician, a writer, a storyteller, and in this case, a collector of cards. </p><p><b>Being a joker collector myself, I'll start with a part of his collection of jokers. </b> Rory has curated this display of joker playing cards from 1882 to 1935.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZU4PBnanuaQmAD1G7ItmoOkzl9rSZr8RY_I2cU4AHe4ltJ9YMSpN_T0dKNHLRrYHXOgP_eGZ2JG49cd3XLSTjjPJHh_ErYBTPQQ60lLfx9guOX8CpfuSVkGc9jDozzo-JuW8zZoOP9ZLpssxu4PBO0qSoItZI8f00Is7Mj3pC97euwizQ07nFiCx/s4032/IMG_1620.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZU4PBnanuaQmAD1G7ItmoOkzl9rSZr8RY_I2cU4AHe4ltJ9YMSpN_T0dKNHLRrYHXOgP_eGZ2JG49cd3XLSTjjPJHh_ErYBTPQQ60lLfx9guOX8CpfuSVkGc9jDozzo-JuW8zZoOP9ZLpssxu4PBO0qSoItZI8f00Is7Mj3pC97euwizQ07nFiCx/w640-h480/IMG_1620.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What is this period, 1882 to 1935 ? Well...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTm3S64bmrUJmEbiwxfYA_yDXExUKxQ0ZnUfFf8CAj7GduA2ttSiaSMxstn7CVfJQW9G-s_6lhkhOoErjX3L_gIInmt-1pVOjFYMrrkW6n6lPuNRwRmyvRlZCN6ld-loatGZXbGDSzOjgRqUqIXW2GpCFxSGl9aDiV7EcqxSAMc4Box6o_ySoi90hD/s4032/IMG_1621.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTm3S64bmrUJmEbiwxfYA_yDXExUKxQ0ZnUfFf8CAj7GduA2ttSiaSMxstn7CVfJQW9G-s_6lhkhOoErjX3L_gIInmt-1pVOjFYMrrkW6n6lPuNRwRmyvRlZCN6ld-loatGZXbGDSzOjgRqUqIXW2GpCFxSGl9aDiV7EcqxSAMc4Box6o_ySoi90hD/w300-h400/IMG_1621.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>"...It wasn't until the end of the Reconstruction that a nostalgic longing to see black people in disparaging stereotypes emerged..."</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Personally, I would guess that a united front was considered important for America to deal successfully with the external threats and enemies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Starting in the 60s, a renaissance and an exploration and statement of identity for Black Americans appears on cards. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBCBLjW1MTduo64dIL18znOLaKc7vDogp6By1Yoy-O4vj9gnTiWefTPIBE-tpf9gzr7By74xPTAN44RvK4uubVy0-RxEMj2sW8k7dar8ghMKWqgLPr1rxTubBfQbVyyXi86OUpS8XAMJrdWNYxhFPze6nvd0olM_1-ITnctU1r1D4Bl_1iL9NZ4SC/s4032/IMG_1625.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBCBLjW1MTduo64dIL18znOLaKc7vDogp6By1Yoy-O4vj9gnTiWefTPIBE-tpf9gzr7By74xPTAN44RvK4uubVy0-RxEMj2sW8k7dar8ghMKWqgLPr1rxTubBfQbVyyXi86OUpS8XAMJrdWNYxhFPze6nvd0olM_1-ITnctU1r1D4Bl_1iL9NZ4SC/w480-h640/IMG_1625.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6_DiVpLuITF2NrytCNp7T39f5ohXpsdTP4-e3qLoqVOzDma_Q7XcNNaHGFahVkGbYRx0mFu58yHPOcM8q2yi9YfN2OgzdIKmI4y-iRtvVo0VOEOxglwtHjas2pDKvoB8VfAB40niY9MOIzQHPpOUpwy_SfxvPGtNGe47Kv3LVfp_LTXiScxN2NaD/s4032/IMG_1626.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6_DiVpLuITF2NrytCNp7T39f5ohXpsdTP4-e3qLoqVOzDma_Q7XcNNaHGFahVkGbYRx0mFu58yHPOcM8q2yi9YfN2OgzdIKmI4y-iRtvVo0VOEOxglwtHjas2pDKvoB8VfAB40niY9MOIzQHPpOUpwy_SfxvPGtNGe47Kv3LVfp_LTXiScxN2NaD/w400-h300/IMG_1626.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhXjXBKOPg2PsEnFjasmW9r76jD9BkCJdykV8kyQcNK9wIpGBXWdpdM5iEaa8OfUPtzv0itXrLRJm6DgD84KRdt0km0IRrudk7UIA3j_innGEU_XYxbZWaekQTvKJUhOzWQoo_o_t40clOJBTZGEXy2lUOAhfMHPkOa1lqo7nZXXeOrVEdbmYLjCh/s4032/IMG_1645.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhXjXBKOPg2PsEnFjasmW9r76jD9BkCJdykV8kyQcNK9wIpGBXWdpdM5iEaa8OfUPtzv0itXrLRJm6DgD84KRdt0km0IRrudk7UIA3j_innGEU_XYxbZWaekQTvKJUhOzWQoo_o_t40clOJBTZGEXy2lUOAhfMHPkOa1lqo7nZXXeOrVEdbmYLjCh/w300-h400/IMG_1645.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wS6DL7OW9_EgsX78bXeCOdeFPjfkKr9MWlFasBMZXBX_ac2iJKm7Y9uljBIn2N3QKwmaIaKytEvUx54iKQpYViz_ASe7BkhwTwCW_yBVCPayGVZ7hDdhqQK0ZgLCNLRvVTc6jJqnP4o8kVHE-y__6VSxRCdTY4g2EHOJxYhHsugC-TCuYBzPyLVl/s4032/IMG_1624.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wS6DL7OW9_EgsX78bXeCOdeFPjfkKr9MWlFasBMZXBX_ac2iJKm7Y9uljBIn2N3QKwmaIaKytEvUx54iKQpYViz_ASe7BkhwTwCW_yBVCPayGVZ7hDdhqQK0ZgLCNLRvVTc6jJqnP4o8kVHE-y__6VSxRCdTY4g2EHOJxYhHsugC-TCuYBzPyLVl/w640-h480/IMG_1624.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is a focus on achievements in entertainment, research, politics, sports, and music by African Americans and decks of cards along these themes were published. The cards highlight both historical and contemporary achievements.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2T38hOCEPqX8WH-4qYWW4Qmwt9C-GCmMEykRMkn98eZN_hyphenhyphenL7hCyI1pojNhdMf4Tshbkm0v-sJkKXmZ5e1qKEGqU8DkSu5Jy6bZYMz6b3Nm4S1lIJL2azH1T5wPmwHcXmiuWR1u0L-0zVUdr2_qLqwfyeHFWJvrb_uvLXiRkAqtAgNJU2BXfK9cK/s4032/IMG_1698.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2T38hOCEPqX8WH-4qYWW4Qmwt9C-GCmMEykRMkn98eZN_hyphenhyphenL7hCyI1pojNhdMf4Tshbkm0v-sJkKXmZ5e1qKEGqU8DkSu5Jy6bZYMz6b3Nm4S1lIJL2azH1T5wPmwHcXmiuWR1u0L-0zVUdr2_qLqwfyeHFWJvrb_uvLXiRkAqtAgNJU2BXfK9cK/s320/IMG_1698.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6GeMrHwv7nMjxFfToipYWxojmw7mHTkNZHsWaDFfJMwkSHiWllcpRPjoqGpVEb7KxxT3sl1z914IqiSeIvJUh0kkoeIdLwve2O1nUiqVJz1uMod1MqsZJHJBbZTchBJhAUahiFiRpAHNdsbLLHLdmVwnTHybbFLG1U2D3GNV9KBekIeEb6luZnUDc/s4032/IMG_1702.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Also, they looked fantastic as royalty. I was honored to be pictured with them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRa7DSMb1koEdhL2FIEwYb8vcij3NhSswDOCHjaxIZbFdMBuQRNJXHb80ppBeiD4EKfMw6tUsNro0mOmHsw8w0SmH-Yb3l2BLsM5dqTtmipqXO0ey5ICR2up96T7A23Nx-WnYyJGGrDuDKwO1WOx-MFpzRtTAM2Y8gdNBkfi8Sq2fmWRIHzwMoixPJ/s4032/IMG_1644.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRa7DSMb1koEdhL2FIEwYb8vcij3NhSswDOCHjaxIZbFdMBuQRNJXHb80ppBeiD4EKfMw6tUsNro0mOmHsw8w0SmH-Yb3l2BLsM5dqTtmipqXO0ey5ICR2up96T7A23Nx-WnYyJGGrDuDKwO1WOx-MFpzRtTAM2Y8gdNBkfi8Sq2fmWRIHzwMoixPJ/w480-h640/IMG_1644.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are also, in the modern cards and imagery, a frequent usage of cards for advertising and commerce.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3867" data-original-width="2575" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFCh15nyDdyiNTQ-Fn5bPczOhVTjpTvbSyfsvNhDHFOlHsRwgqFAQDk2lUp98QMo2se9vSa4kfC0QqEV7iAS3tu65vLK-7Vgg_M3ut4JklErYTA3lDimbKRf0UrgFP8yPxb0eLAw3u8c5XsGimps_dZOJ_Io2tAYW-AU7nZA_GwC-_JBnInww2e24/w266-h400/IMG_1667.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Overall, despite the heavy topics raised by the cards about history - much of it painful and toxic - the exhibit has a light feeling to it. It's neither preachy nor simplistic. </div><p></p><p>The exhibit lays out the portrayals over the last 150 years, organizes them into periods and topics, and allows the viewer the freedom to appreciate, cringe, and meditate upon this long history as portrayed in one of <i>the most popular</i> of art forms: the playing card.<br /><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pG2Pe0NcqOc" width="320" youtube-src-id="pG2Pe0NcqOc"></iframe></div><p>This exhibit in October 2023 was the first public exhibit of Rory Rennick's collection. It was shown at the <i>52PlusJoker Annual Conference</i> in Cleveland.</p><p></p><p>Lee Asher, the president of 52PlusJoker, has provided Rory with several media to share his collection with the organization's members including <i>Clear the Decks</i>, a printed magazine; <i>Card Culture Magazine</i>, an online magazine; and live and Zoom presentations. In Lee's introduction of Rory, he says that it is a collection of the highest significance.</p><p>I think Rory Rennick is a determined original who has developed and pursued his visions which deals with clarifying and illuminating some important aspects of American history and society.. </p><p>For my part, I think the day will come when I will brag about having known Rory before his exhibit hit the bigtime and he became a national celebrity. His materials are compelling and they merit attention from national-level museums and media. My photography which is obviously amateurish, does not do justice the visual impact of the actual displays. This article does I think capture the striking history of the portrayal of Black Americans in popular culture through playing cards. </p><p><b>More information:</b></p><p>The <i><b><a href="https://52plusjoker.org/" target="_blank">52PlusJoker</a> </b></i>Club facilitates the collection and trading of antique, vintage and modern collectible playing cards & other related ephemera. It only costs $25 a year.</p><p>Rory Rennick is a working magician, entertainer, historian, educator, and writer. He wrote <b><i><a href="https://1uym.us2.authorhomepage.com/" target="_blank">Henry Box Brown</a></i>.</b></p><p>To reach me, just write a comment. I check them weekly. <br />- revised 12-5-2023</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-15541670175835401802023-11-28T13:59:00.002-05:002024-02-08T14:14:08.475-05:00The Piatnik Cabaret Art Deck<p> <span style="text-align: center;">The </span><b style="text-align: center;">Piatnik Cabaret deck</b><span style="text-align: center;"> is one of my favorite art decks. Of course, I start by looking at the jokers which </span><span style="text-align: center;">features roosters. Frankly, I don't understand why there are roosters on the jokers. I almost overlooked the beauty of the deck since I initially just saw the roosters which while nice are nothing special in my book.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YWBLtS1jsUDaZ8vEcNxlB3rs9FWK_iYa8Axc2jgu8zWAVSlqrsySUtYooRGWlJuHPYU1Bv2xwXWIw1a9lv7d44lFN5VZ60r4REKkO9-4fgHn9n8K3fVAGelC-7A7bVYKbCzryud5dqY5KbryDIBeEbi5625ZEmWgrxXsGt9-MWEuHFv7mlmaPZZk/s4032/IMG-0997.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YWBLtS1jsUDaZ8vEcNxlB3rs9FWK_iYa8Axc2jgu8zWAVSlqrsySUtYooRGWlJuHPYU1Bv2xwXWIw1a9lv7d44lFN5VZ60r4REKkO9-4fgHn9n8K3fVAGelC-7A7bVYKbCzryud5dqY5KbryDIBeEbi5625ZEmWgrxXsGt9-MWEuHFv7mlmaPZZk/w640-h480/IMG-0997.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">But then I looked at the other cards in this deck. It's basically Toulouse-Lautrec and other artists from <i>La Belle Epoch </i>in Paris with their artwork of the dancers and girls</span><span style="text-align: center;">. <br /><br /><b>Belle Epoch?</b> </span>Here's a quote from from bird playingcards.com (deck publisher) website where they talk about the Belle Epoque in France:</p><div><div><i><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Overpass; font-size: 18px;">The Belle Époque</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overpass; font-size: 18px;"> in France was the exotic epoch between the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 and the Great War of 1914. It witnessed a cultural explosion – Impressionism, Zola, the </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Overpass; font-size: 18px;">Ballets Russes</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overpass; font-size: 18px;">, the Eiffel Tower, the Paris métro, the Paris Opéra and the Moulin Rouge. It was here that Toulouse-Lautrec, all four foot of him, drank absinthe (hidden in his cane), talked and loved and sketched the </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Overpass; font-size: 18px;">demi-monde</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Overpass; font-size: 18px;"> – that eclectic classless mix of pimps and pansies, artists and aristos. He created the posters that enticed the cabaret’s clientele, in the new process of colour lithography, a medium he relished. From 1891 until his death in 1901 (from syphilis and drink), </span></i></div></div><p style="text-align: center;">Here's more cards from the Cabaret deck. I love this artwork. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszsUXt3yab-741S0IKQl40p4Vpb5JtOpMwiMKzcXqvlJEgGzfusPlPlHxjef2eVz3u5Xo5GReLuntoMZYnrp_sa3QSpPATDViUv5FPX25eL3U3nUkJ1vk_P72Enu0GmdJ67iya6M8uOJl0WAw-KFDiPupmKt8Mdn49G6VRpf1DWkTZzoYAEz0LLsy/s4032/IMG-0998.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszsUXt3yab-741S0IKQl40p4Vpb5JtOpMwiMKzcXqvlJEgGzfusPlPlHxjef2eVz3u5Xo5GReLuntoMZYnrp_sa3QSpPATDViUv5FPX25eL3U3nUkJ1vk_P72Enu0GmdJ67iya6M8uOJl0WAw-KFDiPupmKt8Mdn49G6VRpf1DWkTZzoYAEz0LLsy/w480-h640/IMG-0998.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnnXt0Mi6U1wJnoNZ3nU4aO09OIEfcS1Ux4AFgIRecrQZyN3XfYDzk0IDLXZ9B0WQryKeEfsEy3XumGwUTpmpFagG2EfiuF1QDEyur16i_FbfD70ieHfVpqOBUC2zf5Z1lEolMCIbMN14UC8UKaQNQB9MsyoneQUlzCv-Jy65t7AAkf7stnSCy8K1o/s4032/IMG-0999%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATEJtUnRZNjd_wWv1hDAKC-nWTW9SYKeivCZJhv2Mc1UkuF5E-o-NXAE1ggW_y8-l1jgnYhutfWexK57LvIpVn-lvMPvjx4YO9M3QZI3PGL-Q26t4-gzTs0jsLQU1CkMPkHOr7qcpojfk6ZDHS7NMQIvPX4SDfbnAI8AcFHR7LWcrekJV-DoiBSPk/w300-h400/IMG-1002.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p><span style="text-align: center;">If you are interested, I think</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><i style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.playingcardshop.eu/cabarets-cartes-a-jouer-piatnik.html" target="_blank">this deck is still available</a></b></i><span style="text-align: center;">.</span></p><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6C3pymD37vXdQLloG4jRV9ysSy_O9j_FEkVd3fHpnJMn7kDB_QVz3zyzpS36WFhlkUgbuFTDMMCALoZcCOl1B9gEzPoV6MLwoVfqM9x1DMgAfTCNb-OsF4twJxzEMnX9uaMt1UikMcGzxkXyjWEHrCMmsH1-c06kT-2O3RexfVc0OKccbE0wRNVZK/s4032/IMG-1003.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6C3pymD37vXdQLloG4jRV9ysSy_O9j_FEkVd3fHpnJMn7kDB_QVz3zyzpS36WFhlkUgbuFTDMMCALoZcCOl1B9gEzPoV6MLwoVfqM9x1DMgAfTCNb-OsF4twJxzEMnX9uaMt1UikMcGzxkXyjWEHrCMmsH1-c06kT-2O3RexfVc0OKccbE0wRNVZK/w640-h480/IMG-1003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Next you should look through the other animal sections of the joker collection.</p><ol><ol><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/03/animal-jokers-combinations-of-different.html"><b><i>Ensemble Animal combinations </i></b></a>(cats AND dogs)</li></ol><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_71d7_90eb_8c34_39fe" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animal-jokers-flyers-bees-birds-owls.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Animals: Flyers - Bee Boy" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="200" id="id_dd9b_bfb2_6e63_2a6b" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7eGuyIAE_4ybpZyzG7PtOJR0b3ZAuG5aYGJ_HgW8Ij1Ab_FCDuWV6Mk12RZhb17BMO6Fl69HKl6GmLZa-81hyphenhyphenroiYBqiOa7FYvYsiAOq26G2gXZrs9iwsvniUpwII-B0SeWef6jk6WA/s200/IMG_2424.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 150px;" title="Animals: Flyers - Bee Boy" width="150" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animal-jokers-flyers-bees-birds-owls.html" target="_blank">Animals: Flyers - Bee Boy</a></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animals-cat-and-dog-jokers.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Cats</b></i></a> or <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/08/dog-jokers-animal-jokers.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Dogs </b></i></a><i><b>. </b></i>Now there's a <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/11/big-cat-jokers.html"><i><b>big cat </b></i></a>subsection! </li><li><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animal-jokers-flyers-bees-birds-owls.html" target="_blank">Flyers:</a> </b></i>Birds, <font size="4">Owls</font>, <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/03/bee-jokers.html"><i><b>Bees</b></i></a>, <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/04/butterfly-jokers.html" id="id_f233_55a6_7f8c_72fd">Butterflies</a> </b></i> & <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/03/dragon-jokers-they-can-fly.html" id="id_f10d_9ef5_8b9f_6f32">Dragons</a> . </i>Now there's a <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/08/rooster-and-chicken-jokers.html" target="_blank">rooster & chicken subsubsection</a>!</i></li><li><b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/03/equestrian-playing-card-jokers-horses.html">Horses</a> ,</b> zebras, donkeys, giraffes <i>...</i></li><ol><li><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/03/centaurs-unicorns-and-pegasus-fantasy.html"><b>Fantasy horses</b></a>:</i> centaurs, unicorns, pegasus<i><br /></i></li></ol><li><b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2019/11/monkey-jokers-animals-miscellaneous.html" id="id_5f6e_b86d_db4f_da23" target="_blank">Monkeys,</a> </b>bears, and others with paws </li><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/09/antlers-horns-and-tusks-jokers.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Animals with antlers,</a><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>horns, and tusks. <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/10/elephant-jokers-subsection-of-animals.html">Elephants </a></b></i>too!</li><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/varmints-on-jokers.html"><i><b>Varmints </b></i></a>- the annoying small wild animals</li><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/05/reptiles-fish-amphibian-jokers-other.html" target="_blank"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Reptiles, amphibian</i><i>s<b>, sea creatures</b></i></a><i><b> </b> </i></li></ol></ol></div></div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-30077432347221118252023-11-20T15:16:00.005-05:002023-12-30T13:10:14.457-05:00The Earliest Jokers and My Questions about them<p><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Investigating One of the Great Inventions of the 1800s: The Joker </b></p><p>I often wonder about the creation of the playing card joker. I haven't yet seen an article that fully satisfies my curiosity about this great invention. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VB_G11RJyLPudadk8EMeZuCCS45TEnXdPVSdDCexO2QlzwP4Dvopws5fVjKARPzS-mms1TBUri4aw92N0SeEuxCOagAmd4vOE2xyHzADgEbUBZUTrJQYL_xdjb27LVHx9kvsZlmU5mV5YY-7GuF5oPbnpj6yjhS3g_vnSwC6S5DbUfonN9KaE_DE/s167/standing-jester-with-jester-wand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="110" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VB_G11RJyLPudadk8EMeZuCCS45TEnXdPVSdDCexO2QlzwP4Dvopws5fVjKARPzS-mms1TBUri4aw92N0SeEuxCOagAmd4vOE2xyHzADgEbUBZUTrJQYL_xdjb27LVHx9kvsZlmU5mV5YY-7GuF5oPbnpj6yjhS3g_vnSwC6S5DbUfonN9KaE_DE/s1600/standing-jester-with-jester-wand.jpg" width="110" /></a></div><p></p><p>The joker is - IMHO - one of the great inventions of the late 1800s. So I thought I'd try to see what I could learn from studying Hochman to figure out how the joker began. I imagine that there are some people who understand this is much greater detail than I and I'm hoping that you will hop in either here in comments or on the Joker Collectors Group on Facebook and help me understand it.</p><p><i><b>UPDATE </b>- I got some useful feedback on this and am trying to write an updated corrected article with more accurate information.<b> If you have some information to contribute,</b> I can be reached as john at edelson.info. Also, you can email me if you'd like me to tell you when I have an updated version of this. thanks. Several people pointed me towards a fantastic article on this topic which answers many of my questions but also raises some new ones and doesn't address others:<br />The History of the Joker Card </i>by Phil R Neill. Updated version of July 28th, 2022. BTW, anyone know how to contact him?</p><p><i>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</i></p><p><b>Here's what we know and we mostly agree on:</b></p><p>1. <span> </span>The joker emerged in the United States in the 1860s.<br />2.<span> </span>The joker was initially a Best Bower card for the game of Euchre. <br />3.<span> </span>The joker card is unique in that it lacks an industry-wide standard appearance. While many images and characters appear on the joker card, the joker card concept quickly merged with the idea of a court fool or harlequin character. Then, it became a palette for branding and creativity for card designers.</p><div><b>Here's some questions that I'm asking. </b></div><div>1.<span> What was the first deck with a joker?</span></div><div><span>2.<span> Can we see an evolution from Best Bower to Jester and to </span></span>other early graphical themes? What were the other early themes? By looking at the earliest jokers, I see four broad graphical themes:</div><div><span> </span><span> -<span> Chinese themed<br /></span></span><span> </span><span> -<span> Court jester or harlequin themed</span></span><br /></div><div><span><span><span> </span><span> -<span> "Other" which includes animals and geometric designs. </span></span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span><span> </span><span> -<span> Best Bower themed</span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span>3.<span> Why did the early jokers so often start with Chinese imagery? It is contrary to the European design of the face cards and the back imagery which was very rarely Chinese themed. </span></span></span></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span><b>What was the first deck with a joker? </b>(This is based 100% on info from the printed Hochman)</span></span></div><div><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span><span><b>The first joker</b> is copyright 1860 by t</span></span>he New York Consolidated Card Company per Hochman . NY16 JNO J Levy. I'm a little troubled by this since I imagined the first joker would be more of a Best Bower style. I also thought the word <i>Joker </i>and the putting of different images on jokers would emerge later. But this is what I see in Hochman: The first joker appeared with the words <i>The Joker </i>and with three Chinese men playing cards. <b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86kW4xDBCgFCLu0mypJVWPQbtqF2RlFPDweRq-4p22l1RR5UgkQUp15rFErpdqUEG7CUvhyG62vKqzOXVecNeiWX6ATJedgJhnO6Tj7JQ8ArRwF0W2V4o11zz_Jne6LhRGSoRuhEf3OaJP2GHzbSz7wgEDZY8tNcXtggJRV4jOISbSbOPeR6qP7bv/s2200/firstjoker-heathen%20chinee.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1722" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86kW4xDBCgFCLu0mypJVWPQbtqF2RlFPDweRq-4p22l1RR5UgkQUp15rFErpdqUEG7CUvhyG62vKqzOXVecNeiWX6ATJedgJhnO6Tj7JQ8ArRwF0W2V4o11zz_Jne6LhRGSoRuhEf3OaJP2GHzbSz7wgEDZY8tNcXtggJRV4jOISbSbOPeR6qP7bv/s320/firstjoker-heathen%20chinee.JPG" width="250" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Although this joker has the earliest copyright date by several years, I'm going to take the approach that there is room for doubt since the historical records are poor and we continue to learn more. So I'll review the other candidates for the earliest joker. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WpkCMMkRZCjYjR9uZ5CEehOUq3-uT2sOf-DFUNThPzaGWi7CL3wbkqQeFA3ss7NnK2jJ3SwYEEfxNtv0HZKX9-WXLZgCUHkgLTBMkjX6-17-LNkhZJYiaMOp3nl7LE6AAVQZWLfhnVQDCD4CuAbDsltL8ukxJ7WxAxwVA8j_Yil64mGGSioyhWpa/s3479/johnedelson-hochman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2508" data-original-width="3479" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WpkCMMkRZCjYjR9uZ5CEehOUq3-uT2sOf-DFUNThPzaGWi7CL3wbkqQeFA3ss7NnK2jJ3SwYEEfxNtv0HZKX9-WXLZgCUHkgLTBMkjX6-17-LNkhZJYiaMOp3nl7LE6AAVQZWLfhnVQDCD4CuAbDsltL8ukxJ7WxAxwVA8j_Yil64mGGSioyhWpa/s320/johnedelson-hochman.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span><span><b> </b></span></span>I consider any deck published in the 1860s with a joker to be a candidate for being the first and I review all the jokers published up to and including 1875. This article is based on information (and graphics) from the Hochman Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards by Tom and Judy Dawson. It is meant to start a discussion and I'm hoping that people with more detailed and recent research will be able to update this article. </div><div><br /></div><div> There are four publishers with decks that are candidates (ie 1875 or earlier) for the earliest jokers. I review them in the order that they appear in Hochman. <br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Mauger, </li><li>Langely / American Card Company, </li><li>New York Consolidated Cards,</li><li>Andrew Dougherty.</li></ul></div><div><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><b>Victor E. Mauger </b>(from Hochman Chapter 3. The Early Makers)</div><div><br /></div><div><span>Victor E. Mauger ordered customized cards from Goodall for the US market starting as early as 1867. </span>The earliest joker shown is U19c Columbias. It is another very early card with the word <i>joker: It has a</i> geometric design rather than a person. It's wild that this early joker appears to be manufactured in London by Goodall. I wonder when the first joker was published in London and whether it was through Goodall who learned about it through manufacturing for Mauger.<span> </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQC8_fvC9Vgkpow-aVsMmGJ9Bpo59GSSqG1DxO2GzzGnoa0a5E-WlVpGftb5IWWeggN7EIA1-es6VWTTe-T4CKRvE9aRyUiu6myLy47-pW7uPE-Kk_KUM8682FlSBU3GGhNOLwl6US2O2P00qQn4jkN-r0YT9kWF97J-PZSXjAJLIL47JqsaddLAk1/s2205/columbias%20U19c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1583" data-original-width="2205" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQC8_fvC9Vgkpow-aVsMmGJ9Bpo59GSSqG1DxO2GzzGnoa0a5E-WlVpGftb5IWWeggN7EIA1-es6VWTTe-T4CKRvE9aRyUiu6myLy47-pW7uPE-Kk_KUM8682FlSBU3GGhNOLwl6US2O2P00qQn4jkN-r0YT9kWF97J-PZSXjAJLIL47JqsaddLAk1/s320/columbias%20U19c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span> </span>Hochman also says: "In the early 1870s, he <Mauger> ordered a deck from Goodall that included a multicolor seated joker with the Goodall inscription on it" U19 c1873 P17. It was issued for the Centennial with the Heathen. The word <i>joker</i> appears on the card he is holding. I'm having trouble considering the character as either a jester or one of the heathen Chinese. His chest plate (is that armour?) features a wolf's head. He is wearing a mask. Could this be a harlequin or jester figure?</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghSM2_E3Q8BTMsriOEeK0WPsmNKddL8aWbgOqW8qdF6U2DktGwwsh_4_WhGpJjcZjmmdWkGTzB26wcdIUf7jwRAe6LMA7TMq4ZAj47yA16hV-pIuyRA_2oyqQo2qwR0oq_lojD47fVjUdes5dDZhyphenhyphenlK-NJmDZKdhheva-9yhdezrnZ9ZyhAGzug8R/s4032/U19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghSM2_E3Q8BTMsriOEeK0WPsmNKddL8aWbgOqW8qdF6U2DktGwwsh_4_WhGpJjcZjmmdWkGTzB26wcdIUf7jwRAe6LMA7TMq4ZAj47yA16hV-pIuyRA_2oyqQo2qwR0oq_lojD47fVjUdes5dDZhyphenhyphenlK-NJmDZKdhheva-9yhdezrnZ9ZyhAGzug8R/s320/U19.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkJ53PQk7hrh1h-exbf49ANAzdSRiFz94kJYIW0MWRZfZl99bh37p7z9AAqTbJZ0AmVHHIFXwvru2j2GqLA7sTYyQ4BJryo_5GNxEz-Zl42E-f14QaZGfZhONXoNoGKssVBI9xTry8cNFpdyoR0bKlHb8xM5wpPzliM4IxsQkqPUnu0tsxn0Ttjmi/s3585/IMG_2139.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3585" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkJ53PQk7hrh1h-exbf49ANAzdSRiFz94kJYIW0MWRZfZl99bh37p7z9AAqTbJZ0AmVHHIFXwvru2j2GqLA7sTYyQ4BJryo_5GNxEz-Zl42E-f14QaZGfZhONXoNoGKssVBI9xTry8cNFpdyoR0bKlHb8xM5wpPzliM4IxsQkqPUnu0tsxn0Ttjmi/s320/IMG_2139.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span>Also of note, there's </span>U18c Continental Card Co P17 c1875. This card says: "Highest Trump, Takes Either Bower." Notice it uses neither the term<i> Best Bower </i>or <i>Joker</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2rl9FiVAyGJClETH2MaYZYwgG1VDXN1U2C-QmKx14GNm2g7B7_N8qlMSAu5O1EUgBwOa_nVpXc0tZPQm4pamOPJ7FgY6SeLSsDJRMyZrXAGyrMW47_pd4BFPKnuBWYNmgi87F7RRMqsarL48l5mUB96l0aWI1U01lq_S8EdnUkxFhrSHdJZi4m7V/s4032/IMG_2138.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2rl9FiVAyGJClETH2MaYZYwgG1VDXN1U2C-QmKx14GNm2g7B7_N8qlMSAu5O1EUgBwOa_nVpXc0tZPQm4pamOPJ7FgY6SeLSsDJRMyZrXAGyrMW47_pd4BFPKnuBWYNmgi87F7RRMqsarL48l5mUB96l0aWI1U01lq_S8EdnUkxFhrSHdJZi4m7V/s320/IMG_2138.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><b>Langley / The American Playing Card Company</b> (and its acquisitions)</div><div><span><br /></span></div><div> The L5 Eagle Card Co shows an 1867 jester character, P24. This deck appears to be the second card named<b> joker.</b> The card uses the word <i>joker</i>, the character is more a European court jester than anything else, and the card has a card-centric design with pips decorating each corner and the jester's clothing. So I'm considering him in the jester / harlequin theme, not Chinese. Of course, I could be wrong on this and lots of other points.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEx_4AsPX9hSK71ei0iCkfL7yomgclKClaFRcu_OKpA9JQqsUmGFq9odR8x7JNdGf9uctY0zSHCifAxo1uqzjKUno3PxdEx2spU3oQAUSgQWIwtBaB3wtG15XN_qQMYWvcLkd2DtPwu8HclXSd2pnAWu28oP-Y-1VCVfqWXvCiy9f-svz-BolwUamy/s4032/IMG_2149.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEx_4AsPX9hSK71ei0iCkfL7yomgclKClaFRcu_OKpA9JQqsUmGFq9odR8x7JNdGf9uctY0zSHCifAxo1uqzjKUno3PxdEx2spU3oQAUSgQWIwtBaB3wtG15XN_qQMYWvcLkd2DtPwu8HclXSd2pnAWu28oP-Y-1VCVfqWXvCiy9f-svz-BolwUamy/s320/IMG_2149.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0y6pcZA4JyVI0CcBHcqWPE-mqTkcaJLHweKXu5d2rDPQ3zkX-rM-IP0pByLTuUtGUjBlXTpi49kY6r7Ra1AWzk0b5i6Y1PPGVIzKuUEJaRO1B9yXiEKHM7zlNNQRgUYFFtZMbdamo2-sy1fzCfOamh39bDEUsQJ0xodZ4gLsodGHrmBKu7ioqW3t7/s3409/IMG_2167.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1849" data-original-width="3409" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0y6pcZA4JyVI0CcBHcqWPE-mqTkcaJLHweKXu5d2rDPQ3zkX-rM-IP0pByLTuUtGUjBlXTpi49kY6r7Ra1AWzk0b5i6Y1PPGVIzKuUEJaRO1B9yXiEKHM7zlNNQRgUYFFtZMbdamo2-sy1fzCfOamh39bDEUsQJ0xodZ4gLsodGHrmBKu7ioqW3t7/s320/IMG_2167.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><span>There are also the Heathen Chinese jokers, L4 Steamboats c1870 (and the more famous L7 but it's c1877). While they are seated much like the L5 jester joker, they are clearly Chinese themed both because of the graphics and the label: "Heathen Chinese".</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUh-K7bcGKhtj3NYbCViqHS6z3YZlNib02GS_PPGGKXbJ8fLMk1DGkAqV3d-2Ew8pY2sqaXQ61b3Fde7S8nSmlYEF5GgiosVlTJ_YDbk9HhY8HphFJ1IkmXuWJxc9Rdt6IeJK9CuEVLpMojVZ7C0I3iW5MPXVzYxqKjIXdu7Ka-JwwtPz9AF1rTsax/s4032/L4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUh-K7bcGKhtj3NYbCViqHS6z3YZlNib02GS_PPGGKXbJ8fLMk1DGkAqV3d-2Ew8pY2sqaXQ61b3Fde7S8nSmlYEF5GgiosVlTJ_YDbk9HhY8HphFJ1IkmXuWJxc9Rdt6IeJK9CuEVLpMojVZ7C0I3iW5MPXVzYxqKjIXdu7Ka-JwwtPz9AF1rTsax/s320/L4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>There is L9 c1875 which has a joker design largely featuring the word <i>joker</i>. Is this the second joker without a character on it?</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFdR8ZnQOPzn0XfmTm2zsEb1OPjnXvjFms18Md2m-5NPma7j2wm4Z9c9XgvE4gBYyM9VwvdJPsh8IY4Wq6vcJjYcoHJixFpbHqcmoiCzw5N21pV5tUCjiCIuQ_UPts3_JUCn-YrG-8lRyR85x2iSPhvjgmp54VtBmTEMBPb5I5URNyw07KLWYoppG/s3679/IMG_2144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2584" data-original-width="3679" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFdR8ZnQOPzn0XfmTm2zsEb1OPjnXvjFms18Md2m-5NPma7j2wm4Z9c9XgvE4gBYyM9VwvdJPsh8IY4Wq6vcJjYcoHJixFpbHqcmoiCzw5N21pV5tUCjiCIuQ_UPts3_JUCn-YrG-8lRyR85x2iSPhvjgmp54VtBmTEMBPb5I5URNyw07KLWYoppG/s320/IMG_2144.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div>Here's a bizarre design swerve at the very beginning of jokers, there is L12 c1875 featuring what looks to me like a dog's head staring back at me from the mirror. This is the second use of an animal on a joker? Woof woof!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWeVjHjES6fUhZaQkpr3smlo_vWBRfIAUqAZHZQIH1stoL88oY1F55b6S2PUklrEkGcuuycpcM90jeePrEQfZ2_AknwR6I4bRppWtEc7zl6dfrDoRlasqSIsEbaWwo4KXgco3gthXy5aiZtv1LBIwDZUQlZz4tyxRgJvF1aL6D3NSvMFih5MuFP_TE/s3283/IMG_2150.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2743" data-original-width="3283" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWeVjHjES6fUhZaQkpr3smlo_vWBRfIAUqAZHZQIH1stoL88oY1F55b6S2PUklrEkGcuuycpcM90jeePrEQfZ2_AknwR6I4bRppWtEc7zl6dfrDoRlasqSIsEbaWwo4KXgco3gthXy5aiZtv1LBIwDZUQlZz4tyxRgJvF1aL6D3NSvMFih5MuFP_TE/s320/IMG_2150.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span>There's also L16 Royal Flush c1875 P27 which features a tiger (lion?) on a joker. This is also an early use of an animal on a joker. <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/11/big-cat-jokers.html "><i><b>Great cats </b></i></a>are today not an endangered species as far as card jokers are concerned, check it out. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVHfjBEjdc8INim5uv3UOCQLbRTPmCAoemjb6kHjpdW7uV8oLH82TvVPKlsSOIjjR36T8EACD3kKYNHQ9rT4t7eDYpHqe7emiwGYbD-MIy0N199bu-SwfbLqcXUN9pE-YAKd2Md2FuSF0Bks8C7sB1Qw5OrV56m_eFXbjMuFe54dbc8w_erM5Azoz/s4032/IMG_2146.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVHfjBEjdc8INim5uv3UOCQLbRTPmCAoemjb6kHjpdW7uV8oLH82TvVPKlsSOIjjR36T8EACD3kKYNHQ9rT4t7eDYpHqe7emiwGYbD-MIy0N199bu-SwfbLqcXUN9pE-YAKd2Md2FuSF0Bks8C7sB1Qw5OrV56m_eFXbjMuFe54dbc8w_erM5Azoz/s320/IMG_2146.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>The L41 Union Playing Card Company also has a c1875 joker card which uses the word <i>joker </i>and features a court jester figure. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhrkTg1YAkw_VEmuJPTQvFRgnCrx0_kHRYnYt-AT0LYXAg3DtpY9ipPPFW-axUuqk7AOYFVUlBN4wjctdSqTuTGfUwHbZ2OcAu4xCR151rwkgaX5E7TkTjUAT7ceWoSaBLbFB8GzZCx5Wey_7gk3KyQBnpaywJm5NRCGDEQS1hOrYPJXqFlTlahKP/s2367/IMG_2152.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1941" data-original-width="2367" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhrkTg1YAkw_VEmuJPTQvFRgnCrx0_kHRYnYt-AT0LYXAg3DtpY9ipPPFW-axUuqk7AOYFVUlBN4wjctdSqTuTGfUwHbZ2OcAu4xCR151rwkgaX5E7TkTjUAT7ceWoSaBLbFB8GzZCx5Wey_7gk3KyQBnpaywJm5NRCGDEQS1hOrYPJXqFlTlahKP/s320/IMG_2152.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><b>The New York Consolidated Card Company</b></div><div><br /></div><div>NY16 JNO J Levy has a Joker card c1860. This looks like the winner for the first documented joker. It uses the word <i>joker </i>and features three "Heathen Chinee" sic playing cards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9P857VVgbPGY2IutnRxbuc-UTq9YbFvpfEYWTVsZkjjwd_k9qqL0EbEBIhDGMh3_TzCktzGjnd32Hvxwt-6Gf1F19OcLiniAJtWigrRgFo-Q_RT0XmZzGMS-dYqSgXBhLjFzCVeIRTllTwMfZC2kp3NHlpLZ-WjrUgPP2xhoGSxAyK4WcA55g-CmW/s4032/IMG_2155.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9P857VVgbPGY2IutnRxbuc-UTq9YbFvpfEYWTVsZkjjwd_k9qqL0EbEBIhDGMh3_TzCktzGjnd32Hvxwt-6Gf1F19OcLiniAJtWigrRgFo-Q_RT0XmZzGMS-dYqSgXBhLjFzCVeIRTllTwMfZC2kp3NHlpLZ-WjrUgPP2xhoGSxAyK4WcA55g-CmW/s320/IMG_2155.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>The very first animal to appear on a joker or Best Bower is NY16b American Manufacture P50 c1868. It's a Best Bower joker featuring a dragon. I think it's curious that the first animal is a dragon which could be associated with China. By the way, I have recently been interested in the <span><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/abstract-designs-or-dragons.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">early stylized dragon jokers</a>, the earliest of which appears in 1876 as NY47a. <i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURhz8SYa-wMzVNQyLRgnqyC9AU9ggau-ThvzJYxfvWElM3F6ahUrWeNsvISC2SPphoz8FJBf441n4R7Vn4rav_O6wYAKK0Mo0tdspVZIJ72r-J4A1eaMeJT-WcahKyW34N3eTV_XRYMkwitXJpVq7q05HI5BQqe7wiZ7SGzrrFJ35IZHgNjnARoPs/s3693/IMG_2156.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2780" data-original-width="3693" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURhz8SYa-wMzVNQyLRgnqyC9AU9ggau-ThvzJYxfvWElM3F6ahUrWeNsvISC2SPphoz8FJBf441n4R7Vn4rav_O6wYAKK0Mo0tdspVZIJ72r-J4A1eaMeJT-WcahKyW34N3eTV_XRYMkwitXJpVq7q05HI5BQqe7wiZ7SGzrrFJ35IZHgNjnARoPs/s320/IMG_2156.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>In 1863, which makes it the second oldest joker shown in Hochman, there is a Best Bower card, NY36, Hochman P54, Samuel Hart & Co. This card lends credence to the theory that jokers evolved from the best bower concept except that it is predated by the 1860 Joker card!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9Kcyb9mPQewWvZw0I5bZDM-AbQ73n6AEwC07yUA7YQJMohnUmblhJVgUybQ-f3iWkuU5QbNfVEoHUfi0WZGD9Ab9VNvjdrTChdlyZY_CvshB-slYAahyphenhyphen80hgAIhUc8HNkwcvnyDDXzRrTPc8RmT98Y4qkkR3LTZVNywyNXzA_KoejGEtph7Yb9vJ/s4032/IMG_2160.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9Kcyb9mPQewWvZw0I5bZDM-AbQ73n6AEwC07yUA7YQJMohnUmblhJVgUybQ-f3iWkuU5QbNfVEoHUfi0WZGD9Ab9VNvjdrTChdlyZY_CvshB-slYAahyphenhyphen80hgAIhUc8HNkwcvnyDDXzRrTPc8RmT98Y4qkkR3LTZVNywyNXzA_KoejGEtph7Yb9vJ/s320/IMG_2160.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Note also the 1870 Samuel Hart NY39 Best Bower.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheKD9KHJELCoLZ2fPP0T0iuWTmA3ooENom40WoEkOxZ2MIPiRaZYjpTYlulvL9BGvCedxIPf-eh9mfY15w4tSBEwxHx5kFzSQZST7tshZlcUg8vENpJi0e2BDGVX4HyCmz6q7l9G0lc6b9FNbyQDNhIFTUJdyWLL7OTNnQZvtyOxPgsJhDmF6vjBY1/s4032/IMG_2159.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheKD9KHJELCoLZ2fPP0T0iuWTmA3ooENom40WoEkOxZ2MIPiRaZYjpTYlulvL9BGvCedxIPf-eh9mfY15w4tSBEwxHx5kFzSQZST7tshZlcUg8vENpJi0e2BDGVX4HyCmz6q7l9G0lc6b9FNbyQDNhIFTUJdyWLL7OTNnQZvtyOxPgsJhDmF6vjBY1/s320/IMG_2159.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Here is the same best bower card a year later from Lawrence Cohen, NY13 P490 c1871. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghh1cWTJvsQIynam0vLxuN9kqDBvPAI67IgsQ3OvixMaPqkxpikHvyqB1LsvT6Y4A-jQikNMuRD-MAvGoeQQ9GWG-RM0r5IVyPOeN85fTEEHWPOFr6N0zuFWypMWlkzOB6auj_Y3b4re3VmK6ClZY6A2I9iifYPJcp-Ijohj2KJagZHgpdUewEz7e1/s2733/IMG_2154.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2183" data-original-width="2733" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghh1cWTJvsQIynam0vLxuN9kqDBvPAI67IgsQ3OvixMaPqkxpikHvyqB1LsvT6Y4A-jQikNMuRD-MAvGoeQQ9GWG-RM0r5IVyPOeN85fTEEHWPOFr6N0zuFWypMWlkzOB6auj_Y3b4re3VmK6ClZY6A2I9iifYPJcp-Ijohj2KJagZHgpdUewEz7e1/s320/IMG_2154.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div></div><div><b>Andrew Dougherty</b></div><div><br /></div><div>AD7 c1872 p70 might be the first introduction of the term: <i>The Jolly Joker</i>. In this case, it's a girl as a jack-in-the-box holding a jester. This is, btw, the only joker shown in this article which I currently hold in my collection.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIk7TJELsF8mJdtGCakQ753E-BZwQByMarG_IyQ93K6yj1hAe6WXOENibwRyd2h61WgCi91tXbVC9tiQCpor-Q45gCnCeL_LbApbQfCytfbOXOpj-WHXZDlCK1Uv6RmoileyNklX_w3oM4U6gTmAWttejVxebPaPiCtZt6-UL_UO_M2pWkYvbfTB5/s3646/IMG_2165.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2014" data-original-width="3646" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIk7TJELsF8mJdtGCakQ753E-BZwQByMarG_IyQ93K6yj1hAe6WXOENibwRyd2h61WgCi91tXbVC9tiQCpor-Q45gCnCeL_LbApbQfCytfbOXOpj-WHXZDlCK1Uv6RmoileyNklX_w3oM4U6gTmAWttejVxebPaPiCtZt6-UL_UO_M2pWkYvbfTB5/s320/IMG_2165.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>In the same year, Andrew Dougherty published AD8 c1872, a best bower. Geometric design, no character.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcly-4PWGSSbtjHthiys-vLXuRXJvF_Whr1sCnvhgBhcwa70FBc7WpbDrqLeYrlP2t18rCHNZU_TksxRIXuFhykRsf0GkLezx0mkW0Av50U9t9VdfiUFVfmuPLHpQlqH1gARrlhka7ROxtRw1HwzUC5zQVohiGhfJcRIrtwgI0feW_kPFgo3vawUQ/s4032/IMG_2164.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcly-4PWGSSbtjHthiys-vLXuRXJvF_Whr1sCnvhgBhcwa70FBc7WpbDrqLeYrlP2t18rCHNZU_TksxRIXuFhykRsf0GkLezx0mkW0Av50U9t9VdfiUFVfmuPLHpQlqH1gARrlhka7ROxtRw1HwzUC5zQVohiGhfJcRIrtwgI0feW_kPFgo3vawUQ/s320/IMG_2164.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Conclusions</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>It is very hard to see that the joker started with best bower and then moved onto other designs. </li><li>The word <i>The Joker</i> was used from the very start. Why?</li><li>The Chinese focus for jokers is mysterious to me. Were playing cards generally associated at that time with the Chinese? If so, why don't the backs and other card design elements reflect this? With the exception of the Congress 606 Chink and Cheefu decks, there doesn't seem to be a Chinese association on the backs of cards. But both the joker characters and maybe the dragons have a Chinese connection. Why?</li><li>There are three animals amongst the first dozen jokers. </li></ul><div>This article is based on research limited to a close reading of the <i>Hochman Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards </i>by Tom and Judy Dawson. It is meant to start a discussion and I'm hoping that people with far more detailed and recent research will be able to update this article.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0oSqTf040uvVcbBxFlCsFYMd0JkSwOJceL3Eec_LyUu-9y2itZKwZ3F9E8BJq74Ij_fW54k0XX2_Om9bSsdgtpse4v-sX2JifkluDFuw0mFpnSOXOufDKpf9c-XWzfKxi4Tx2BoR1SfbPz4A5UIR_xZWSY4A8KTy6-HSgQii6LuBCvH0gJmhTUAZo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0oSqTf040uvVcbBxFlCsFYMd0JkSwOJceL3Eec_LyUu-9y2itZKwZ3F9E8BJq74Ij_fW54k0XX2_Om9bSsdgtpse4v-sX2JifkluDFuw0mFpnSOXOufDKpf9c-XWzfKxi4Tx2BoR1SfbPz4A5UIR_xZWSY4A8KTy6-HSgQii6LuBCvH0gJmhTUAZo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ0fKXwrk5iufbD3Q1amyhwv4edM0Lf5g8vusn7J-oR1j0HAyDRAWWKE1oHvtJjkhw3_vnmekvpWygVNJPPH54knTvDvQKymbQ7YEt8O7Ii3sFoI8df5Zrg-KLN2EkDqkwqkzk64WzuCM7qAN63VJ-TqV2HR-FOin_4kpy9fDraOyEIOdJjYodnyaX" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="999" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ0fKXwrk5iufbD3Q1amyhwv4edM0Lf5g8vusn7J-oR1j0HAyDRAWWKE1oHvtJjkhw3_vnmekvpWygVNJPPH54knTvDvQKymbQ7YEt8O7Ii3sFoI8df5Zrg-KLN2EkDqkwqkzk64WzuCM7qAN63VJ-TqV2HR-FOin_4kpy9fDraOyEIOdJjYodnyaX=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Areas for discussion and further study</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Most people agree (although not all) that the word <i>euchre </i>and <i>juker </i>influenced the naming of the card the <i>joker</i>. Is there any evidence to support this? Are there any other theories? <br /><br />Were there any patents, registered trademarks, or registered copyrights from the 1860s or early 1870s related to the joker? Given the fierce competition among the card publishers and their patenting indices and designs, it seems odd that there are no efforts to protect these innovations related to jokers with patents or other intellectual property filings.</div></div><br />Does the Carey collection have any information about the early jokers? ANSWER: I looked it up. Nothing in the published catalog.<br /><br />Can higher resolution copies of these pictures be collected? What would it show us? In my collection, at this time, I have only two jokers that are described above:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBhYanwJVqYHUnV2-PCJ-1lFuaIyw-BbOEUAykhJlEY1NX54br8ktsEj2k1p0D-Qzd9DjYVsAl50M4usdtD7wdqLfvMiEKeKhjbKItttR5HkXQaTf8wUmcyHmK9DSY7u-0V9JkfRnHxbuwuYcBsa9U_E8jncbY5BA2UBg_q-4NYguWr_jVfpSotWk/s3974/oldest-jokers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2735" data-original-width="3974" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBhYanwJVqYHUnV2-PCJ-1lFuaIyw-BbOEUAykhJlEY1NX54br8ktsEj2k1p0D-Qzd9DjYVsAl50M4usdtD7wdqLfvMiEKeKhjbKItttR5HkXQaTf8wUmcyHmK9DSY7u-0V9JkfRnHxbuwuYcBsa9U_E8jncbY5BA2UBg_q-4NYguWr_jVfpSotWk/s320/oldest-jokers.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div> </div><p></p><p><br /></p></div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-85664784418857409492023-11-19T13:13:00.005-05:002023-11-22T19:40:44.742-05:0052 Plus Joker Conference 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOl0n1FZbc7zS4b81AYct50cEVf3J6T25glzlol9P6eTXU_vX9aH8e3QwhpmIz6EJFsYd2jphxwXiHqIBM7BA32ADS7_iVSJ4hBFc9ogLmz2EJiddTdzukX2eXgpH2X_nggXXMW_blQLT-uE1INImY5287xRWqqodJK46sKrEAIE92iJZl22ULIik/s2048/52PlusJokers-Cleveland.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOl0n1FZbc7zS4b81AYct50cEVf3J6T25glzlol9P6eTXU_vX9aH8e3QwhpmIz6EJFsYd2jphxwXiHqIBM7BA32ADS7_iVSJ4hBFc9ogLmz2EJiddTdzukX2eXgpH2X_nggXXMW_blQLT-uE1INImY5287xRWqqodJK46sKrEAIE92iJZl22ULIik/w229-h229/52PlusJokers-Cleveland.jpg" width="229" /></a></div> In October, of 2023 I went to my first ever Playing Card Conference. I went to a town near Cleveland to attend the<i><b><a href="https://52plusjoker.org/" target="_blank"> 2023 52 Plus Joker Conference</a></b></i>. I had a fabulous time meeting the people, learning about cards and their history, and collecting a ton of jokers and decks of cards to take home.<br /><p></p><p><b>The People</b></p><p>I was mostly just having a good time. As in, I somewhat squandered the opportunity to get pictures of the famous and hallowed celebrities of the playing card world. </p><p>I was greeted at the entrance by the doyenne herself, the queen, Judy Dawson. Having spent untold hours looking at the Hoffman Encyclopedia that she and Tom compiled, this alone was worth the trek to Cleveland.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImiYjbCM-QAaVO3ivervK3BjRZ6foieOwxrNoZRjfxfAKfdpK0ILUkAg0xzdDa3UZVAorMIL-4AFnpw46oMpBqWRNy1q0N3wD9NzSLUJ19qpRYbBwW5Tjmjp79N4DnFbVQ4pZ0ybdTSUP1hyCs5UPp8P0rKUy2AuQYlm3wG-teqpqpTy4n16wpX9c/s4032/judydawson.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImiYjbCM-QAaVO3ivervK3BjRZ6foieOwxrNoZRjfxfAKfdpK0ILUkAg0xzdDa3UZVAorMIL-4AFnpw46oMpBqWRNy1q0N3wD9NzSLUJ19qpRYbBwW5Tjmjp79N4DnFbVQ4pZ0ybdTSUP1hyCs5UPp8P0rKUy2AuQYlm3wG-teqpqpTy4n16wpX9c/s320/judydawson.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Doyenne, The Queen: Judy Dawson with John Edelson</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I also met (mentioned in no particular order): Lee Asher (Visionary Leader), Dave and Kevan Seeney (CongressGuy & Card Historian) , Phil Bolhagen and wife (Collector, Author, Dealer), Steve Bacon (<a href="https://www.rubylane.com/shop/twoforhisheels" target="_blank">Two for His Heels</a>), Rosemary Reid (Magician, designer, empowerment), Paul Bostock (Worshipful Society, financial wit), Joop (<a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/08/shopping-socializing-seeing-in-zaandijk.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">my 2nd meeting</a> with him and I still stumble on the pronunciation of his name), David Blaine, Emily Sleight, Alex Clays, Greg Loschen and so on and so on and so on. Since I've named this many I should name the others. It was a small conference and we all pretty much met each other.<i><b><a href="https://tylerhergott.pixieset.com/52joker2023/" target="_blank"> Want to the see the attendees?</a></b></i> <div><p><b>Here's what I learned</b></p><p>I learned a ton which will mostly show up in different posts. There were the talks all of which were great. Of course, you actually have to be interested in card collecting, design, and history which in fact I am. Now, I am not only interested, I am slightly less ignorant.</p><p>I also learned from just chatting with people. From the Seeneys, I learned Congress and other American card history. From Phil, tons about investing in playing cards. From Alex Clays, I got a historical perspective about cruise ships going back centuries and their playing cards. From Rosemary, I learned about her study on women's careers in magic entertainment. </p><p>I studied and meditated upon the exhibit put together by Rory Rennick which was the most impactful part of the show to me. I met him, his wife Angela, the sister Sandi, and his Mom. Here is me with the King and Queen of Clubs (Rory and Angela). Much more about their exhibit in a separate post. I had heard him speak online before but seeing the exhibit in person and meeting him was special. I think what he has assembled is world class research and curation and I hope it gets the museum attention and exposure that it deserves. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uUS5tjpb0E8-kip4PKYwBRbmbGpRIHTxtjRXjOfCQiwytvn7mYDeZFrGd4W-kp63gTYqWibfeaYOpSUJbWIIX1dW2ZRjK3WU6pyDxyj6Isf4UCPFX2gOJfAPpGNj61mueHgymLMDOQRaqyD4RFrVBXl-hQoENk9DrmA_Xj2VjQgND6dnRFOpeL4C/s4032/roryangelarennick.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Rory and Angela Rennick" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uUS5tjpb0E8-kip4PKYwBRbmbGpRIHTxtjRXjOfCQiwytvn7mYDeZFrGd4W-kp63gTYqWibfeaYOpSUJbWIIX1dW2ZRjK3WU6pyDxyj6Isf4UCPFX2gOJfAPpGNj61mueHgymLMDOQRaqyD4RFrVBXl-hQoENk9DrmA_Xj2VjQgND6dnRFOpeL4C/w300-h400/roryangelarennick.jpg" title="Rory and Angela Rennick" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rory and Angela Rennick</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>A ton of new jokers and decks of cards</b></p><p>I bought decks and cards from the trading floor, the silent auction, and the live auction. Did some trading (including free for free with the lady from Iceland). But mostly I bought from Phil Bollhagen and his wife. I was outbid by the CongressGuy for a deck with a Dundreary joker (he bought it for $475).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ52Vbq_jgM67s0hJ873It6y6InaGb_V0Toc-9F19rJRf0gGM3mOv6TZ-E2n_89PR54cD3HLRgmvAfFqTmYmiRxmIChOzpuFXeBGya24NYo58wcuq61XFlOqDBto8AJAvS9ZKMJEr-r9-X39u_bLu6Toxr2Qbgm0G3clvXuzGb4FROG3f6SREUfhI6/s4032/philbollagon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ52Vbq_jgM67s0hJ873It6y6InaGb_V0Toc-9F19rJRf0gGM3mOv6TZ-E2n_89PR54cD3HLRgmvAfFqTmYmiRxmIChOzpuFXeBGya24NYo58wcuq61XFlOqDBto8AJAvS9ZKMJEr-r9-X39u_bLu6Toxr2Qbgm0G3clvXuzGb4FROG3f6SREUfhI6/s320/philbollagon.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZ3rQQFKxrpD7TA-5CKRFu5TofUxr0_Mw9dm57DnxxiwT-wWaQ7XzDECbRDbZ2jNWRXvilOts0BJbjDMQwspr9_pS1jCT-yacitS1ck2ISzbevBDNp2VtfP_lrKfWrR1I1VM9vUJv-atmKRXOshSiWrLbStgTGg0-60R8JGOCxpYzVNDtmtGM7Mv9/s4032/IMG-1736.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It costs $25 per year and includes a printed magazine a few times a year (<i>Clear the Decks</i>) plus a monthly online magazine (Card Culture) both of which are very professionally written. Pl;us a website, a forum, convention, and auctions etc etc. If you've read this far, JOIN IT!<p></p></div></div><div>Want to read more about joker collecting?</div><div>Other posts about old decks in my collection:<div><br /></div><div>Joker Index - How to Organize <b><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2019/12/my-joker-taxonomy.html">Organize Ten Thousand Jokers</a></i></b></div><div><div><i><b>Original Post on <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/06/buying-old-jokers-requires-buying-old.html">having to collect old decks</a> to get great old jokers</b></i></div><div><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/congress-antique-decks-of-cards.html">My Old Congress 606 Decks</a></b></i></div><div><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/advertising-jokers-from-yesteryear.html">My old advertising decks</a></b></i></div><div><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/display-of-congress-and-advertising.html"><b>My Display of Congress and Advertising decks </b></a></i></div></div></div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-46159828550793870862023-11-16T09:11:00.003-05:002023-11-16T09:11:21.791-05:00Subtle Differences between Bicycle Jokers<p> The eight <u style="font-weight: bold;">jokers below might appear at first glance to be the same. Can you identify the differences? </u></p><p>They are numbered with a full explanation about the details below the eight. <br /><br />The credit (not the blame) for the inspiration about this section goes to Allen Potter of the FB Jokers Collector Club. He did a series of 10 posts about Bicycle jokers in Nov 2022 which trained me to see my Bicycle jokers with an enhanced attention to detail. BTW, please leave a comment at the end about your thoughts on this little game.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> Joker 1</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5cWQrpLG1r7DOjVzSsOhPE9hOhhp4azih9YoiCXx6Ea9mBvMMZxfUBherQfGHgJBDnAoUP0r-sFq1aCRrO4mNbiJzgMFBgNcYKcUx8kKeRRyby0fK0mlVsZddGGEOvj061_wFpHqNm1nWaOgmwZ3SGroHZdMgHaRo9_jJplXda0-A9Jji8GiCQ/s320/IMG-7354.jpg" width="240" /><span> </span></div><p><b>Joker 2</b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAa-ubH0WHOnCocq0L0G3NfIsXDnoBTKg1Jr3bJqdXG3Tw3dzwuMXPWaHfG0p0B5KGDa4APvDxpGwTFLdQXFNBw7k844O1YERAXemlxJqQ56oze2TU8CnOrECCw--WsQhNXb7MHZU3hzzaQufAiUlIDSYY5R-vUCen2l3-Epf0S2s_AoS7qtUyw/s4032/IMG-7353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAa-ubH0WHOnCocq0L0G3NfIsXDnoBTKg1Jr3bJqdXG3Tw3dzwuMXPWaHfG0p0B5KGDa4APvDxpGwTFLdQXFNBw7k844O1YERAXemlxJqQ56oze2TU8CnOrECCw--WsQhNXb7MHZU3hzzaQufAiUlIDSYY5R-vUCen2l3-Epf0S2s_AoS7qtUyw/s320/IMG-7353.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p><b>Joker 3</b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9CtKnxVwvf08aBL0Iq2wL_kpB-zyDFbC4jkg7Pzhvy9kmLDVBeNJ8SMWhXkvhOaTVuzIXU2m6Q5RJt3YyMwHpJWw2GJvcPzv2Yg_Ap4op0Bu3dYaoSF7D6Ot32Hz8GAM3yO_jNXczZwrY-7LCwRyi47aza3i9tFuTFwrzfsWV7T9zbRvIPqfvA/s4032/IMG-7352.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9CtKnxVwvf08aBL0Iq2wL_kpB-zyDFbC4jkg7Pzhvy9kmLDVBeNJ8SMWhXkvhOaTVuzIXU2m6Q5RJt3YyMwHpJWw2GJvcPzv2Yg_Ap4op0Bu3dYaoSF7D6Ot32Hz8GAM3yO_jNXczZwrY-7LCwRyi47aza3i9tFuTFwrzfsWV7T9zbRvIPqfvA/s320/IMG-7352.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p><b>Joker 4</b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnYQpJw0ZWXGUCd_PBvq7JuZHwpz4LgqI4hRc-YlP6Ik-L7RDtPNgVBO0W7wynHBOUJeZLSVZaWYq6vxCoUhOGu7A9cX3_QazH3iwhH8aJQN19ewjfqK7qrrV1I6jniNlAgdkCS_jwj8FNUjgYUd6oAUjhzu20OqY56-_BMj5iW37usmCw3YaTQ/s320/IMG-7349.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p><b>Jokers 6</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobKxUpaXPiuRyjFyT9v2Fsru8vkL6MuchYvMohAqGbx3XPYA5gybK_Nz_5Gm2BlMHblIijZktA_Mi4XAI3iV-oJSrKyZmynfrM_7HnefZNp6i48TBd5cUcooKvsbGidMTXQF3zZdpQEDhhgxQv0Z48_wPP1ggtQtIFEsEPn1MUyZ4K8hSyhLF3A/s4032/bicycle%20jokers%20copyrighted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1859" data-original-width="4032" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobKxUpaXPiuRyjFyT9v2Fsru8vkL6MuchYvMohAqGbx3XPYA5gybK_Nz_5Gm2BlMHblIijZktA_Mi4XAI3iV-oJSrKyZmynfrM_7HnefZNp6i48TBd5cUcooKvsbGidMTXQF3zZdpQEDhhgxQv0Z48_wPP1ggtQtIFEsEPn1MUyZ4K8hSyhLF3A/w640-h296/bicycle%20jokers%20copyrighted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><b>Joker 7</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPLTkZ1yH1pI-9eyT0Gq80rUTYrQVKm1YIlvWDyxkC7jOXhLx4e-K12D278mNapNRgaaYw7bNB_bLhvpH4-iLxpkrmxhSR38wuQJULLDNraXThPeidYo1mPUNvFRPlR0TWiYeGzk1ThWfzYIHUcpuOCk8OKrck0wZbY8S6WwL2ncL7_mfi8WHUA/w640-h480/milestone%20numbers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /><b> Puzzle Answers</b><br /></p><p></p><p><b>Joker 1</b> is cool in a few ways. The enlarged indices are part of it but so is the US address which predates the modern Zip code system (introduced in 1963).</p><p><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5cWQrpLG1r7DOjVzSsOhPE9hOhhp4azih9YoiCXx6Ea9mBvMMZxfUBherQfGHgJBDnAoUP0r-sFq1aCRrO4mNbiJzgMFBgNcYKcUx8kKeRRyby0fK0mlVsZddGGEOvj061_wFpHqNm1nWaOgmwZ3SGroHZdMgHaRo9_jJplXda0-A9Jji8GiCQ/w150-h200/IMG-7354.jpg" style="text-align: center;" width="150" /></p><p></p><p><b>Joker 2</b>: The king has been replaced by Santa Claus with a sack on his back full of toys. Allen pointed this out and I found one with Santa in my collection that I hadn't noticed. He says that it was published as part of a special Christmas Edition 1993/1994. There are full sized images of this which I am now looking for. Some other differences to notice between 1 and 2 include the size of the corner indices, the font used for the word Guarantee, the wording of the Guarantee, and the address of the Guarantee.<br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAa-ubH0WHOnCocq0L0G3NfIsXDnoBTKg1Jr3bJqdXG3Tw3dzwuMXPWaHfG0p0B5KGDa4APvDxpGwTFLdQXFNBw7k844O1YERAXemlxJqQ56oze2TU8CnOrECCw--WsQhNXb7MHZU3hzzaQufAiUlIDSYY5R-vUCen2l3-Epf0S2s_AoS7qtUyw/s4032/IMG-7353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAa-ubH0WHOnCocq0L0G3NfIsXDnoBTKg1Jr3bJqdXG3Tw3dzwuMXPWaHfG0p0B5KGDa4APvDxpGwTFLdQXFNBw7k844O1YERAXemlxJqQ56oze2TU8CnOrECCw--WsQhNXb7MHZU3hzzaQufAiUlIDSYY5R-vUCen2l3-Epf0S2s_AoS7qtUyw/w150-h200/IMG-7353.jpg" width="150" /></a></p><p></p><p><b> Joker 3:</b> The king is wearing a jester hat.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9CtKnxVwvf08aBL0Iq2wL_kpB-zyDFbC4jkg7Pzhvy9kmLDVBeNJ8SMWhXkvhOaTVuzIXU2m6Q5RJt3YyMwHpJWw2GJvcPzv2Yg_Ap4op0Bu3dYaoSF7D6Ot32Hz8GAM3yO_jNXczZwrY-7LCwRyi47aza3i9tFuTFwrzfsWV7T9zbRvIPqfvA/s4032/IMG-7352.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9CtKnxVwvf08aBL0Iq2wL_kpB-zyDFbC4jkg7Pzhvy9kmLDVBeNJ8SMWhXkvhOaTVuzIXU2m6Q5RJt3YyMwHpJWw2GJvcPzv2Yg_Ap4op0Bu3dYaoSF7D6Ot32Hz8GAM3yO_jNXczZwrY-7LCwRyi47aza3i9tFuTFwrzfsWV7T9zbRvIPqfvA/w150-h200/IMG-7352.jpg" width="150" /></a></p><p><b>Joker 4:</b> The milestone has 88 on it which is less common. Usually, as on #3, it's 808 which refers to the Bicycle product line. The 88 refers to the enlarged corner indices. A milestone dates from Roman times when their roads including mile markers, on stones.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPfjnyWS1tEK9XUz__2eGGY6YXSrDguOy3BiW5XNEHO4UVIeSDGlYy68HVkMesjiYD8d44Bd21zbnz8UnCXMUzh4GnZ3d_FveSlEf3g4SP55T8hb9VwzYgRQs8XmCPoAPdrNVRufR4ekFkq5EDkF9_CTMb0JcENHxJiTJ-jQ5O7vUE4wnAY4REQ/s4032/IMG-7350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPfjnyWS1tEK9XUz__2eGGY6YXSrDguOy3BiW5XNEHO4UVIeSDGlYy68HVkMesjiYD8d44Bd21zbnz8UnCXMUzh4GnZ3d_FveSlEf3g4SP55T8hb9VwzYgRQs8XmCPoAPdrNVRufR4ekFkq5EDkF9_CTMb0JcENHxJiTJ-jQ5O7vUE4wnAY4REQ/w150-h200/IMG-7350.jpg" width="150" /></a><br /><br /></p><p><b>Joker 5. </b>The king has been replaced by a queen. And the milestone marker says 1850, the date of the launch of the first Bicycle Playing Cards. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnYQpJw0ZWXGUCd_PBvq7JuZHwpz4LgqI4hRc-YlP6Ik-L7RDtPNgVBO0W7wynHBOUJeZLSVZaWYq6vxCoUhOGu7A9cX3_QazH3iwhH8aJQN19ewjfqK7qrrV1I6jniNlAgdkCS_jwj8FNUjgYUd6oAUjhzu20OqY56-_BMj5iW37usmCw3YaTQ/s4032/IMG-7349.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnYQpJw0ZWXGUCd_PBvq7JuZHwpz4LgqI4hRc-YlP6Ik-L7RDtPNgVBO0W7wynHBOUJeZLSVZaWYq6vxCoUhOGu7A9cX3_QazH3iwhH8aJQN19ewjfqK7qrrV1I6jniNlAgdkCS_jwj8FNUjgYUd6oAUjhzu20OqY56-_BMj5iW37usmCw3YaTQ/w150-h200/IMG-7349.jpg" width="150" /></a></p><p><b>Joker 6.</b> You'll need to look closely at the pictures to catch what's special about those three. Right above the milestone, there is a registered copyright notice (a little C in a circle). This is very unusual. Usually, there is either nothing or a registered trademark (a little R in a circle). I have no idea why this one has a copyright notice. But don't get me started talking about the difference between a copyright and trademark for a few reasons, one is that I only barely understand it..</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobKxUpaXPiuRyjFyT9v2Fsru8vkL6MuchYvMohAqGbx3XPYA5gybK_Nz_5Gm2BlMHblIijZktA_Mi4XAI3iV-oJSrKyZmynfrM_7HnefZNp6i48TBd5cUcooKvsbGidMTXQF3zZdpQEDhhgxQv0Z48_wPP1ggtQtIFEsEPn1MUyZ4K8hSyhLF3A/s4032/bicycle%20jokers%20copyrighted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1859" data-original-width="4032" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobKxUpaXPiuRyjFyT9v2Fsru8vkL6MuchYvMohAqGbx3XPYA5gybK_Nz_5Gm2BlMHblIijZktA_Mi4XAI3iV-oJSrKyZmynfrM_7HnefZNp6i48TBd5cUcooKvsbGidMTXQF3zZdpQEDhhgxQv0Z48_wPP1ggtQtIFEsEPn1MUyZ4K8hSyhLF3A/w320-h149/bicycle%20jokers%20copyrighted.jpg" width="320" /></b></a></p><p><b>Joker 7 </b>has a little manufacturing number at the bottom, tiny text. Here is a link <a href="https://bicyclecards.org/uspcc-dating-code/" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">to the USPCC website where they explain how the codes indicate the year of manufacture</a><b style="font-style: italic;"> </b>which is usually on the ace of spades and sometimes on the joker. Note that the explanation does not in any way help explain these letters. <span style="font-size: x-small;">366 75</span>. Stay tuned as I research it.<br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPY8UWOc1-vrHmoAKbj3pR19EGB5sr0olwcH5qpBDCgill26lnFqN9y6kv5eX9-ee6SZLuAlC6OBqgFCc1nZf5rp-0zuOeSglVms_9QNUBmL7TMgbC-81awthmWCZr2SqvFLLcLQ-e98ZjwOoUSI6hvWyWtDtuiN2UKy1tdxAmgr-W4RCa0VQ62w/s4032/joker%20with%20manufacturing%20numbering.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPY8UWOc1-vrHmoAKbj3pR19EGB5sr0olwcH5qpBDCgill26lnFqN9y6kv5eX9-ee6SZLuAlC6OBqgFCc1nZf5rp-0zuOeSglVms_9QNUBmL7TMgbC-81awthmWCZr2SqvFLLcLQ-e98ZjwOoUSI6hvWyWtDtuiN2UKy1tdxAmgr-W4RCa0VQ62w/w150-h200/joker%20with%20manufacturing%20numbering.jpg" width="150" /></a></p><p><b>Jokers 8 </b>have different markings on the milestone:" one is blank, the other is 808. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPLTkZ1yH1pI-9eyT0Gq80rUTYrQVKm1YIlvWDyxkC7jOXhLx4e-K12D278mNapNRgaaYw7bNB_bLhvpH4-iLxpkrmxhSR38wuQJULLDNraXThPeidYo1mPUNvFRPlR0TWiYeGzk1ThWfzYIHUcpuOCk8OKrck0wZbY8S6WwL2ncL7_mfi8WHUA/s4032/milestone%20numbers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPLTkZ1yH1pI-9eyT0Gq80rUTYrQVKm1YIlvWDyxkC7jOXhLx4e-K12D278mNapNRgaaYw7bNB_bLhvpH4-iLxpkrmxhSR38wuQJULLDNraXThPeidYo1mPUNvFRPlR0TWiYeGzk1ThWfzYIHUcpuOCk8OKrck0wZbY8S6WwL2ncL7_mfi8WHUA/w200-h150/milestone%20numbers.jpg" width="200" /></a></p><p>Enjoy this little game? Leave a comment and say so.</p><div><br /></div><div><b>Learn More about the Bicycle Brand? </b>I have written about <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/"><b><i>the Air Cushion finish of Bicycle Card</i></b></a>s?<b><br /></b></div><div>The <i><b><a href="https://www.wopc.co.uk/usa/uspcc/bicycle-808" target="_blank">World Of Playing Cards website </a></b></i>has a great article on the early Bicycle decks. Mouthwatering!<br />Here's the<b><i><a href="https://bicyclecards.com/history" target="_blank"> Bicycle and USPCC history</a></i></b> as written by themselves!</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's my article on t<a href="https://www.astonishcartes.com/bicycle-808-vs-807?fbclid=IwAR3w3prlezxBGn67cJ-bkOkwgw1eJnHM2S-6tpCF7Oig2_2aLV6KxPWE9As" target="_blank"><b><i>he Bicycle 808 (versus 807)</i></b></a>. Key point. The 808 was an early USPCC manufacturing code. The first deck produced was 101, the second was 202, and the eighth was coded 808. It was the Bicycle brand which was such a hit that it survives to this day.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>I have<b><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/10/unicycle-jokers.html"> the unicycle jokers</a></i></b> in a separate section. They're grouped with the skaters. Check them out now! What to see next?</div><div> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Want to see the <b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animals-cat-and-dog-jokers.html"><i>Cat Jokers</i></a></b>? <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/10/alice-in-wonderland-jokers.html"><b><i>Alice in Wonderland Jokers</i></b></a>? <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/05/pretty-girls-in-bikinis.html"><b><i>Pretty Girls in Bikinis Jokers</i></b></a>? Overall <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2019/12/my-joker-taxonomy.html"><b><i>organization of the joker collection</i></b></a>?<br />Or, go read about the history of the <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/08/us-playing-card-company.html"><b><i>US Playing Card Company</i></b></a><b><i> </i></b> or another popular historic US Playing Card Company Brand: <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2018/01/congress-jokers.html">Congress Jokers</a></b></i>).<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Now might also be a good time to read about<a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2019/12/my-joker-taxonomy.html"><b><i> the overall joker collection taxonomy or organization</i></b></a>. </div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-21340806508710036172023-11-14T21:33:00.004-05:002023-11-20T20:19:18.715-05:00Abstract Designs or Dragons? <p>Sometimes, I see it. <br />Sometimes I don't. <br />Sometimes, I think I'm going crazy trying to see it. Or for having seen it.<br />So, I think it's time to talk about these designs.</p><p>Are they simply abstract designs with a few hints of this and that? <br />Or are these stylized somewhat-deconstructed (cubist?) dragons? Is this a sort of art deco approach?Thoughts?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNS0f2b-qtUwG8XJGO-DT1McLDeqWuJt54mYgtYQ40Mdq86Z8ulgXA9rCmv0dHKkTcSB0MzhlpYNJlehKsKGCvgjw-bKuFZeZItb9CeLAik4ojxRP2xeEns7pujvEXNvhINM9G3vh6sp-Z3PGpLZFQwB8wZtmLvsXuYYcQTiJKFwj1aJge04uNmvu/s4032/IMG_2126.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNS0f2b-qtUwG8XJGO-DT1McLDeqWuJt54mYgtYQ40Mdq86Z8ulgXA9rCmv0dHKkTcSB0MzhlpYNJlehKsKGCvgjw-bKuFZeZItb9CeLAik4ojxRP2xeEns7pujvEXNvhINM9G3vh6sp-Z3PGpLZFQwB8wZtmLvsXuYYcQTiJKFwj1aJge04uNmvu/s320/IMG_2126.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79fDGwUxh1Dl6FPlA4nrhEoq10mHAPuz7_8crOTaK6qDmSDdiEd8W7AguB62YhLGfiVeVPy2cCQmI3ZansdEiGEqoWOUdXkkfQLtuKyQOb2qVEQmCQtrXZQybNMjTEwqdkPjwU__EqFdq81Aw73o4FqgiPsm5Y4UB22JjEo7wsZ-osHPfm_8wFekf/s4032/IMG_2127.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79fDGwUxh1Dl6FPlA4nrhEoq10mHAPuz7_8crOTaK6qDmSDdiEd8W7AguB62YhLGfiVeVPy2cCQmI3ZansdEiGEqoWOUdXkkfQLtuKyQOb2qVEQmCQtrXZQybNMjTEwqdkPjwU__EqFdq81Aw73o4FqgiPsm5Y4UB22JjEo7wsZ-osHPfm_8wFekf/s320/IMG_2127.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmV2ThQM9NaJJMPNiNWiOGKZ5AY5o1lEAC2zGQETiI2DzdAIy0Su2cnjNiiDYYQq1_BspfL7_9gRZJxSFGpe0yokqKT1gdyjPfIuSISZ0NfQZLZGGteU5d3E1dRph56Kd_Bg7OfplOXKFa07I7xheROw3Jd8pFnNUeFaBXjG_Fm147FIyjB3RFnqoA/s4032/IMG_2128.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmV2ThQM9NaJJMPNiNWiOGKZ5AY5o1lEAC2zGQETiI2DzdAIy0Su2cnjNiiDYYQq1_BspfL7_9gRZJxSFGpe0yokqKT1gdyjPfIuSISZ0NfQZLZGGteU5d3E1dRph56Kd_Bg7OfplOXKFa07I7xheROw3Jd8pFnNUeFaBXjG_Fm147FIyjB3RFnqoA/s320/IMG_2128.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjO9Z7DbPfa1bRy5cf6pDM8diuJZ4Ibjj6LvLCjmzCs0FAK2vT8QUcGo5qOh2CCXZd03ijNMxFQVtTfCUlHJWB5gAav1DHJNLHtv6YMlilUspWG9Th7HlQa9ce-mVirXCGKSZDY7U3GJBhJ0tRrSSAYoMf4IRL3wDu6jSwbfwQvBlr2h4y-6iAkLx4/s4032/IMG_2131.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjO9Z7DbPfa1bRy5cf6pDM8diuJZ4Ibjj6LvLCjmzCs0FAK2vT8QUcGo5qOh2CCXZd03ijNMxFQVtTfCUlHJWB5gAav1DHJNLHtv6YMlilUspWG9Th7HlQa9ce-mVirXCGKSZDY7U3GJBhJ0tRrSSAYoMf4IRL3wDu6jSwbfwQvBlr2h4y-6iAkLx4/s320/IMG_2131.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqB3b5Uck6LA7-ppPZzsfWYHSVrGYryrFaMg6rJR3z7yO1AnZyUfXXUQA6kXVpRO6yOB7v74JubuPW6E-TMC0waOzFWpVXxRE_3DFJ1j8zfDJ2Ax7asIEOv-uD8iLAFxdLuFfLJ0D1AC4UeXXG3Py_SbfFMgNv5wJjJS4eIBkR8XjdNNNNDLS_z4X6/s4032/IMG_2132.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqB3b5Uck6LA7-ppPZzsfWYHSVrGYryrFaMg6rJR3z7yO1AnZyUfXXUQA6kXVpRO6yOB7v74JubuPW6E-TMC0waOzFWpVXxRE_3DFJ1j8zfDJ2Ax7asIEOv-uD8iLAFxdLuFfLJ0D1AC4UeXXG3Py_SbfFMgNv5wJjJS4eIBkR8XjdNNNNDLS_z4X6/s320/IMG_2132.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Here's that last one again but some parts of the dragon anatomy encircled.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fSsAPeY5KjpCDdwulZCCk4qJ5x9UPYdJ2f4M7DPP4P0F_IY1bw5Nq-GxSqg-nJps7HiDFbonGf_KdEYGDV1h7x8I_8Zsxxt_2lfnloV4a_dAGiT9ukAZshf-Af8Uz4TulIr2r6JLOsm9iAzAooGX0jcDPIpFRv2ni5vwuIMJKr14NGAkMHYKzL4r/s4032/see%20it.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fSsAPeY5KjpCDdwulZCCk4qJ5x9UPYdJ2f4M7DPP4P0F_IY1bw5Nq-GxSqg-nJps7HiDFbonGf_KdEYGDV1h7x8I_8Zsxxt_2lfnloV4a_dAGiT9ukAZshf-Af8Uz4TulIr2r6JLOsm9iAzAooGX0jcDPIpFRv2ni5vwuIMJKr14NGAkMHYKzL4r/s320/see%20it.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Click for <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/03/dragon-jokers-they-can-fly.html">more dragon jokers</a></b></i>. Here's two quick peeks....</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMEpNws8sZ_0Yt8QsSTCPXAUg_ytb56yoH3zpAaTFBjQ7MDAyrM-z3klu5QZrqfMQcwBuCxt7zZCBDiHUdCq8t6YVa7NPkqJjs2JfVuRieMfNzdgjrN3fvaD2m3IW8_Ma_tvlKhpT64nXorM7CQbsNpAu0CyqkgMm0_Cv76MZKyvBM5tlbZedFRg7/s320/all%20yellow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMEpNws8sZ_0Yt8QsSTCPXAUg_ytb56yoH3zpAaTFBjQ7MDAyrM-z3klu5QZrqfMQcwBuCxt7zZCBDiHUdCq8t6YVa7NPkqJjs2JfVuRieMfNzdgjrN3fvaD2m3IW8_Ma_tvlKhpT64nXorM7CQbsNpAu0CyqkgMm0_Cv76MZKyvBM5tlbZedFRg7/s1600/all%20yellow.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi99G5OkVkKWw46UyyJC2A_gTJ4QGzL_1iD5nnzaXnxpc0En2gLFDg90I8AJwY7K3h1Qom5J0DtTrr2cXy93t4hbgZoQVVOuGb3TgZw0ori6w9efv73Wj5AZ8Isl7P8PgZLKHBYn2mLKPpb7-mOAk0drWMfaJyAMefhy8K7qotORPZEa51B9pTzz0nB/s320/snake%20tailed%20dragon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi99G5OkVkKWw46UyyJC2A_gTJ4QGzL_1iD5nnzaXnxpc0En2gLFDg90I8AJwY7K3h1Qom5J0DtTrr2cXy93t4hbgZoQVVOuGb3TgZw0ori6w9efv73Wj5AZ8Isl7P8PgZLKHBYn2mLKPpb7-mOAk0drWMfaJyAMefhy8K7qotORPZEa51B9pTzz0nB/s1600/snake%20tailed%20dragon.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><div><div>Dragons are flyers so they are organized in the flyer animal joker section. It consists of:</div><div>- The <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/04/the-birds-and-bees-jokers.html">Birds and the Bees</a></b></i> Jokers <br />- <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/03/dragon-jokers-they-can-fly.html">Dragons: They can Fly!</a> </b></i></div><div>- <b><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/04/butterfly-jokers.html">Butterflies</a></i></b>. </div><div>- <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/abstract-designs-or-dragons.html">Stylized dragon images</a> (this article)</b></i> which are currently in <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/10/geometric-designs-on-jokers.html">the geometric design jokers</a></b></i>.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Lastly, want to see how I <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/10/jokers-on-wall.html"><i><b>put jokers on the walls tastefully</b></i></a>? </div><div><br /></div><div>Speaking of walls, here's the dragons on the wall in my office. One is a Chinese print bought in China in 1982 by a friend. The other is a kindergarten art project by my first born, my favorite young lady in the entire world.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4pl_SHvb4PIx2zl7mLDZK0jndi6vvqrYE94H7gvCyfUVsSfJGC0YdhKkKd8SVuC4s-lbTVpxwrRBL9yKbF3n3cugzyzm5fdwvT-MgIFjXjuNOjO6KLYQpop7DktxsA1yf7HJzdr46ppn2_trb9LL0lOmw5_BSVbvbu4owA-TnwAovCi25yYKGCXu/s640/dragons-desk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4pl_SHvb4PIx2zl7mLDZK0jndi6vvqrYE94H7gvCyfUVsSfJGC0YdhKkKd8SVuC4s-lbTVpxwrRBL9yKbF3n3cugzyzm5fdwvT-MgIFjXjuNOjO6KLYQpop7DktxsA1yf7HJzdr46ppn2_trb9LL0lOmw5_BSVbvbu4owA-TnwAovCi25yYKGCXu/s320/dragons-desk.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Here's the two mentions that I can find in The Hochman Encyclopedia of these geometric dragons:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSv7J4_703IyYOH7aeXcpXHhSGY9hd53bM7PrthD50_djRi67NaxAxS9Mp9VCIQiTBT0nmlQctNbjIoAYtsv5kZ71UBqACJ9iRURxgNxCSNlTNH777QZSTAFca_Y-ewjEJHZurQhtGlBwHGDxJL7JPjiYLCiRzLEq8n1EOX08vAV9b0hOzMpEdCfog/s3726/hochmanP50-1868.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3726" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSv7J4_703IyYOH7aeXcpXHhSGY9hd53bM7PrthD50_djRi67NaxAxS9Mp9VCIQiTBT0nmlQctNbjIoAYtsv5kZ71UBqACJ9iRURxgNxCSNlTNH777QZSTAFca_Y-ewjEJHZurQhtGlBwHGDxJL7JPjiYLCiRzLEq8n1EOX08vAV9b0hOzMpEdCfog/s320/hochmanP50-1868.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjZ14yNPsc1hjjYR00hlJBtSQLrcgX66LWkbjQfFiJ8SbLvnIGUac9jCOIf5tDRgrZumZzrafWnVoNSVIXPdyWrT_9kt90f5IeuASmN3-qtukjRI199EK8CwE_e8JwwHuB1C2a0oMKbFXbMtEZK9unh3NnCxmV7TTF1-buvlABcJvT02NI5DQqlAr/s3542/hochmanp58-1876.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2857" data-original-width="3542" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjZ14yNPsc1hjjYR00hlJBtSQLrcgX66LWkbjQfFiJ8SbLvnIGUac9jCOIf5tDRgrZumZzrafWnVoNSVIXPdyWrT_9kt90f5IeuASmN3-qtukjRI199EK8CwE_e8JwwHuB1C2a0oMKbFXbMtEZK9unh3NnCxmV7TTF1-buvlABcJvT02NI5DQqlAr/s320/hochmanp58-1876.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Notice that the first one has the 1868 date on it. In my mind, any joker published in the 1860s is a candidate for being the first or one of the first jokers (I assume that historical records are poor and that our best efforts are not yet definitive on these questions). Given the "Best Bower" message, these dragon jokers could be candidates for being Joker Zero (ie the first one). It appears to be the first joker by NYCC / Cohen / Hart per Hochman. </div><div><br /></div><div>Other candidates in Hochman for jokers in the 1860s are the Heathen Chinese jokers from Langley.</div><div><br /></div><div>One more thing: anyone able to help me identify this dragon joker which I recently added to my collection?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSIkiSAV7Np-SjQfn_A8MBlhU1uBZhyphenhyphen6LnU857-Lm-_ycLhp5JrsvxvNLkBPV_7BZcsl8Lyo46_wDHLItSAx-qaVx9dUiM4chBgdU_e8fohgw-edcYMHKFX-2zJNGhsTf3k8zE3oSRoxBBl8Ij7qOT8CA7aCyruUhe2PxdP7HsgKvtNVaZvAZkcOH/s4032/dragon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSIkiSAV7Np-SjQfn_A8MBlhU1uBZhyphenhyphen6LnU857-Lm-_ycLhp5JrsvxvNLkBPV_7BZcsl8Lyo46_wDHLItSAx-qaVx9dUiM4chBgdU_e8fohgw-edcYMHKFX-2zJNGhsTf3k8zE3oSRoxBBl8Ij7qOT8CA7aCyruUhe2PxdP7HsgKvtNVaZvAZkcOH/w300-h400/dragon.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p><br /></p></div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-41773539422394249852023-11-14T20:54:00.005-05:002023-11-19T16:49:05.476-05:00More Old American Decks<p>While I'm primarily a joker collector, I have also become a bit of a collector of old American decks (to support my joker collecting).</p><p>So rather than let the decks continue to accumulate haphazardly on my shelves and in boxes, I've decided to get them organized and stored properly. </p><p>Here's 20 decks that I just cataloged. I don't have a display for them yet. So I'm introducing:</p><p><b> Box 1, Row 3, Levels one and two<br /></b><span style="font-weight: 700; white-space: pre;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>20 Old American Decks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 462px; overflow: hidden; width: 454px;"><img height="462" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/d94j-lqo6dBznKGBHiuFAwNlBa_2T6V4yGaGgf8ye971a2eHi7NSOyUwMZkRkK0vwJtk6QebBVA5KGgu5TtuG7bDnox-xBRhC8UlJL0A1V1bAGAMDow_PjhlWFW8b7LSzEKwivOHLrGp8-3XTuC8vo0" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="454" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Row 1</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Top-Top</b></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Perfection Playing Cards.</span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Leather case. Hochman P118 </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> PU2 #350. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Philadelphia, c 1887.Jolly Joker jack-in-the-box style.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqw1taWi47kDkGnhwDXyTK-24UEhaE-WifNGVtQLLz7t0YM1LrNn-mvDtfLZM78DkHS6RJoeCQH0Cr2QKOmHUKMI0b7w4l5gFsm0Wn3UeHjL2PV6b9RDkEQRmz_YYIaO39OsKU_EV3BprFPNyc5pvsiMyyjeWqOtP7_XItejdKYAmLiifIRWfTCGU/s640/tiptop-perfection.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqw1taWi47kDkGnhwDXyTK-24UEhaE-WifNGVtQLLz7t0YM1LrNn-mvDtfLZM78DkHS6RJoeCQH0Cr2QKOmHUKMI0b7w4l5gFsm0Wn3UeHjL2PV6b9RDkEQRmz_YYIaO39OsKU_EV3BprFPNyc5pvsiMyyjeWqOtP7_XItejdKYAmLiifIRWfTCGU/s320/tiptop-perfection.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Steamboat 7-11. </b></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">RU13 Kalamazoo, Hochman P129. Joker with people picking cotton</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81I-DgVp_k-hswVCa2IuqmjL3h0AOQmoC99j7dtx6HkJTj8jAQSUF6oessVMi7qgEGJW7CgEwFxf_TNWvczu6I-nzhhGoac4C4Qo9Qf4tpMFFkmotr3uUQH2Fa0idGGcEN_TWV-zXC3Fa-l8f8zx4m_l1rA9lDPB6M58LUumTxu7MlC69fQCxK8Gd/s640/steamboat%207-11%20old.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81I-DgVp_k-hswVCa2IuqmjL3h0AOQmoC99j7dtx6HkJTj8jAQSUF6oessVMi7qgEGJW7CgEwFxf_TNWvczu6I-nzhhGoac4C4Qo9Qf4tpMFFkmotr3uUQH2Fa0idGGcEN_TWV-zXC3Fa-l8f8zx4m_l1rA9lDPB6M58LUumTxu7MlC69fQCxK8Gd/s320/steamboat%207-11%20old.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Recruits,</b></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Willis Russell. Hochman P125,RU1. 1906. Uncle Sam with three people</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfjAEmxwoM4pdwKNLuZs3ZfcEAWU1IlITxLWrP50rjyEH9oSbAhdMe50HJQXjA3zbfjNgXpQcaV4_jJVak-rOCK-ABo85XfNeAywb49mbZlf9-lDl0pbiYdZwY5cfpq3vzwogOdv1cQUFAAmVmkw9CtBRYlKTPW_6dpDLsf2CV5C9SQsIo_aG5TMzb/s6141/recruits-russell2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2180" data-original-width="6141" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfjAEmxwoM4pdwKNLuZs3ZfcEAWU1IlITxLWrP50rjyEH9oSbAhdMe50HJQXjA3zbfjNgXpQcaV4_jJVak-rOCK-ABo85XfNeAywb49mbZlf9-lDl0pbiYdZwY5cfpq3vzwogOdv1cQUFAAmVmkw9CtBRYlKTPW_6dpDLsf2CV5C9SQsIo_aG5TMzb/w400-h143/recruits-russell2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Perfection Playing Cards</b></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> - regal joker</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqx6NA5ekIk66iUeG-bTvOYFnNA2ExQQGlerZL2aCcbmutGXPZjyGk8ScEJb7RCh-u3BgsD73eZFEyVvLD1VRDOOuzrtxtxnsR5wrPBwSTagBM3PBTQVhjEPNkyDaMrdKTAa41Gtl4bIYz_n6QIoYlweo4hhfky3_c4cW1a3wfRoj7DxN8PGJL3ykR/s4489/perfection-regaljoker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2073" data-original-width="4489" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqx6NA5ekIk66iUeG-bTvOYFnNA2ExQQGlerZL2aCcbmutGXPZjyGk8ScEJb7RCh-u3BgsD73eZFEyVvLD1VRDOOuzrtxtxnsR5wrPBwSTagBM3PBTQVhjEPNkyDaMrdKTAa41Gtl4bIYz_n6QIoYlweo4hhfky3_c4cW1a3wfRoj7DxN8PGJL3ykR/w400-h185/perfection-regaljoker.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Leader. Perfection Playing Card. Hochman P118 #325 c1890. Little Joker</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3boq-VHaFSpqyQKasjVELJAy7BEWMyi87HLtT__DLBtxRyOKIZjlzXYzMqsn2bcXuWF8J24he5JqhS6xtMhThmxp-9dbTLJJO8MnhiVo43VOna4ldNeN_TbaRfwNv6RMgq-tEq_RTFi9HgysWyduJtxQmLNu-fQRqBGOEVkSl2TJ-OdZLCkxpGjr/s4477/perfection-little%20joker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2057" data-original-width="4477" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3boq-VHaFSpqyQKasjVELJAy7BEWMyi87HLtT__DLBtxRyOKIZjlzXYzMqsn2bcXuWF8J24he5JqhS6xtMhThmxp-9dbTLJJO8MnhiVo43VOna4ldNeN_TbaRfwNv6RMgq-tEq_RTFi9HgysWyduJtxQmLNu-fQRqBGOEVkSl2TJ-OdZLCkxpGjr/w400-h184/perfection-little%20joker.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b id="docs-internal-guid-520ded9d-7fff-77f3-f8ae-e911a58e16ff" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Row 2</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Globe Steamboats</b></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">. Hochman P38 L52ac 18887 2 boxes - Seated brooding joker</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWbFKk7IY4qypXuaQO_rP7c2MC44Wv6bDKWVj9wi9Yx6cJOPnR1XmRiNaF7CXRuTWqsizsMA4kUlaHwljwMJS4wuwGv4g2LiL_ABNQ__HGbEPAvG9AIOSbasjBSANi-HVmr1Fl4s6SD6xetf21HwmCp9bE_az1Hk_fpOwHbJKm8AkQ3P5gcXQwpYB/s6121/steamboats-AmericanPlayingCards-moping%20seated%20jester.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="6121" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWbFKk7IY4qypXuaQO_rP7c2MC44Wv6bDKWVj9wi9Yx6cJOPnR1XmRiNaF7CXRuTWqsizsMA4kUlaHwljwMJS4wuwGv4g2LiL_ABNQ__HGbEPAvG9AIOSbasjBSANi-HVmr1Fl4s6SD6xetf21HwmCp9bE_az1Hk_fpOwHbJKm8AkQ3P5gcXQwpYB/w400-h134/steamboats-AmericanPlayingCards-moping%20seated%20jester.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>246 American Playing Card</b></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">s - (not in Hochman) Geometric design joker</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdT_haVvC6w9BEOZzOte2BFunf9zNpjhEmtAWm5Z_fOJsLZdMw6MqV9GTsgdghDECoM8RjLp8uTcSUoPfTNTYH0UGOCDM7YA_P1mILVFUWseGVI6Y_Ax9HP1RJBy6dDZqzErGHf7w2M3jNjSBgDUvZry7gA6SpLniUMwcmxMvZudMEQuwvt9SjgOH/s5455/AmericanPlayingCards-design%20joker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2062" data-original-width="5455" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdT_haVvC6w9BEOZzOte2BFunf9zNpjhEmtAWm5Z_fOJsLZdMw6MqV9GTsgdghDECoM8RjLp8uTcSUoPfTNTYH0UGOCDM7YA_P1mILVFUWseGVI6Y_Ax9HP1RJBy6dDZqzErGHf7w2M3jNjSBgDUvZry7gA6SpLniUMwcmxMvZudMEQuwvt9SjgOH/w400-h151/AmericanPlayingCards-design%20joker.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b> </b></span></p><b>Brownies</b>. American Playing Card. Hochman P42 L76 #35. Other Brownie decks from Kalamazoo cards are from National Playing Card Company on P 112-114. Brownies on building. <br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadu9bAtXbZML-SicPctbYLbb27KGiOgk57OEapF1VmLjkYUAEzdF7Oe3vp7_uSqJZtiNNnNSGwIWLeE5Y6Dd9-rGeSGdU69B8OMf1_TKRjHNoQNrX6NNd3CtLxhisUAc5uxLT06nf1gl0lCDfC6EPBuxP-9HH4KB-ADtGy53itqbejrMCPKxowXKE/s405/brownie.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="304" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadu9bAtXbZML-SicPctbYLbb27KGiOgk57OEapF1VmLjkYUAEzdF7Oe3vp7_uSqJZtiNNnNSGwIWLeE5Y6Dd9-rGeSGdU69B8OMf1_TKRjHNoQNrX6NNd3CtLxhisUAc5uxLT06nf1gl0lCDfC6EPBuxP-9HH4KB-ADtGy53itqbejrMCPKxowXKE/w300-h400/brownie.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Take a close look at the this cartoon on the joker. </b>See the Uncle Sam figure on the lower left panel that is about to have a huge snowball dropped on him by NCC? Could it be, as suggested by Dave Seeney and Matt Schacht on the FB Jokers forum that the NCC (National Card Company) is ambushing Uncle Sam (the American Card Company)? Maybe:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span> </span>"U.S." is USPCC </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span> </span>CC maybe Consolidated Card Co (NYCC) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span> </span>AD Andrew Dougherty </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span> </span>SPC Standard Playing Card
Read about the</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><b><a href="https://thenationalcardco.weebly.com/the-brownies-and-their-jokers.html" target="_blank"> Brownie joker theory</a></b></i></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> as explained by (or attributed to) Palmer Cox (the inventor of the Brownies) himself!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1imHZOXZ1pB7eh5YdO-oQDU4hq0uz5PRP7skjJalD2LjPL76hWgIRlhbfVuQXATP_ay_GuzCM2jN7DX3R2xWWRA7BM6E7DD-v0GD_Lsg3ToaLm1uTNKs8202Q2OvZU3oEp_58JbtaBtjg1BoSRlfsnGRbzb2qxEX0p4llRnuh9jqdYhotTCqXzyy/s640/brownies%20close%20up.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1imHZOXZ1pB7eh5YdO-oQDU4hq0uz5PRP7skjJalD2LjPL76hWgIRlhbfVuQXATP_ay_GuzCM2jN7DX3R2xWWRA7BM6E7DD-v0GD_Lsg3ToaLm1uTNKs8202Q2OvZU3oEp_58JbtaBtjg1BoSRlfsnGRbzb2qxEX0p4llRnuh9jqdYhotTCqXzyy/w480-h640/brownies%20close%20up.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></b></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Capitol </b></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">USPC. Hochman P92 US10 #188 1896. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVksc9hjYZ3cr-IJV9w9pLmPgjkONcitS709THXSaNp6UzpbIaZunfpZQJVvfybys1Xi9UZoB2FAvJ5lL3oPrntxGvqGAb5_HAHakXn5aqAGpxryAuM6BktYg1NUHAcjodsN53UPhAT_cBq4ZuL-Ll0bCxkN3bXGqtl3Dw1esc11NFShunKvT_F_B/s6116/capitol%20cards.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2089" data-original-width="6116" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVksc9hjYZ3cr-IJV9w9pLmPgjkONcitS709THXSaNp6UzpbIaZunfpZQJVvfybys1Xi9UZoB2FAvJ5lL3oPrntxGvqGAb5_HAHakXn5aqAGpxryAuM6BktYg1NUHAcjodsN53UPhAT_cBq4ZuL-Ll0bCxkN3bXGqtl3Dw1esc11NFShunKvT_F_B/w640-h218/capitol%20cards.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b>Wild Frontier Picket </b></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Russell Morgan - joker man with musket. 1914 US30a Picket #515 on page 101 of Hochman.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HYgnE4m6kep805JXlmEJ3ZqSsu2XGId095paa3UexRek-cTdGlet3BNhqz0bUu6Stk7ATSvCg_9LNL304jnqMqk7gzr44JC36F47lcEjWZ5eDBfLRTCRDM0x2X1mWgRG31slC_RiDKOywY-LPQKt5BOJf9N_IWVAYXv3NzCi8h6CGmU0aRUZIaxL/s320/picket.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HYgnE4m6kep805JXlmEJ3ZqSsu2XGId095paa3UexRek-cTdGlet3BNhqz0bUu6Stk7ATSvCg_9LNL304jnqMqk7gzr44JC36F47lcEjWZ5eDBfLRTCRDM0x2X1mWgRG31slC_RiDKOywY-LPQKt5BOJf9N_IWVAYXv3NzCi8h6CGmU0aRUZIaxL/s1600/picket.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Row 3</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Panama Canal</span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Souvenir cards. Hochman P250 S50. 1926 - Destroyed tower on joker</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBLOFVusgUuRm7AR-SmZSfIninbMQQvbxGZQqhO1CMsjSxlMeYVNFYpph3MZFZQB-cgeNW6XauxRYS0jY1HgJl7-aywtvOmV5pfxoaUbSkCZbJ27GfDEzAh46DRdWszZxrHYQTgLGXVWa09YvvFsuz_qdZ2eT77LWmykuJxFJJuDMd2M3Hj8kX1n9/s4462/panama.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2080" data-original-width="4462" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBLOFVusgUuRm7AR-SmZSfIninbMQQvbxGZQqhO1CMsjSxlMeYVNFYpph3MZFZQB-cgeNW6XauxRYS0jY1HgJl7-aywtvOmV5pfxoaUbSkCZbJ27GfDEzAh46DRdWszZxrHYQTgLGXVWa09YvvFsuz_qdZ2eT77LWmykuJxFJJuDMd2M3Hj8kX1n9/w400-h186/panama.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Cabinet #707 </span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">US Playing Cards, Russell & Morgan PTG Co.c1890. </span><span style="white-space: pre;"> Cabinet P93 US12a </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;"> Pibus Unum</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVGDnfGBTRrqUW0hKlKSMz18_SOkKCks4w-I1XT9kWU5wwkmdFgPCxZ6ezSuqsUEH3nQtcvkaKv2EMb-5JjZ49XTw5fuHpWve4zWXI56owRjbnkwVpUisUfFSYnMqRMZUcjyZ_T44h083Dp-1PbThyVyQSv2nnog3NYHUPmxEGOCJmR_KWXvNv0kI/s4449/Cabinet707.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2064" data-original-width="4449" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVGDnfGBTRrqUW0hKlKSMz18_SOkKCks4w-I1XT9kWU5wwkmdFgPCxZ6ezSuqsUEH3nQtcvkaKv2EMb-5JjZ49XTw5fuHpWve4zWXI56owRjbnkwVpUisUfFSYnMqRMZUcjyZ_T44h083Dp-1PbThyVyQSv2nnog3NYHUPmxEGOCJmR_KWXvNv0kI/w400-h185/Cabinet707.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre;"><b> </b></span></p><b>Tourists</b> by Russell - P91 of Hoffman, US9 Tourists #155. "`Tourists were graded between Tigers and Sportsmans. From an 1887 advertisement, "They are a happy medium between unenameled cards (Tigers and Steamboats) and enameled cards (from Bicycles upward), having the finish of the former and the same style back as the latter.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpb8H8XTSrj3ayeX9o4ae3lPZdLOBaQOT7opj53P0ovebjx34yWzIxr2djUq_43flwBADHuPE8Og4abF7VeUMchrhHUBDlqGa50dRZFDsrdzv9nFMYn4jdRay8H2VITSkMtFPE93pH7ZtvcNYiafCP48AGNlwQ7lCo0gq_Xc1fvVr-nmQN8nqL1jf/s400/tourists.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggpb8H8XTSrj3ayeX9o4ae3lPZdLOBaQOT7opj53P0ovebjx34yWzIxr2djUq_43flwBADHuPE8Og4abF7VeUMchrhHUBDlqGa50dRZFDsrdzv9nFMYn4jdRay8H2VITSkMtFPE93pH7ZtvcNYiafCP48AGNlwQ7lCo0gq_Xc1fvVr-nmQN8nqL1jf/s320/tourists.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Pan American Exposition. </span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Hochman P250 XX18 1901. Notice that the back features the North and South American Continents holding hands.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LybuoaHx0Pjp4_77HPoAoT_666GuOLHL3h4MJABkuABB7mRlF2NrT0fsc70TLk0DiOZwFtqkqdHIg-R-Q4kZIrbv0nstZwTOXBT7ox7I-vYzQJSInVOMPzxECzKZ438tChsozBOEulhf80eCKriIysjnUnPH31mmTxaR0vpN1U_Jc85KL477iE9_/s640/pan-American.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LybuoaHx0Pjp4_77HPoAoT_666GuOLHL3h4MJABkuABB7mRlF2NrT0fsc70TLk0DiOZwFtqkqdHIg-R-Q4kZIrbv0nstZwTOXBT7ox7I-vYzQJSInVOMPzxECzKZ438tChsozBOEulhf80eCKriIysjnUnPH31mmTxaR0vpN1U_Jc85KL477iE9_/s320/pan-American.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXaUffqmMVsWHCwTuEoZ65DcVC1jWw11rSPi5tfFawEDh3L0uMo1LLst_Io3rg1dJOUJFEi6FEawxAOM4-skP98qUC-PrtraqmjvPDFa8BrtAo2owiw8agS-SxN_pmE_y9hgXKVuhA-HmTmOrh7JkSgnBhTm6sc3K_MC1LOwOpxd1kUqCSybCBlmPW/s4032/PanAmericancardcoaddress.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXaUffqmMVsWHCwTuEoZ65DcVC1jWw11rSPi5tfFawEDh3L0uMo1LLst_Io3rg1dJOUJFEi6FEawxAOM4-skP98qUC-PrtraqmjvPDFa8BrtAo2owiw8agS-SxN_pmE_y9hgXKVuhA-HmTmOrh7JkSgnBhTm6sc3K_MC1LOwOpxd1kUqCSybCBlmPW/w200-h150/PanAmericancardcoaddress.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Waldorf Welcoming Lady,</span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> The Brothel Deck. Waldorf #240. A Dougherty, NY c1909. Hoffman lists P79 AD47 Waldorf #230, c1915</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRKGWlYCtIV7pV7EBqZK6BqxEOvB2asmOqG_GigS73nxyl9izdAGOXBtANxsJeC3iPmc3GfUiaMRe4EfVkixSimrNn30fQc15Tguo2VDIvu9MGbklt609ojBnY6Cq-Vu4DrKW5TbPA8CSu2vPl6V6_jl62ivVR9GJ5qtaiU-bEyW5tmEJ3ahyOqBld/s400/brothel-waldorf.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRKGWlYCtIV7pV7EBqZK6BqxEOvB2asmOqG_GigS73nxyl9izdAGOXBtANxsJeC3iPmc3GfUiaMRe4EfVkixSimrNn30fQc15Tguo2VDIvu9MGbklt609ojBnY6Cq-Vu4DrKW5TbPA8CSu2vPl6V6_jl62ivVR9GJ5qtaiU-bEyW5tmEJ3ahyOqBld/s320/brothel-waldorf.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Row 4</span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Success Deck,</span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> #28 c1906. Hoffman P129, RU12 Kalamazoo.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFgwaxlzIHepv1uh0HpFzmB_MGRjMRoZCvuYYutXwMmpEa-0UEylgjKPYg61o1x3G4f_9-FMS22jCsswbyGlMqsRV3w5fivItxwM26kSrpFomD3ExaexkhvLdflDdRyJ-jd9Ll_3Rmk80zrqMnBJLmYO0YNu_Q1p2rWBbp-_zxaHO6cOQx-wAYe8r/s4418/Success-Kalamazoo.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2054" data-original-width="4418" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFgwaxlzIHepv1uh0HpFzmB_MGRjMRoZCvuYYutXwMmpEa-0UEylgjKPYg61o1x3G4f_9-FMS22jCsswbyGlMqsRV3w5fivItxwM26kSrpFomD3ExaexkhvLdflDdRyJ-jd9Ll_3Rmk80zrqMnBJLmYO0YNu_Q1p2rWBbp-_zxaHO6cOQx-wAYe8r/w400-h186/Success-Kalamazoo.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Army Navy U</span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">SPC Russell & Morgan Factories. I haven't found this exact on in Hochman but there is on P86, a #3032 (versus this 303 one) US5h c 1910.Steamship joker. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlj31ksSZTYpn6BBmDYY5Mxu2h3rlbtkj_L_EZptuu4jPIbPzOadbCKH3nBV958MIxnO8SAk9C-oHQD7aBUgaRzN-5i06H4OuC7COJexL1BXKsOa_nvsPXkYAqp5KoaZ_rtc9PogWknqqDkiAcvP_RLaHSqB4WY4GiEgB0blqqBXgqT26daSidP447/s6132/armynavy303.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2090" data-original-width="6132" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlj31ksSZTYpn6BBmDYY5Mxu2h3rlbtkj_L_EZptuu4jPIbPzOadbCKH3nBV958MIxnO8SAk9C-oHQD7aBUgaRzN-5i06H4OuC7COJexL1BXKsOa_nvsPXkYAqp5KoaZ_rtc9PogWknqqDkiAcvP_RLaHSqB4WY4GiEgB0blqqBXgqT26daSidP447/w400-h136/armynavy303.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Trophy Whist #39</span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">, USPC 1895 - P98 Hochman, Elaborate vase on joker</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhkoNrFcDckWmboPxOKfh0lc-aaKJHp8awyycRaq5CUve8fICV2V6ZLuvH0AZk5Z9_A1pNs5meatTypld92NPyNBxNOqZJAj92ftWzA68T-xiUPOlAc3wWjc_aGTn94SRthJ4rp-P2sw-w787MBURzezha_NaTprwdZzw1hFhOC6mRYZyUi9WvmIR/s4081/TrophyWhist39.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2134" data-original-width="4081" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhkoNrFcDckWmboPxOKfh0lc-aaKJHp8awyycRaq5CUve8fICV2V6ZLuvH0AZk5Z9_A1pNs5meatTypld92NPyNBxNOqZJAj92ftWzA68T-xiUPOlAc3wWjc_aGTn94SRthJ4rp-P2sw-w787MBURzezha_NaTprwdZzw1hFhOC6mRYZyUi9WvmIR/w400-h209/TrophyWhist39.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Valor </span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Playing Cards S25 - Bay State Playing Card Co - horn player on horse </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnTUZtxcvnXY9zk1Jft6AGoglSfUl8ytFqiH-OyfiMzHk4B5TdIjtLfN2De9CYHq0Ppk0hv7jeTCNHDsL3PjPPYggcyAZZm1-SlRrCuJrWuukujmGBBUIIEW1dh3w7dxjIvrR2C_vq1LR6Feqhyphenhyphen0Xn4pUOiiY5fmL8MtmaWE64gBoDsjdjDBT3QnL/s4100/Valor-BayState%20Card%20Co.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2088" data-original-width="4100" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnTUZtxcvnXY9zk1Jft6AGoglSfUl8ytFqiH-OyfiMzHk4B5TdIjtLfN2De9CYHq0Ppk0hv7jeTCNHDsL3PjPPYggcyAZZm1-SlRrCuJrWuukujmGBBUIIEW1dh3w7dxjIvrR2C_vq1LR6Feqhyphenhyphen0Xn4pUOiiY5fmL8MtmaWE64gBoDsjdjDBT3QnL/w400-h204/Valor-BayState%20Card%20Co.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Manikan </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Cigars, Goodall & Sons, London. Two headed jester (YES, not American. Oops!)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHgra4wxETH5WjHlMs9squAOokjX_wO_HBb7H0H-s3onyRXZOw8yKoYPWMrELdHuWfVXZ9MCqZzL0XemEsCsmPEtbtyDHjBC8HdxxgiPmrsm9uMvG0ARWSaTZ1ZuqkIdATMdgFvCGbxtAUiTRi0M7lQqsc38Im1Fp5a6h9nv82KkvGR0JbbfK4nz_/s4546/manikanTobacco-Goodall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2106" data-original-width="4546" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHgra4wxETH5WjHlMs9squAOokjX_wO_HBb7H0H-s3onyRXZOw8yKoYPWMrELdHuWfVXZ9MCqZzL0XemEsCsmPEtbtyDHjBC8HdxxgiPmrsm9uMvG0ARWSaTZ1ZuqkIdATMdgFvCGbxtAUiTRi0M7lQqsc38Im1Fp5a6h9nv82KkvGR0JbbfK4nz_/w400-h185/manikanTobacco-Goodall.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Other posts about old decks in my collection:<div><br /><div><i><b>Original Post on <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/06/buying-old-jokers-requires-buying-old.html">having to collect old decks</a> to get great old jokers</b></i></div><div><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/congress-antique-decks-of-cards.html">My Old Congress 606 Decks</a></b></i></div><div><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/advertising-jokers-from-yesteryear.html">My old advertising decks</a></b></i></div><div><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/display-of-congress-and-advertising.html"><b>My Display of Congress and Advertising decks </b></a><b><br /></b></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-30591946106857917572023-11-12T16:39:00.034-05:002023-11-19T16:49:25.011-05:00Display of Congress and Advertising Antique Decks<p>As part of organizing my old decks, I built a display for some of my Congress and my Advertising decks. I bought it online as a kit to assemble. <br /><br /><b>Congress 606 Decks. </b>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<i><b> <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/congress-antique-decks-of-cards.html">full description and inventory of my Congress decks</a>.</b></i></p><p><b>Advertising Decks.</b> These are mostly from the 1920s. The description of <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/advertising-jokers-from-yesteryear.html">the old advertising decks.</a></b></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmT0qL1BS5LywkblFJpLVOlNI_EoHb04nzdk8Hg0R6JwqJjHm2TKmHzAdP7Ob-DdwHzJqc5iIdCDOWnVqu4QYp29J8KnM9QNc7hZiwGbTmMSzq2atDeL3CJ4ZHOKr0Mua_T7RDT-kgurQ3r-eyvuJc2gOWt0JJwGYDvbIAzPVP7i5qxzIHxtVFR9l/s3021/display.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="3021" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmT0qL1BS5LywkblFJpLVOlNI_EoHb04nzdk8Hg0R6JwqJjHm2TKmHzAdP7Ob-DdwHzJqc5iIdCDOWnVqu4QYp29J8KnM9QNc7hZiwGbTmMSzq2atDeL3CJ4ZHOKr0Mua_T7RDT-kgurQ3r-eyvuJc2gOWt0JJwGYDvbIAzPVP7i5qxzIHxtVFR9l/w640-h638/display.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Display Index for the </b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Congress and Advertising </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Playing Card Decks and Jokers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Top Row</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Diana </span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">1899 Matching Congress Pictorial</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Moon Fairy</span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Matching Congress Pictorial</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Music Hath Charms </span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Matching Congress Pictorial</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Good Night Matching </span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Congress Pictorial</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">George Washington #</span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">3 1901 Matching Congress World Leaders</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Yacht</span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> 1899 Matching Congress Pictorial</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Diana </span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">1899 Matching Congress Pictorial</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">2nd Row</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">November 1918 Congress Whist Narrow Series</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">La France Congress - different version than Kevan’s</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Playmates 1906 US6f Congress</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">GW on Horse US6g 1919-22 Congress</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Rube 2 1900 Congress</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Anticipation US6e 1902 Congress</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Toboggan 1905 Congress Pictorial or Holiday 1903</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">3rd Row</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Clysmic King of Table Waters 1880s. Waukesha, Wisconsin, WWPCM01836/03A</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Brownies 1890</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Pepper by McConnoll 1925</span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Oshkoch</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Atkins Saws</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Green River Whiskies</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Albany Felt and Jackets</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">4th Row</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Lewando Cleansing and Dyeing 1926</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Page Dairy Ice Cream Company, KLean Made Ice Cream </span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Electric</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Victor Dental XRay</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Old English Curve Cut Pipe Tobacco</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The Burelsom Sanitarium</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bailey Banks & Biddle Co, Philadelphia</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">5th Row</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Knuckle Down Congress Pictorial</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Cheefu Congress Pictorial</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Spinning Wheel 1903 Congress Pictorial</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Good Night 1899 Congress Pictorial</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The Old Old Story 1906 US6f Congress Pictorial</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Anticipation 1902 Congress Pictorial
</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Diana Congress Pictorial</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Other posts about old decks in my collection:</span></span></p><div><br /><div><i><b>Original Post on <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/06/buying-old-jokers-requires-buying-old.html">having to collect old decks</a> to get great old jokers</b></i></div><div><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/congress-antique-decks-of-cards.html">My Old Congress 606 Decks</a></b></i></div><div><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/advertising-jokers-from-yesteryear.html">My old advertising decks</a></b></i></div><div><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/display-of-congress-and-advertising.html"><b>My Display of Congress and Advertising decks </b></a>- this article</i></div></div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-34146560634224640572023-11-08T21:04:00.020-05:002023-11-29T16:02:31.695-05:00Advertising Jokers from yesteryear<p>I have been focusing recently on advertising decks from the 1920s and into the1930s. Here's an overview of them along with a little blurb about the products and companies that they were promoting. </p>The<i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_International" target="_blank"> Albany Felt Company</a></b></i> was a paper (and paper-making equipment) manufacturer founded in Albany in 1895. I was initially confused by the "Felts and Jackets" sign held up by the rabbit wearing an elegant tie, jack, shirt, and pants. I thought they were primarily a clothes manufacturer. Part of the confusion came from the fact that Albany International, the successor to Albany Felt, is in the textiles business. <div><div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4CX1Xrrj7_j7ZVrdw-O41EqfvTA2LrcIXHtzSIk0_Rd-qrnVetkD0Wkrvyu1TMcstNIDqE6b3-UPoRplynbVOR-Xkd9nD99Q6Bg0wE_SvjLiAhiamKV3X0ThkXQVjSYUmajtIiUN_a1mUkueN6s9otAgFfz5eMldsrf6fncaQsSeNOmac7EjaYWl/s4098/albany%20felts%20and%20jackets.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2108" data-original-width="4098" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4CX1Xrrj7_j7ZVrdw-O41EqfvTA2LrcIXHtzSIk0_Rd-qrnVetkD0Wkrvyu1TMcstNIDqE6b3-UPoRplynbVOR-Xkd9nD99Q6Bg0wE_SvjLiAhiamKV3X0ThkXQVjSYUmajtIiUN_a1mUkueN6s9otAgFfz5eMldsrf6fncaQsSeNOmac7EjaYWl/w640-h330/albany%20felts%20and%20jackets.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">It turns out that the "felts and jackets" are references not to human (or animal) clothing but to equipment used in paper manufacturing. If you are interested, there are books about </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Machine-Fabrics-Albany-International/dp/B000MHLNXE" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><i><b>Paper Machine Felts</b></i></a><span style="text-align: left;">. The back of the cards features the huge Albany Felt plant in Albany NY. Playing cards seems to have been a frequent promotional item for Albany, many versions are</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=albany+felts+playing+cards&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1049US1051&oq=albany+f&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCAgAEEUYJxg7MggIABBFGCcYOzILCAEQRRgnGDsYigUyBggCEEUYOzIGCAMQRRhAMgYIBBBFGDkyBggFEEUYOzIGCAYQRRg8MgYIBxBFGD2oAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><i><b>for sale online</b></i></a><span style="text-align: left;">. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I have tried to see if the rabbit was a frequent mascot for the company and I haven't found much to support it except for one iron Albany rabbit door stop.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QOrdO72wKmM4ecFn9eOMiLScGuKUNxIpVAnM_NXivL0ErncwNNnkFFVtLtSOlVxsfUl0kAVALmI3MvhlTHA4Q3zYY2SqDewC_bZxN3bAfou7ZW5IfdXkuBC89NbAu-EXTp4AEdjwy3ds9hwxLyUniJAc1dv4Si8fTB10rzh1kCmvv-rb3kO1uRhe/s1600/albanycastironrabbit.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><img alt="Albany Rabbit Iron Doorstop - company mascot?" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1001" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QOrdO72wKmM4ecFn9eOMiLScGuKUNxIpVAnM_NXivL0ErncwNNnkFFVtLtSOlVxsfUl0kAVALmI3MvhlTHA4Q3zYY2SqDewC_bZxN3bAfou7ZW5IfdXkuBC89NbAu-EXTp4AEdjwy3ds9hwxLyUniJAc1dv4Si8fTB10rzh1kCmvv-rb3kO1uRhe/w125-h200/albanycastironrabbit.jpg" title="Albany Rabbit Iron Doorstop - company mascot?" width="125" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Company Mascot?</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b><a href="http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=1647" target="_blank"><i>Atkins Saws</i></a></b> is the next advertising deck (I'm using alphabetical order). Atkins Silver Steel Saws: They are the "Finest on Earth, Scientifically Constructed, and Made for every use." Elias C. Atkins started the business in 1855 in Cleveland, OH and soon partnered with Knippenberg and moved to Indianapolis. They grew a huge saws and tools business with offices in Canada, across the US, and Paris. </p><p><b>The Atkins Sawman is definitely one of my favorite jokers.</b></p><p>I wonder if the <i>Sawman </i>on the joker below was a corporate mascot or just used for the deck of cards. Click to learn more about the <b><a href="http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=1647" target="_blank"><i>Atkins C</i></a>orporation</b> .<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddj9UhYONIWnSTls3f7uP77mTKrUBroondcRdwwnl4w7Q8ja2SblMzbrNIz24wAmvXvJDNrgnVHvNM7JQPwXCz1qXhaA4MJCJu-scj0UuGSl2zJw9eUJzep5LvdULb2FF9fZN7gkqxH8JC_8_EeX7j4pOxY2BDsQIrwX2CaSe5q9MV6bsO0WteRYA/s4092/atkinssaws.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2113" data-original-width="4092" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddj9UhYONIWnSTls3f7uP77mTKrUBroondcRdwwnl4w7Q8ja2SblMzbrNIz24wAmvXvJDNrgnVHvNM7JQPwXCz1qXhaA4MJCJu-scj0UuGSl2zJw9eUJzep5LvdULb2FF9fZN7gkqxH8JC_8_EeX7j4pOxY2BDsQIrwX2CaSe5q9MV6bsO0WteRYA/w640-h330/atkinssaws.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><b>Atkins Saws 2</b> - I have a second deck promoting Atkins tools. Since <i>N</i> comes after <i>M </i>(I'm looking at the code on the ace of spades), I'm guessing that this blue deck was published later. While they have improved the back design, I think they have gone the wrong way on the joker design and the marketing slogan (ie, I think "Finest on Earth" is a superior marketing phrase t "And be Happy"). IMHO</div><div><br /></div><div>In terms of the dates of these decks, Matt Schacht says: "The earlier one with an "H" date code (ie below) is most likely 1926. The narrow one would be later, (with the M) c1930". If true, I had the sequence wrong because I misread the H as an N. hmmmm</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OnM61X5pNYL5twCV3syMKOlV-0hEp3llgXQ61X0QGX9xOWn3QYk-LjKYUMT7nJTh4qGlQ59e7Ufc6TuLn2ZZGMck1AGtv-tbGb02fWr2sZ2_KYKqQKcQIjlKYKDPzHhy6lTLMrAMls5TYSvV_Heo4Jbl_Z3qHgidPp4Raq92Bkg0or4PoiNruI7L/s4461/Atkins2blue.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2077" data-original-width="4461" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OnM61X5pNYL5twCV3syMKOlV-0hEp3llgXQ61X0QGX9xOWn3QYk-LjKYUMT7nJTh4qGlQ59e7Ufc6TuLn2ZZGMck1AGtv-tbGb02fWr2sZ2_KYKqQKcQIjlKYKDPzHhy6lTLMrAMls5TYSvV_Heo4Jbl_Z3qHgidPp4Raq92Bkg0or4PoiNruI7L/w640-h298/Atkins2blue.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><a href="https://www.connoisseuroftime.com/Brock.htm" target="_blank">Brock</a></i></b> and Company of Los Angeles is next. This deck is Congress Quality and it's true: it comes in a nice two piece leather case and the cards have gold gilded edges. Brock - <span style="font-size: 16px;">founded </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">in 1903 </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">by George A. Brock </span> - was a jewelry business in Los Angeles which constructed the <span style="font-size: 16px;">Seven Grand Building as their corporate headquarters, manufacturing center, and flagship store. I find the joker lovely but I'm curious why Brock picked a Mexican guitarist and singer for the joker.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglgBLllxav_vBHbPcd9O9_hIUaOniNRpeIvpyGgdo8UTVihQfbSd-d8lE2rpUPYPdWvsSTAo768x06ZGW_TlnRXj_1IX5_wk1a6GK_Ogh0KVsaGCBGaCi-kVgvW3d6Lw5YyDIeWuEfHTOGLd0BdxGXLArgppiQTK6ZO9xYxS4KlLkDvXTBOVH1SRf/s5901/brock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2174" data-original-width="5901" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglgBLllxav_vBHbPcd9O9_hIUaOniNRpeIvpyGgdo8UTVihQfbSd-d8lE2rpUPYPdWvsSTAo768x06ZGW_TlnRXj_1IX5_wk1a6GK_Ogh0KVsaGCBGaCi-kVgvW3d6Lw5YyDIeWuEfHTOGLd0BdxGXLArgppiQTK6ZO9xYxS4KlLkDvXTBOVH1SRf/w640-h236/brock.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The <b><a href="https://www.burlesonsanitarium.org/" target="_blank">Burleson Sanitarium</a> </b>was the world's largest institution for the cure of piles, fistula, and other diseases of the rectum. It operated from 1899-1966. Willard M. Burleson founded the Sanitorium and later wrote: "The Burleson painless dissolvent treatment for the cure of piles, fistula and all other disease of the rectum without chloroform or knife is my own invention. I established myself in the practice of my own profession in Grand Rapids in 1899 and since that time with the assistance of my brother, Dr. John F. Burleson, I have cured many thousands of cases of Rectal Diseases, including every possible condition (except cancer) that could exist.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_UREmCx_yqi9x1p7wcj3YQJQH2pZL1YAg9EqxJyQJkZ4m8OZaBbLYqzU6_vcuAPJYjrzjZEMJstdyTwD9ZMoaby06BXAZM2FDFAryGlQkF0RohGXhAqmkWeDPR4SrDbtDs03rbYP-kZfJ2fEk5G6fHhFja7lYEVLxnPpoBuHE9wu5Pmw5-Tzz3rP6/s5561/burleson%20sanitorium.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2113" data-original-width="5561" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_UREmCx_yqi9x1p7wcj3YQJQH2pZL1YAg9EqxJyQJkZ4m8OZaBbLYqzU6_vcuAPJYjrzjZEMJstdyTwD9ZMoaby06BXAZM2FDFAryGlQkF0RohGXhAqmkWeDPR4SrDbtDs03rbYP-kZfJ2fEk5G6fHhFja7lYEVLxnPpoBuHE9wu5Pmw5-Tzz3rP6/w640-h244/burleson%20sanitorium.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><i><b>Heh, this article is a work in progress </b>but I thought I would make it public since maybe someone wants to help researching and writing up little blurbs on each deck? Anyone? I'm still in the Bs (And there's two Bailey decks below which I need to get thru)</i><i>. </i><i> Also, I'd like to circle back on each of these decks to see what I can say about the card manufacturer of these decks.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><i><b> I am primarily a joker collector</b> who has committed myself to creating <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2019/12/my-joker-taxonomy.html"><b>a pictorial-based organizational system for jokers</b></a>. This focus on understanding these decks is a diversion for me. I already have a collection of advertising jokers split into these subcategories:</i></div><div><ol><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2018/01/advertisements-for-casinos.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Casinos </b></i></a></li><li><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/02/cigarettes-ads-on-joker-playing-cards.html" style="font-weight: bold;">Cigarettes</a><b>,</b><b> <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/01/jokers-advertising-liquor.html">Liquor</a>, <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/01/jokers-advertising-beer.html">Beer</a>, Text jokers for drinks </b></i></li><li><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/02/desert-and-candy-jokers.html">Desserts and Candy</a> </b></i></li><li><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/coca-cola-collection-of-playing-card.html" target="_blank">Coca Cola Jokers</a> </b></i></li><li><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/02/gasoline-cars-trucks-vans-and-other.html">Cars </a></b></i></li><li><b><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/public-service-announcement-jokers.html">Public Interest Messages</a>, <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/05/ads-space-science-tech-jokers.html" id="id_af5e_7622_ebb6_b542">space science and technology</a></i></b></li><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/10/geometric-designs-on-jokers.html"><b><i>Logo type jokers</i></b>, <i><b>Geometric Designs</b></i></a> <b><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/12/joker-word-joker-in-middle.html">Jokers featuring "Joker"</a></i></b> </li><li><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/05/advertising-jokers.html">Ads</a> - The category where most of these industrial advertising jokers would go</b></li><li><b><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/05/story-jokers-circa-1939-40s-american.html">Jokers promoting playing cards</a> , </i><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/01/jokers-advertising-cards.html" id="id_882c_72e1_47c9_eeed">Ads for brands of playing cards</a></i></b></li><li>Advertising jokers with just text - not yet photographed </li></ol></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Black Horse Ale & Porter</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2Xl28R4CAvR-dR8OL-OUB4SkwM40Fd0kffCZbqSF0hbIZr2GNSAAawsGgx4HJU4HCIjTl-voFoCKXYsZzWTCbJ5HwCyhWF_RB3ziwAZupmLMiHhCtelxu4hyphenhyphenAw_hP08r0PVn0tzbx64iQEJLS6gy1XwW_8vT2RKtRAh97xI4z0Y6fyG8frMi2cxb/s4184/BlackHorseBiere.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2092" data-original-width="4184" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2Xl28R4CAvR-dR8OL-OUB4SkwM40Fd0kffCZbqSF0hbIZr2GNSAAawsGgx4HJU4HCIjTl-voFoCKXYsZzWTCbJ5HwCyhWF_RB3ziwAZupmLMiHhCtelxu4hyphenhyphenAw_hP08r0PVn0tzbx64iQEJLS6gy1XwW_8vT2RKtRAh97xI4z0Y6fyG8frMi2cxb/w640-h320/BlackHorseBiere.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><div><b>Crown Cork & Seal Co</b> - While this is called a "Convention Souvenir" and so was for promotional purposes, the only mention of the company is on the box. hmmmm<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhZuk0TBpcAbuXKf8RiC6c2CO_DKMDsS5wjkLU1q19HtN1F_v4FL2IILCfwVyK_lhvkGxvjrT0izFzFPZc7ICERjHAJCl2Nzye6vRBbZ0sEFnIMtdO5pCmHRRyPUUdVMe95Ln2h34-szRr5Mo9UiGI_h3iyEGUa7OQMwq3y21SrRJVTiYRDF7vWR7/s5920/crowncorkseal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2246" data-original-width="5920" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhZuk0TBpcAbuXKf8RiC6c2CO_DKMDsS5wjkLU1q19HtN1F_v4FL2IILCfwVyK_lhvkGxvjrT0izFzFPZc7ICERjHAJCl2Nzye6vRBbZ0sEFnIMtdO5pCmHRRyPUUdVMe95Ln2h34-szRr5Mo9UiGI_h3iyEGUa7OQMwq3y21SrRJVTiYRDF7vWR7/w640-h242/crowncorkseal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co.</b></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf88trZlfvOnCoU0rCZfmQv_H9bpOzx8Jp9CMC2o6oeMOlawQIyFaTUhyphenhyphen2mIQpTl7ZxLQFRWpytWBSDAmD_423g8E5IYoXmVorLBLZmTL7vzPUOBc-g9OJ8WEESH5aQ6c9mOJhaRsGY_pfut7OznUEVBAlIGNeBOQgptXgc2_xShziofGAlS6QyE49/s5963/bailybanksbiddle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="5963" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf88trZlfvOnCoU0rCZfmQv_H9bpOzx8Jp9CMC2o6oeMOlawQIyFaTUhyphenhyphen2mIQpTl7ZxLQFRWpytWBSDAmD_423g8E5IYoXmVorLBLZmTL7vzPUOBc-g9OJ8WEESH5aQ6c9mOJhaRsGY_pfut7OznUEVBAlIGNeBOQgptXgc2_xShziofGAlS6QyE49/w640-h228/bailybanksbiddle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co.</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuetyrhdbk3nbTAA8AmvU0SKlCz6y8xC0CGt1Ks5sG8uYM6bmj9gTYvlVukJUYwzz8bN7etpoJ6GRH3x9egAxBZfucrbKJpxmUdST62pn_Wv_6pJxLFaEBC6LXER7cZjyYnhrViLr5dMoV02Bn39C129GIQhNy1RMLCVjba6yfehitLLuKiLxy2CB/s5592/unitedservices-baileybanksbiddle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2108" data-original-width="5592" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuetyrhdbk3nbTAA8AmvU0SKlCz6y8xC0CGt1Ks5sG8uYM6bmj9gTYvlVukJUYwzz8bN7etpoJ6GRH3x9egAxBZfucrbKJpxmUdST62pn_Wv_6pJxLFaEBC6LXER7cZjyYnhrViLr5dMoV02Bn39C129GIQhNy1RMLCVjba6yfehitLLuKiLxy2CB/w640-h242/unitedservices-baileybanksbiddle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle-Picher">Eagle-Picher</a>'</b></i>s claim to an 1843 start date is tied to the Conkling brothers establishing a white lead factory in Cincinnati, Ohio to manufacture pigments for paints. The Eagle name was introduced when it merged with the Eagle White Lead in 1906. They operated factories and lead and zinc extraction facilities in the Tri-State mining district of southwest Missouri, southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma. They are still operating mostly focused now on batteries. I can't find much online about the early history of Eagle White Lead. I can find tons about the ongoing law suits and environmental problems from asbestos and lead. Note there's lots of asbestos suits related to Albany International, a company mentioned above.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpw-Ua6hvXoREdANpLpojnKqPAfO-cKcuTahVcQ9eOM-qcu4oGAMNMM9NaHQ3NQJDz49T3lYmfiuu_4ukRN5vFubZB65Zm_97wWNf8j6UrONtycjAPPlm3N3QkJGXrjjrB_PuYGRYcqZ6K83N-qH0bH7pUsmOShSinJ1G3wdBeZ7L33vse1mBE0AN/s4150/eagledealzinc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2135" data-original-width="4150" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpw-Ua6hvXoREdANpLpojnKqPAfO-cKcuTahVcQ9eOM-qcu4oGAMNMM9NaHQ3NQJDz49T3lYmfiuu_4ukRN5vFubZB65Zm_97wWNf8j6UrONtycjAPPlm3N3QkJGXrjjrB_PuYGRYcqZ6K83N-qH0bH7pUsmOShSinJ1G3wdBeZ7L33vse1mBE0AN/w640-h330/eagledealzinc.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div> Pepper - McCarroll ?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhvPrKsAeqkjPEOdJoSkKziXrv_M2eSjdqpwTrATQo5OxQW29FVfO-guxec8MJ74mp7Si0CYLVzi_Q7xuujS7K64O9O4g0zIwAiqriDf3aRGlcV8yQJw70L_3JpwDBnzdKP_W2XS6w2eOLMVagg3DSrwlll3fMg6ej2-Ty03VcMmoSiN4h3_NuFmd/s5985/pepper%20playing%20cards.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2114" data-original-width="5985" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhvPrKsAeqkjPEOdJoSkKziXrv_M2eSjdqpwTrATQo5OxQW29FVfO-guxec8MJ74mp7Si0CYLVzi_Q7xuujS7K64O9O4g0zIwAiqriDf3aRGlcV8yQJw70L_3JpwDBnzdKP_W2XS6w2eOLMVagg3DSrwlll3fMg6ej2-Ty03VcMmoSiN4h3_NuFmd/w640-h226/pepper%20playing%20cards.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Page Dairy's Kleen-Maid Ice Cream<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuj_eOmiL2ClLRD-XsmfWjO_29A9vCrdVI1bKBqbIqCc4xqVJli4nTCwo_yU3oQCUNr9sEAy6hROdhh3NGdwzkLSDU43mWgCEQF6TxtKLPXEiqirxtgiCWmednDDcbUzbmNDnGb6MmKEvZmEFj-qLvpI1rt7GFaPGEi0Y8WYzhhC_qyiop4d2yIsX3/s4529/page%20dairy%20kleen-maid%20ice%20cream.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="4529" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuj_eOmiL2ClLRD-XsmfWjO_29A9vCrdVI1bKBqbIqCc4xqVJli4nTCwo_yU3oQCUNr9sEAy6hROdhh3NGdwzkLSDU43mWgCEQF6TxtKLPXEiqirxtgiCWmednDDcbUzbmNDnGb6MmKEvZmEFj-qLvpI1rt7GFaPGEi0Y8WYzhhC_qyiop4d2yIsX3/w640-h298/page%20dairy%20kleen-maid%20ice%20cream.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b>Lewandos -Previously <i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/lewandos-special-playing-cards.html"> described on the website</a></i>.</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBp3WKjhmxZtoD5KI3kotUYMS6q_cJufZhRhlnebu8QOVsI0h6-WQQ54vO-QyeOq4RDxUEW9HV9UFhkylGANPi54W3uapczTskpPp49chkV0fr5Wy5P6zr51z3FP1nFDS8KNsZENchr9PyiWO7ru2yIJgBM00DDnfIoDlF7Y-gcOHxXgiAMBHfNrPc/s4486/lewandos%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2083" data-original-width="4486" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBp3WKjhmxZtoD5KI3kotUYMS6q_cJufZhRhlnebu8QOVsI0h6-WQQ54vO-QyeOq4RDxUEW9HV9UFhkylGANPi54W3uapczTskpPp49chkV0fr5Wy5P6zr51z3FP1nFDS8KNsZENchr9PyiWO7ru2yIJgBM00DDnfIoDlF7Y-gcOHxXgiAMBHfNrPc/w640-h298/lewandos%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Wireless AD52 Hochman P80, #117 A Dougherty c1920<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufDANWDebvPR0Zf4KC38t_BW77vnDfNS0Af6RqWrlPdaGrdp3kyiRjhBrlTVz0XSIEf-D3PRxDJt1GTFXbLn8ixD2RH3hyphenhyphent8SWnezNITKEC9-CQBz6-dsB15xbhNu3rG-9_OAvkU99cyLPZ44vgtep6saTWDo3_Ir0OGhItY_CPYcMc7W9L36zyxX/s4041/joker-electric.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2095" data-original-width="4041" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufDANWDebvPR0Zf4KC38t_BW77vnDfNS0Af6RqWrlPdaGrdp3kyiRjhBrlTVz0XSIEf-D3PRxDJt1GTFXbLn8ixD2RH3hyphenhyphent8SWnezNITKEC9-CQBz6-dsB15xbhNu3rG-9_OAvkU99cyLPZ44vgtep6saTWDo3_Ir0OGhItY_CPYcMc7W9L36zyxX/w640-h332/joker-electric.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Victor CDX Dental X-Ray Unit</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRGvQc9Wi5k-8TxNLmdQIKkeviujJzybBmxDuDsqWG27rdKjJptstw1SG4pzpmTQta7n0pDEGt1HRwvJU0OqxQa4q3JylONbzimPBzGffMy4XkPYhm0FliCLbAcNjDRVcPKjN73apald428zPmCegdW6u6-2-igQzt6vLMgFQ_JfbwUSPqYpFrKJr/s4091/victorCDX-xray.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2140" data-original-width="4091" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRGvQc9Wi5k-8TxNLmdQIKkeviujJzybBmxDuDsqWG27rdKjJptstw1SG4pzpmTQta7n0pDEGt1HRwvJU0OqxQa4q3JylONbzimPBzGffMy4XkPYhm0FliCLbAcNjDRVcPKjN73apald428zPmCegdW6u6-2-igQzt6vLMgFQ_JfbwUSPqYpFrKJr/w640-h334/victorCDX-xray.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Victor Typewriter</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISMw_Lflqq1tCYSmJTgMNDjOV7HT46x0iEAt7sQMFW6UtCnSo9h0JKGHp9_rxGI1X7Os1wlZUcxxAG97Xtxbi1ZQB_msECnV5npIRd0a_zDhyphenhyphenuQ8WB5w9byOxG2Qsxne6gz2M_DZXH89zQSrcovOYtF-dqdxJ8x20XAIHYpEPn2x1n-a9EDSlYCGB/s4152/VictorTypewriter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2096" data-original-width="4152" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISMw_Lflqq1tCYSmJTgMNDjOV7HT46x0iEAt7sQMFW6UtCnSo9h0JKGHp9_rxGI1X7Os1wlZUcxxAG97Xtxbi1ZQB_msECnV5npIRd0a_zDhyphenhyphenuQ8WB5w9byOxG2Qsxne6gz2M_DZXH89zQSrcovOYtF-dqdxJ8x20XAIHYpEPn2x1n-a9EDSlYCGB/w640-h324/VictorTypewriter.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>OshKosh - This is from what era? Does it belong?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7k6vXiP7KDStKdGqWTlc3QJbuBdtdk4QYGVWahcT6ozzADP9IhiPT-3cpvacw8e6g0v6iQR1UT_7VdA7u6R34FZX9vh72fWQXFuWpVZNM_I2oCVyZEQbxJB7h1JCSchJMI1fUwgh8oeRinOp58aMWYXqAZ5HEjCOwkSoVi2UP9DyqfAdiJ0xD1_r/s4523/oshkosh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2090" data-original-width="4523" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7k6vXiP7KDStKdGqWTlc3QJbuBdtdk4QYGVWahcT6ozzADP9IhiPT-3cpvacw8e6g0v6iQR1UT_7VdA7u6R34FZX9vh72fWQXFuWpVZNM_I2oCVyZEQbxJB7h1JCSchJMI1fUwgh8oeRinOp58aMWYXqAZ5HEjCOwkSoVi2UP9DyqfAdiJ0xD1_r/w640-h296/oshkosh.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Green River Whiskies from Oldetyme Distillers Inc (I have two of these decks - Trade?)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrmKecmn0SRwliq2PbHx9udIdqrGw6D5HfHUWGfzHBrOz4rH9ok9caExogA1kq5meICc3vQH9zBFNq53lPv6is9hBWdeBy9PI3eJx4VnCMcXzriqz_gR8CnLAqWHk6J070Pz7VZQhv-p5YQwFXKqgIbxky-QdO8ed4ovS36bsgvQhxgYTF57CIhJl/s4457/greenriverwhiskeys.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="4457" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrmKecmn0SRwliq2PbHx9udIdqrGw6D5HfHUWGfzHBrOz4rH9ok9caExogA1kq5meICc3vQH9zBFNq53lPv6is9hBWdeBy9PI3eJx4VnCMcXzriqz_gR8CnLAqWHk6J070Pz7VZQhv-p5YQwFXKqgIbxky-QdO8ed4ovS36bsgvQhxgYTF57CIhJl/w640-h304/greenriverwhiskeys.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Knott's Berry Farm - what era? Matt Schacht says it's from the 50s which means I'll probably pull it from here.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThg5_tba1lU_1ae9Ohv-rchXKYrqU6tHc_jkaAMZvSUfW900dFCikbnp0_hiJfSNxt3EKo2vQg8j1umeN_18J9g8gSrNIp2olfm4jW-kNcdDJd9EuZbzIjT53CedDleYu3P0KgirBj3MAKFchuZZ6Y1BjEURYwu3Rj-Y33F7hCEq2TvzNFw9gI_QF/s5473/knottsberryfarm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2106" data-original-width="5473" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThg5_tba1lU_1ae9Ohv-rchXKYrqU6tHc_jkaAMZvSUfW900dFCikbnp0_hiJfSNxt3EKo2vQg8j1umeN_18J9g8gSrNIp2olfm4jW-kNcdDJd9EuZbzIjT53CedDleYu3P0KgirBj3MAKFchuZZ6Y1BjEURYwu3Rj-Y33F7hCEq2TvzNFw9gI_QF/w640-h246/knottsberryfarm.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Regal Tailoring<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2os8mdM7ZZ9qCl5GNBbOS-sbS6KJSVhloId2PXNg03CpdCMruoHcwKvBcvwsVWSH1yJNukrmfQW7QGNxoEGVyTuVdWB3-OETVP07Ml64zbXkCxYDRTFxG6mEzHPViKD47jFalo-jp1nyYrGnouDTQfQj9WuZlp9EU6ZZ2d4DKIbYHQgeFiYyRT7Bn/s4359/regaltailoring.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2086" data-original-width="4359" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2os8mdM7ZZ9qCl5GNBbOS-sbS6KJSVhloId2PXNg03CpdCMruoHcwKvBcvwsVWSH1yJNukrmfQW7QGNxoEGVyTuVdWB3-OETVP07Ml64zbXkCxYDRTFxG6mEzHPViKD47jFalo-jp1nyYrGnouDTQfQj9WuZlp9EU6ZZ2d4DKIbYHQgeFiYyRT7Bn/w640-h306/regaltailoring.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Sweetheart 101 from Gardiner Manufacturing Co. (durn back is upside down)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKvczv_h1wpOdAMRe4qiOawbfEA7BqUqMWyCUDsugXPjqskMmqsZmClyJLKaTDJ8ejfE9V9s8Am69dcSd8vMxvYwRXXbDDt0hI4SxND41tNeHgDLhWrEfusVGz4AHl5NF-DkpaNA5cAtmprWQ0V7PMLCTvJtHiEy1yb1689GOYlMvqQgDZklNWDKA/s4092/sweetheart-101-whitens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2126" data-original-width="4092" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKvczv_h1wpOdAMRe4qiOawbfEA7BqUqMWyCUDsugXPjqskMmqsZmClyJLKaTDJ8ejfE9V9s8Am69dcSd8vMxvYwRXXbDDt0hI4SxND41tNeHgDLhWrEfusVGz4AHl5NF-DkpaNA5cAtmprWQ0V7PMLCTvJtHiEy1yb1689GOYlMvqQgDZklNWDKA/w640-h332/sweetheart-101-whitens.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I think this ace of spades is particularly cool in how it incorporates a pip of clubs, hearts, and diamonds inside the central spades graphic. Take a closer look.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiryx4uwx23bv9ZCNUrUA808aGPpMbWXYBscVCxhhHBkJ4Ev_2GW-HUREnhkciY99oXlnxjeb5J2ahorBsqJD5xTOh3c627epYWyUfLsWKby9v7trBDJQNRNDVfFRcr6Nw3Ruje-rkit795pCTY5aySNAgZKr6Juz5qIbMLq-OSqBA3vhCm7gpzkrA8/s1148/sweaterace%20of%20spades.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="817" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiryx4uwx23bv9ZCNUrUA808aGPpMbWXYBscVCxhhHBkJ4Ev_2GW-HUREnhkciY99oXlnxjeb5J2ahorBsqJD5xTOh3c627epYWyUfLsWKby9v7trBDJQNRNDVfFRcr6Nw3Ruje-rkit795pCTY5aySNAgZKr6Juz5qIbMLq-OSqBA3vhCm7gpzkrA8/w143-h200/sweaterace%20of%20spades.jpg" width="143" /></a></div><br /><div>Hiram Walker & Sons Old Rye Whiskey<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcQAi5e_aqUJaSjsYBIZtvXMAm93oBvtXnzvto9dt40DbToLjsIDyiZ53j0fnJknqnBm4TafJtWs5Utk8bSRoBmFz7zEzjHknygdu7q87LD3-p4_zKPcnkKmhceI1MpWVBshuIAbs0bFuJI8Rnw9xfkXuLEHwEVMhQ8deAkWLpLr91T6hYzCMJIbg/s4116/hiramwalker-oldryewhiskey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2085" data-original-width="4116" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcQAi5e_aqUJaSjsYBIZtvXMAm93oBvtXnzvto9dt40DbToLjsIDyiZ53j0fnJknqnBm4TafJtWs5Utk8bSRoBmFz7zEzjHknygdu7q87LD3-p4_zKPcnkKmhceI1MpWVBshuIAbs0bFuJI8Rnw9xfkXuLEHwEVMhQ8deAkWLpLr91T6hYzCMJIbg/w640-h324/hiramwalker-oldryewhiskey.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Hubbard Hardware<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbXsp3uNVZldB9EpGfYcECB2v0uTjOqGYeSVWPuG8T_wGaPmIThmrY0onoqeiVpR_WUzMUHO0Mwzw6AJ2nSTV6mvs0uWS7LL8qihMlrIbGeCW6YEz206sQcGnLGY4uWbFMOwE4aMefikSYieGftmDVda3wcJneYH0ux00PSSISaTavHSRZmkY7Jz-/s4129/hubbardhardware.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2127" data-original-width="4129" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbXsp3uNVZldB9EpGfYcECB2v0uTjOqGYeSVWPuG8T_wGaPmIThmrY0onoqeiVpR_WUzMUHO0Mwzw6AJ2nSTV6mvs0uWS7LL8qihMlrIbGeCW6YEz206sQcGnLGY4uWbFMOwE4aMefikSYieGftmDVda3wcJneYH0ux00PSSISaTavHSRZmkY7Jz-/w640-h330/hubbardhardware.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>JA Hennessey Cognac<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-gaHDRTRk5MQd2T3LKu_7SKIvQkcIe7B9yoay7nWjmtdvuBoWTPxInlC3TYwOMa7txu8DGFBMu0eHEn8hEaeTBtbvZW6E59HZmk_iH9r5MRo8Gz4WGSESiTEGx7U0wGTUX_-ZfI8J0NSB-Id9SqRAkeH9Gtfk6bYkoP_j3Uco-GdeJZ_SAzXS7ak/s5903/JAHennessyCognac.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="5903" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-gaHDRTRk5MQd2T3LKu_7SKIvQkcIe7B9yoay7nWjmtdvuBoWTPxInlC3TYwOMa7txu8DGFBMu0eHEn8hEaeTBtbvZW6E59HZmk_iH9r5MRo8Gz4WGSESiTEGx7U0wGTUX_-ZfI8J0NSB-Id9SqRAkeH9Gtfk6bYkoP_j3Uco-GdeJZ_SAzXS7ak/w640-h228/JAHennessyCognac.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>New Index - What is New Index? Are these advertising? Or a card brand.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwri4B663SMsbLLJEwVJoe3n7OlTxYBr8PbcgRKb7GAw8Y4INDN-uAci3GMHycFydMqen07-3gmuKT1rCwzk00tOgf7uLnfhyphenhyphenu_s3HzV3NOY_-3DUCCebLCXfs_O_EUjdWFHDg3JBmx7-sJ5NSa7WAto-NFrT0dk6UJm2I4olJyCpKvD32jJDAAeo3/s5269/newindexchicago.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2131" data-original-width="5269" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwri4B663SMsbLLJEwVJoe3n7OlTxYBr8PbcgRKb7GAw8Y4INDN-uAci3GMHycFydMqen07-3gmuKT1rCwzk00tOgf7uLnfhyphenhyphenu_s3HzV3NOY_-3DUCCebLCXfs_O_EUjdWFHDg3JBmx7-sJ5NSa7WAto-NFrT0dk6UJm2I4olJyCpKvD32jJDAAeo3/w640-h258/newindexchicago.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div>Other advertising decks with jokers from this era</b> <b>that I have yet to photograph and research.</b> (I have kept these decks but I put the joker in the appropriate category in my albums so it is a chunk of work to reunite the deck and joker for the photo shoot)..</div><div><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-3210b983-7fff-11b3-0c56-3f796af451f2"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Black Horse Ale & Porter - </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Victor Personal Typewriter- </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer- </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Opticians 1925- </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Chicago Denver Trucking Company- </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Brier Smoking and Tobacco- </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Chlor-Trimeton Allergy Tablets - </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Hyatt Quiet Roller Bearings - </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">New England Furniture & Carpet Company - </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Glazed Kids Manufacturers - </span></p><div><br /></div></span><p>Other posts about old decks in my collection:</p><div><br /><div><i><b>Original Post on <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/06/buying-old-jokers-requires-buying-old.html">having to collect old decks</a> to get great old jokers</b></i></div><div><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/congress-antique-decks-of-cards.html">My Old Congress 606 Decks</a></b></i></div><div><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/advertising-jokers-from-yesteryear.html">My old advertising decks</a> - this article</b></i></div><div><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/display-of-congress-and-advertising.html"><b>My Display of Congress and Advertising decks </b></a></i></div></div><div><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/vintage-decks-that-id-trade-away.html">Vintage decks that I'd trade away</a> - Interested in trading? </b></i></span></div><div><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b style="color: #0000ee; font-size: medium; font-style: italic; text-decoration-line: underline; white-space: normal;">My Matching 606 Congress Jokers (circa 1898-1910)<br /></b><div style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #0000ee; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; white-space: pre;">The African American Experience as Portrayed on Playing Cards
<a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/the-earliest-jokers-and-my-questions.html">The Earliest Jokers</a></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre;"><b><i><u> </u></i></b></span></span></div></span></div><div><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div></div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-12628110823335931242023-10-01T19:34:00.015-04:002023-10-21T14:04:19.427-04:00Elephant Jokers - Subsection of Animals with Horns and Tusks<p> There is a subsection in the animals that I call animals with horns and tusks. It's not the <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animals-cat-and-dog-jokers.html" target="_blank"><i><b>cats</b></i></a>, <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/08/dog-jokers-animal-jokers.html" target="_blank"><i><b>dogs</b></i></a>, f<i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animal-jokers-flyers-bees-birds-owls.html" target="_blank">lyers</a>,</b></i> <b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2019/11/monkey-jokers-animals-miscellaneous.html" id="id_5f6e_b86d_db4f_da23" target="_blank">monkeys</a></b>, <b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/03/equestrian-playing-card-jokers-horses.html">horses</a>, or </b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/varmints-on-jokers.html"><i><b>varmints.</b></i></a> <b><i> </i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3C0ocEiASJ5LLW_-nGQpiwqtIgdyBESCyAEtYwPDSRR-RgYKiHpY91Knyddxz75X2mm_jmykCD0arWEnPN7ugym_ekn2N4zp5_p9TW66Q76xjXQi5eC0yy0EFXN7Q8egD2dTXAYjyFflXBV2FDpIrOGGndKBjizknI5CwYDfr0Ie4fveGYtwKVVY/s4032/IMG-1488.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3C0ocEiASJ5LLW_-nGQpiwqtIgdyBESCyAEtYwPDSRR-RgYKiHpY91Knyddxz75X2mm_jmykCD0arWEnPN7ugym_ekn2N4zp5_p9TW66Q76xjXQi5eC0yy0EFXN7Q8egD2dTXAYjyFflXBV2FDpIrOGGndKBjizknI5CwYDfr0Ie4fveGYtwKVVY/w300-h400/IMG-1488.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Brought this one back from the 52 Plus Joker Conference in Cleveland, Oct 2023.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMhNcu7DylRAF6dyGPC9yPYQ0xXK3C8CFUGJW3FDnRewj1AEcIsikS36RscdW9PX6se1vfPtksupdPG0rdzBMKZAt3DOXD0EaF8PwcV_lRx45pVIabLGoB13C9LnPLFYI6w5vXDX47lmg7I3CT5v2Er4W5SU7otmOWrqIZXnpheWt7JMMjJ6lkeCLw/s4032/elephant%20joker%20another.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMhNcu7DylRAF6dyGPC9yPYQ0xXK3C8CFUGJW3FDnRewj1AEcIsikS36RscdW9PX6se1vfPtksupdPG0rdzBMKZAt3DOXD0EaF8PwcV_lRx45pVIabLGoB13C9LnPLFYI6w5vXDX47lmg7I3CT5v2Er4W5SU7otmOWrqIZXnpheWt7JMMjJ6lkeCLw/s320/elephant%20joker%20another.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Woolly mammoth?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArYRaJpBX2W4F0AFN61yIk-gM6oNTCWAuruJuqr0Zl0pmrdsT3xFEAhF_JX5ZqxEhvPMBvqv-Z0GEafe4eye2WeV_N2BGbqmR3P2E61akey6v0Xvgq13j5Z047cGt7aeMBHhI5j52SinEQea2tmFj2fXupQ6V0c_0o_2jucszP2iUFmumJXi8dt8b/s3682/IMG-1489.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3682" data-original-width="2578" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArYRaJpBX2W4F0AFN61yIk-gM6oNTCWAuruJuqr0Zl0pmrdsT3xFEAhF_JX5ZqxEhvPMBvqv-Z0GEafe4eye2WeV_N2BGbqmR3P2E61akey6v0Xvgq13j5Z047cGt7aeMBHhI5j52SinEQea2tmFj2fXupQ6V0c_0o_2jucszP2iUFmumJXi8dt8b/w280-h400/IMG-1489.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCVn-pTUxEKGWVo67TdIaQB-OuuiFwfs_6QDqlJry9VoCS5AoDoRcrdOoy0P7I3JWQ6NqsluaNeeBtou1YguaWpYdnIXA7A_uhNMqnNHnULupgX-AuaY68E4SFP6GHq2hvFyYvPtvFMFrn6YE4XaDNHpHntEUtO2wHCeXhYflA93GhIXFekWZjfQ4/s4032/IMG-1494.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCVn-pTUxEKGWVo67TdIaQB-OuuiFwfs_6QDqlJry9VoCS5AoDoRcrdOoy0P7I3JWQ6NqsluaNeeBtou1YguaWpYdnIXA7A_uhNMqnNHnULupgX-AuaY68E4SFP6GHq2hvFyYvPtvFMFrn6YE4XaDNHpHntEUtO2wHCeXhYflA93GhIXFekWZjfQ4/w300-h400/IMG-1494.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's the ensemble shots with my 15 elephant jokers (not counting the topsy turvy elephant one above).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMIGUF1Oqc7gvCJqAlvh-XGhUiv2F67uwSvLM9O7i1GLsyHViFPOO_pVFYP3VgrieHfHOdzOW7zU_wR_d1S-SKlzHNmx0NHjdDwHEiA-BDYdvJx1HysSm05NhEZFsQBDtC3Wub5bFLKLsnTdo3xFFSj_XDQuSBjC-fToIkFWnY2oRX33Z2VXtmbn5/s4032/IMG-1487.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMIGUF1Oqc7gvCJqAlvh-XGhUiv2F67uwSvLM9O7i1GLsyHViFPOO_pVFYP3VgrieHfHOdzOW7zU_wR_d1S-SKlzHNmx0NHjdDwHEiA-BDYdvJx1HysSm05NhEZFsQBDtC3Wub5bFLKLsnTdo3xFFSj_XDQuSBjC-fToIkFWnY2oRX33Z2VXtmbn5/w480-h640/IMG-1487.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33q2NxxyEK440qq5tZt3hkdhgcF4iXb8Ijkn1la8w8yXykb2blllZg4jz445ibsykgFpi6T4fDhdFXC5dz5iud5u8Goijpp1uD7A9fiNU8pkAq1FSLr-XCLMBhgi-oTrzEPUZyoivi_UEdluXJ6exEbw2_UhW8FDMVZBQLZ2Q4G0u30BsoOLE9Kho/s3477/elephant%20jokers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3477" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33q2NxxyEK440qq5tZt3hkdhgcF4iXb8Ijkn1la8w8yXykb2blllZg4jz445ibsykgFpi6T4fDhdFXC5dz5iud5u8Goijpp1uD7A9fiNU8pkAq1FSLr-XCLMBhgi-oTrzEPUZyoivi_UEdluXJ6exEbw2_UhW8FDMVZBQLZ2Q4G0u30BsoOLE9Kho/w640-h556/elephant%20jokers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next you should look through the other animal sections of the joker collection.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ol><ol><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/03/animal-jokers-combinations-of-different.html"><b><i>Ensemble Animal combinations </i></b></a>(cats AND dogs)</li></ol><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_71d7_90eb_8c34_39fe" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animal-jokers-flyers-bees-birds-owls.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Animals: Flyers - Bee Boy" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="200" id="id_dd9b_bfb2_6e63_2a6b" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7eGuyIAE_4ybpZyzG7PtOJR0b3ZAuG5aYGJ_HgW8Ij1Ab_FCDuWV6Mk12RZhb17BMO6Fl69HKl6GmLZa-81hyphenhyphenroiYBqiOa7FYvYsiAOq26G2gXZrs9iwsvniUpwII-B0SeWef6jk6WA/s200/IMG_2424.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 150px;" title="Animals: Flyers - Bee Boy" width="150" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animal-jokers-flyers-bees-birds-owls.html" target="_blank">Animals: Flyers - Bee Boy</a></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animals-cat-and-dog-jokers.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Cats</b></i></a> or <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/08/dog-jokers-animal-jokers.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Dogs </b></i></a><i><b>. </b></i>Now there's a <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/11/big-cat-jokers.html"><i><b>big cat </b></i></a>subsection! </li><li><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animal-jokers-flyers-bees-birds-owls.html" target="_blank">Flyers:</a> </b></i>Birds, <font size="4">Owls</font>, <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/03/bee-jokers.html"><i><b>Bees</b></i></a>, <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/04/butterfly-jokers.html" id="id_f233_55a6_7f8c_72fd">Butterflies</a> </b></i> & <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/03/dragon-jokers-they-can-fly.html" id="id_f10d_9ef5_8b9f_6f32">Dragons</a> . </i>Now there's a <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/08/rooster-and-chicken-jokers.html">rooster & chicken subsubsection</a>!</i></li><li><b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/03/equestrian-playing-card-jokers-horses.html">Horses</a> ,</b> zebras, donkeys, giraffes <i>...</i></li><ol><li><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/03/centaurs-unicorns-and-pegasus-fantasy.html"><b>Fantasy horses</b></a>:</i> centaurs, unicorns, pegasus<i><br /></i></li></ol><li><b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2019/11/monkey-jokers-animals-miscellaneous.html" id="id_5f6e_b86d_db4f_da23" target="_blank">Monkeys,</a> </b>bears, and others with paws </li><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/09/antlers-horns-and-tusks-jokers.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Animals with antlers,</a><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>horns, and tusks. And <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/10/elephant-jokers-subsection-of-animals.html">elephants</a></b></i> (this article)</li><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/varmints-on-jokers.html"><i><b>Varmints </b></i></a>- the annoying small wild animals</li><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/05/reptiles-fish-amphibian-jokers-other.html" target="_blank"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Reptiles, amphibian</i><i>s<b>, sea creatures</b></i></a><i><b> </b> </i></li></ol></ol></div>A note on organizational systems of the animal kingdom. My organization, which you can see above, is not strictly based on any biologically based system of organizing the genus and species of the animal kingdom. For instance, I have a broad category called flyers which includes bees (an insect), birds (closely related to dinosaurs and reptiles), owls, and bats. I have zebras and giraffes in the equestrian section (with horses, donkeys, and mules). I am aware that this is very very wrong.<div><br />I am also aware that <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/phyla-and-other-flawed-taxonomic-categories-vex-biologists-20190624/" target="_blank"><i><b>the organization of the animal kingdom by biologists is in flux </b></i></a>and a source of much debate. There is the traditional organization which was largely based on the easily observable traits of animals and their skeletons. And now there are new systems emerging based on studies of the DNA of the animals. And there's the problem that the organization in use is largely arbitrary in its definitions of phylum and subphylum.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p></div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-17066533403727435822023-10-01T17:58:00.002-04:002023-10-01T17:58:16.589-04:00Lotsa Lady Jokers<p> One group of real people jokers are the ladies. This is not the European type ladies, this is the American ladies. The first is a favorite of mine. She has a simple powerful style with just a simple sketched outline an a Mondrian print on her dress. She's looks like my Mom in the mid 60s where, having just left the USA for the first time and living in London, she went to Vidal Sasson and got a sassy new hairdo (which my brother and I mocked which I still feel bad about. In my defense, I was 7).</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiOTnQLpOV6_OnR5kn8Xe2E_XVSCY39vwbfyQkVIEz-3uSfRZ9ucsggflo6GA-lnEaM7dFrC0F-m4L47Ryt3qlQ4sw33jHWiNU0qnn1ah4Hn4YTf3_UNVtNCuaIGlXgJ8jfiWoyClu1VEUnvnMvLPsvyaXxNLN9fyS2iYdkUrCWftcHIIOM4VTXMY/s4032/IMG-1451.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiOTnQLpOV6_OnR5kn8Xe2E_XVSCY39vwbfyQkVIEz-3uSfRZ9ucsggflo6GA-lnEaM7dFrC0F-m4L47Ryt3qlQ4sw33jHWiNU0qnn1ah4Hn4YTf3_UNVtNCuaIGlXgJ8jfiWoyClu1VEUnvnMvLPsvyaXxNLN9fyS2iYdkUrCWftcHIIOM4VTXMY/w480-h640/IMG-1451.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8ysksBXAEym-Sc5mawMPa0WRcB-nKEFvFQjvI1s4IaTHhaqpDBxLf6aR8WinCHVckmnxlTLihj_e3fbMaPXOFk_iCwVbmt3FFYa2BJooTQiNC9MUMyzgBZcJTOwuTgyYeAM0HxM_7DWPbNzF3z5hz4ofLEGUjqN3bXNa57tKjFhzF20KXgT2apsg/s4032/IMG-1452.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBh6kNs0fqv66Alcn7MqKGjx1j2cWC7dahrkjcil-sdSpxYOQato5RArPDT_Y1bb9I5hqor19lVzda1XWWhTfRaaD7J2GdHCGPjcnVJ0-uMw_3MuAOwgrZTah1jqB-aFv4WA3q8B9nOCPx6B-TRGp7dWiyOtXCCks-OFeCRDgEtVoWsI8ADtc07Q6/s4032/IMG-1456.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBh6kNs0fqv66Alcn7MqKGjx1j2cWC7dahrkjcil-sdSpxYOQato5RArPDT_Y1bb9I5hqor19lVzda1XWWhTfRaaD7J2GdHCGPjcnVJ0-uMw_3MuAOwgrZTah1jqB-aFv4WA3q8B9nOCPx6B-TRGp7dWiyOtXCCks-OFeCRDgEtVoWsI8ADtc07Q6/s320/IMG-1456.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Here are the ensemble shots. There are about 65. This first pages skews very young. I mean most of these jokers have pictures of little girls on them.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2oiyznge8RA1abzAUkcMe5FFiPWmUn_onXB3co43QCGKPkD_o3D5o1c-3-gxwfEuJYTRtNVpOt7x8M4FDOzm6VG8CX1cBt1PSLSSpQ3cpFf5kDHo5u4rkSSPslT_YO_8u4WHVyvIT22_qs03-8Vem709zLDXyrbVeySO6ISoPlFl8TddDCNo7Y6C/s4032/IMG-1457.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2oiyznge8RA1abzAUkcMe5FFiPWmUn_onXB3co43QCGKPkD_o3D5o1c-3-gxwfEuJYTRtNVpOt7x8M4FDOzm6VG8CX1cBt1PSLSSpQ3cpFf5kDHo5u4rkSSPslT_YO_8u4WHVyvIT22_qs03-8Vem709zLDXyrbVeySO6ISoPlFl8TddDCNo7Y6C/w480-h640/IMG-1457.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>Here's there is more of a mix of ages...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh528cFAk_Rv7ohOPkt7Jna_pYlnEtTccbEHrl7kRzHRYxlxtx8dlGcgHU5pw75PLK0cE8lAQRmUhD3ECo5Iu0x4BM3SfMG3eJR46-wy1IBk_CFdm2kwjN4EqXY_sSuwgT62nANIkJBeLmlXEOokyIcUGOooqjBchyphenhyphenewPuBGZUmB_IpKf-qbCdlUfBT/s4032/IMG-1458.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh528cFAk_Rv7ohOPkt7Jna_pYlnEtTccbEHrl7kRzHRYxlxtx8dlGcgHU5pw75PLK0cE8lAQRmUhD3ECo5Iu0x4BM3SfMG3eJR46-wy1IBk_CFdm2kwjN4EqXY_sSuwgT62nANIkJBeLmlXEOokyIcUGOooqjBchyphenhyphenewPuBGZUmB_IpKf-qbCdlUfBT/w480-h640/IMG-1458.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>These are all grown ups and with a certain flair.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXMma0MCDJit0RW_klSLZNe9U50VNzZ8mEgcBqIY6s3FhxRhmYQtUx3iix_Da-zaUr51tJ5PLnHzBgjWSnNEbVF_oO-y06j72JB2SW4ZKbF5wasFVCoErhyphenhyphenTCfLdJzpVCcAiSQzqNj-gq_WxhG6byXBUtrVb8xUN9kw36WNum7ZGUwkpE046HzeMb/s4032/IMG-1459.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXMma0MCDJit0RW_klSLZNe9U50VNzZ8mEgcBqIY6s3FhxRhmYQtUx3iix_Da-zaUr51tJ5PLnHzBgjWSnNEbVF_oO-y06j72JB2SW4ZKbF5wasFVCoErhyphenhyphenTCfLdJzpVCcAiSQzqNj-gq_WxhG6byXBUtrVb8xUN9kw36WNum7ZGUwkpE046HzeMb/w480-h640/IMG-1459.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLZQhDYSN2qDcA3s8KU1EEME_ABXNhE-bvXLf-2m0z0o_0nb3z2IYX9OAJf7ppJntVyI8wagoJNop7fmXC3U6crmn0UEzUsR92eII3xHJY8Zao8SgSRFPh-JOQOEHnQmYrxySgSE7RWnZ3pgkEAjDSLpVHerlnbEh7Ol-wN0uCdrtNbc7tygwjSG6/s4032/IMG-1461.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLZQhDYSN2qDcA3s8KU1EEME_ABXNhE-bvXLf-2m0z0o_0nb3z2IYX9OAJf7ppJntVyI8wagoJNop7fmXC3U6crmn0UEzUsR92eII3xHJY8Zao8SgSRFPh-JOQOEHnQmYrxySgSE7RWnZ3pgkEAjDSLpVHerlnbEh7Ol-wN0uCdrtNbc7tygwjSG6/w480-h640/IMG-1461.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Just a reminder that a cardinal principal of joker collection organization is to keep pairs of jokers from the same deck together. On this next page, there are three pairs of jokers in which one is a women (which is why it is here) and the other is a man.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQxMYN6ENVkPuhUa0WpVlSUBNWGSQUa9s93Y-NDhQEYVFfskFUqdBb6uNy7NQ7OaV1VsDZ9E9O2zg5TTXdBEuzz6pcOu8jU8y4qeUlwHULn9eiojK5zGFLrvmI9uEaYuWrtXWomM6EcFUjad0exKWynVZl1yuEcH3lO8N2bLv1nmaRgYQpmpBDEF9/s4032/IMG-1462.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQxMYN6ENVkPuhUa0WpVlSUBNWGSQUa9s93Y-NDhQEYVFfskFUqdBb6uNy7NQ7OaV1VsDZ9E9O2zg5TTXdBEuzz6pcOu8jU8y4qeUlwHULn9eiojK5zGFLrvmI9uEaYuWrtXWomM6EcFUjad0exKWynVZl1yuEcH3lO8N2bLv1nmaRgYQpmpBDEF9/w480-h640/IMG-1462.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>These next jokers are a little spicy. You might say they have spunk.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptH0tJUwMw4qzPMfW-WYyjDgTSpmIvoKMMJGH0U-bNA7Ku77KYHlNr06atJ_KNMNqYjJ9nWEFf1aLkGIvDT9-fXye4XCw21Kn1GfuMmVIt6J6mslO60SPhqdx19NjmebRxRHNqaLtSa3K1HIVHEnRXRyqdfblF2dcOIEy1sdS6p3H6fFzVEC5r_Sb/s4032/IMG-1463.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptH0tJUwMw4qzPMfW-WYyjDgTSpmIvoKMMJGH0U-bNA7Ku77KYHlNr06atJ_KNMNqYjJ9nWEFf1aLkGIvDT9-fXye4XCw21Kn1GfuMmVIt6J6mslO60SPhqdx19NjmebRxRHNqaLtSa3K1HIVHEnRXRyqdfblF2dcOIEy1sdS6p3H6fFzVEC5r_Sb/w480-h640/IMG-1463.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLoX1jqJaPANnMrR9fnDMdYPpQxsUwSErv7ljxEfSBef_PkAoSrx833davHCHhLUv9R5aBco65HbttVIpapuFeZhEe8Q7JH_OgfimwKO0I2lO5A03C1MGWxsUczSWZBmHKp-LtQQS6LW3P9ZCkUzdnkMz5pRTusefmn1iE_6FFqXDjXdrDL3mywUl/s4032/IMG-1464.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLoX1jqJaPANnMrR9fnDMdYPpQxsUwSErv7ljxEfSBef_PkAoSrx833davHCHhLUv9R5aBco65HbttVIpapuFeZhEe8Q7JH_OgfimwKO0I2lO5A03C1MGWxsUczSWZBmHKp-LtQQS6LW3P9ZCkUzdnkMz5pRTusefmn1iE_6FFqXDjXdrDL3mywUl/w400-h300/IMG-1464.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Related joker themes: </p><p><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/topsy-jokers-with-masks.html"><i><b>Topsy Turvy Women</b></i></a>. For instance: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdFzEOL5elKYy2BBVBwk6V3phbpXurgM6EEw6fTrIFVUGF0_1EE7yG_BQkMEOMU59X1CBRBLLjfj14qPtW7oyA70g7_82bBCLbbo3-U5hv0I_9_oXvebpWH7e-p0Qv4ZSxB2CmySsFLtGRx4iNJrKDNAVTGOQQXEJkWS-nzUHdjmoKahobSPkv0zp/s640/IMG-0506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdFzEOL5elKYy2BBVBwk6V3phbpXurgM6EEw6fTrIFVUGF0_1EE7yG_BQkMEOMU59X1CBRBLLjfj14qPtW7oyA70g7_82bBCLbbo3-U5hv0I_9_oXvebpWH7e-p0Qv4ZSxB2CmySsFLtGRx4iNJrKDNAVTGOQQXEJkWS-nzUHdjmoKahobSPkv0zp/s320/IMG-0506.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /><b>Women (and men) being sexy</b>: the <i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/05/pretty-girls-in-bikinis.html"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">bikini girls</span></b></a></i> (the essentials covered),<span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/10/pin-up-illustrations.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">illustrations</span></a>,</b></i> <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/10/old-fashioned-pornography.html"><i><b>old fashioned</b></i></a>, <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/10/asian-girlie-jokers.html"><i><b>Asian</b></i></a>, and<i><b> <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/06/pin-up-joker-playing-cards.html">harder core</a>.</b></i><br /><br /></p><p><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/08/actors-and-actress-jokers.html">Actress (and actor) jokers</a></b></i></p>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-46274198697511999782023-10-01T14:27:00.004-04:002024-02-04T16:03:38.119-05:00Equipment for Storing and Displaying my Cards<p> While this article might be useful to others, I'm writing it primarily to think through and understand my choices. It's about the equipment for storing and displaying my cards. I seem to forget where to buy things and what my choices are so I'm doing (and sharing) a review of my choices.</p><p><b>Plastic Pages.</b> Most of my jokers are stored in three ring binders in pages with 9 pockets. I've bought two types through the years: top loaders and side loaders. I prefer the top loaders. I also have pages with little pockets for tiny cards. I order them from Amazon:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzmHjTPC_f_H-nQeJdiEpjLWQxWveaGNlV1_3t54UjCE4HS-MqRoKpBdr9XjIeLfqKic7La2fMUIiIWuXBZktCqN3l6a8u7m0A2nCoBc2S_1qQcw7wwiHBb4bIF6yPzsS6jYq2aQCh-iGwtCHutSvVbrjea9Y3uviJRJ-rCP0wzT0sY3XM0Sr5RUc/s394/9pocketpages.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="209" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzmHjTPC_f_H-nQeJdiEpjLWQxWveaGNlV1_3t54UjCE4HS-MqRoKpBdr9XjIeLfqKic7La2fMUIiIWuXBZktCqN3l6a8u7m0A2nCoBc2S_1qQcw7wwiHBb4bIF6yPzsS6jYq2aQCh-iGwtCHutSvVbrjea9Y3uviJRJ-rCP0wzT0sY3XM0Sr5RUc/s320/9pocketpages.PNG" width="170" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Clear Cheap Light-weight Plastic Boxes</b> - These come in my sizes and from many places. I use these a lot. I bought some from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/121D1029-70B4-4DDA-83BE-6B0312DBAF42?ingress=2&visitId=edfadfba-aaeb-4a98-8b0a-7ca3656bc1ac&ref_=ast_bln" target="_blank">Apacali on Amazon</a>.<p></p><p><b>ClearBags.com </b>- This is a general purpose packaging site. While they have lots of different items, I'm talking about their clear lightweight plastic PET tuck boxes which can be bought in a variety of sizes and volumes. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoReNJidAPtb6TMI9fSsCicizcgmf0smvYVEeFWe-1EIpiEcG-6vYyRjmxnxBILxcTovv3xEU9U6Mj22S32WFwCM6KyT_Kh7dIEsyhjPGW1oBM4d9kX-cLxkBLCKgc-rWbR3Ce5gk7oB4PBlYhmhcuEjIJS6_Glury98LxAwMTZy2ceiHoIOBWc6R/s908/clearbags-details.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="908" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoReNJidAPtb6TMI9fSsCicizcgmf0smvYVEeFWe-1EIpiEcG-6vYyRjmxnxBILxcTovv3xEU9U6Mj22S32WFwCM6KyT_Kh7dIEsyhjPGW1oBM4d9kX-cLxkBLCKgc-rWbR3Ce5gk7oB4PBlYhmhcuEjIJS6_Glury98LxAwMTZy2ceiHoIOBWc6R/s320/clearbags-details.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_S_mzuBwa0WsCpx3F-sT1n5jXEBv6P0645u-eqPJiBWrX_1SXH57o4QYTTKShL-nkEsxT5XTD2Ng1mu5XVxK6w3KXyiLfKQDRRWhVxprcqsNMOs_xlJlqfg756bV1mhZBAJR-urDyWgScSQHVAJ2OfrDD76DiKxKThUzCi7domrmsUrLl-QGKPey/s4032/boxes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_S_mzuBwa0WsCpx3F-sT1n5jXEBv6P0645u-eqPJiBWrX_1SXH57o4QYTTKShL-nkEsxT5XTD2Ng1mu5XVxK6w3KXyiLfKQDRRWhVxprcqsNMOs_xlJlqfg756bV1mhZBAJR-urDyWgScSQHVAJ2OfrDD76DiKxKThUzCi7domrmsUrLl-QGKPey/s320/boxes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>ClearBags also has<a href="https://www.clearbags.com/specialty-packaging/collectible-sleeves/sports-card-sleeves" target="_blank"> <i><b>protective sleeves</b></i></a><i><b> </b></i>for single cards.<p></p><div><br /></div><div><b>Carat Cases </b>- These are hard plastic cases which can be bought for single decks or for a set of decks. They fit together with neat magnets. These are the more upscale solution for storing cards.</div><div><br /></div><div>I bought from <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://playingcarddecks.com/_t/c/A1030004-179D762341AEA746-B5CD2147?l%3DAAB9U2EYgkYeMM8HRE7pYORMAr7QsL0S%252FFGQAeJbDhKBUJ173W%252FmOKR3iiB%252B3NYlmoHdIZZ8mHbABgk3nzW1OIPO77h5fmgw7abJF2igm3LsvTZq0JpaFgoaeV7oKv25wp80wKxNmh1bf1%252FiN9OYSmZniCPv5pK03q0vSaVZHLA1cjiTRibNkoAfwN1axaUDmzeBguxFX1vRqSiyaYZ8CJl1bTyAZLIJ53MYwExQd0wV1ZzdP5TCGdgTeRtx3S9djReJxmu8goLIHcw5p2lL6B2%252FUjXeyVingdSXisKLQ7Dtc7m2WtK%252BwFyYAx0rJJYgGqngAMR5RdItWPgJ8h2sJxiPXPAhCzjJNnMNlwovtHGBUOfYb84WkwQ%253D%26c%3DAADL9EAqDBD2Wsef84NBp8LheM8jl5fcf4X1xXuJAzZziHf1mjw0SqchN4E8E7RWvRodF6b2PX%252FT52XBbUwBbwgbIVQW3LdL2mUNMnMdBitOJyWN3JPa1s2zj4JjTQxbVYIYlHaEGl9mD9MerbB28lufoeigzLLHapBwlJS3lPN8CK0m2jlnqGGJdc5dj5aXlqvvDVTaaj8RJ91IABRHSumn%252FeK0y48vCXWJgVQEem%252FeRiCvTTcAHvXWJWGA0FIIMKpaB%252FLkmsbQ9DwT78o4S8myOSCgaHk%252F%252FUIz2sJqBC42nsXJgA%252F6DXSFS8VOw1kd%252FXjMeGL4i3FDx7%252BOkGt7nJk7NvAIp%252FgfWRdzR38GVk8UocZLzEPO%252FLd6%252B9e4mRI8OcdscDnXTs0S7eiOj9CEZuzaKIJfENXoBaAX7pxvj3EHiDRMnnJoZuNLKgncpgfsfYhPuDLKNAbkezwSm4%252BBC4zuRFWkHs4%253D&source=gmail&ust=1707163917930000&usg=AOvVaw2bM0T20_U2TLKIc9qrYml3" fg_scanned="1" href="https://playingcarddecks.com/_t/c/A1030004-179D762341AEA746-B5CD2147?l=AAB9U2EYgkYeMM8HRE7pYORMAr7QsL0S%2FFGQAeJbDhKBUJ173W%2FmOKR3iiB%2B3NYlmoHdIZZ8mHbABgk3nzW1OIPO77h5fmgw7abJF2igm3LsvTZq0JpaFgoaeV7oKv25wp80wKxNmh1bf1%2FiN9OYSmZniCPv5pK03q0vSaVZHLA1cjiTRibNkoAfwN1axaUDmzeBguxFX1vRqSiyaYZ8CJl1bTyAZLIJ53MYwExQd0wV1ZzdP5TCGdgTeRtx3S9djReJxmu8goLIHcw5p2lL6B2%2FUjXeyVingdSXisKLQ7Dtc7m2WtK%2BwFyYAx0rJJYgGqngAMR5RdItWPgJ8h2sJxiPXPAhCzjJNnMNlwovtHGBUOfYb84WkwQ%3D&c=AADL9EAqDBD2Wsef84NBp8LheM8jl5fcf4X1xXuJAzZziHf1mjw0SqchN4E8E7RWvRodF6b2PX%2FT52XBbUwBbwgbIVQW3LdL2mUNMnMdBitOJyWN3JPa1s2zj4JjTQxbVYIYlHaEGl9mD9MerbB28lufoeigzLLHapBwlJS3lPN8CK0m2jlnqGGJdc5dj5aXlqvvDVTaaj8RJ91IABRHSumn%2FeK0y48vCXWJgVQEem%2FeRiCvTTcAHvXWJWGA0FIIMKpaB%2FLkmsbQ9DwT78o4S8myOSCgaHk%2F%2FUIz2sJqBC42nsXJgA%2F6DXSFS8VOw1kd%2FXjMeGL4i3FDx7%2BOkGt7nJk7NvAIp%2FgfWRdzR38GVk8UocZLzEPO%2FLd6%2B9e4mRI8OcdscDnXTs0S7eiOj9CEZuzaKIJfENXoBaAX7pxvj3EHiDRMnnJoZuNLKgncpgfsfYhPuDLKNAbkezwSm4%2BBC4zuRFWkHs4%3D" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PlayingCardDecks.com</a> a display case for 9 decks. It's beautiful. It's $58.33 including tax and shipping. Here's what my display looks like:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5GAnN0nGevEKHRx9tgzyYUyhdSCx-pqTmEw9xF9gD6TXHNPPQOYGgz3Gp_Gbs5HaQUZ6RZB1QOPQlLW9kqWS1K2OpIASmUA1UuS1u3kz7G-0VhQXHCt_ymx8j_jygsJKMZXXeY_U5np_1GLnvN2m6EWWM0DaYBr7cgXwefz5HzCKF05jbzTXsUUSs/s4032/caratdisplay3x3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5GAnN0nGevEKHRx9tgzyYUyhdSCx-pqTmEw9xF9gD6TXHNPPQOYGgz3Gp_Gbs5HaQUZ6RZB1QOPQlLW9kqWS1K2OpIASmUA1UuS1u3kz7G-0VhQXHCt_ymx8j_jygsJKMZXXeY_U5np_1GLnvN2m6EWWM0DaYBr7cgXwefz5HzCKF05jbzTXsUUSs/s320/caratdisplay3x3.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's the PlayingCardDecks selection of carat <i><b><a href="https://playingcarddecks.com/pages/search-results-page?q=carat%20cases" target="_blank">cases</a></b></i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Most of the carat cases come from <a href="https://caratcasecreations.com/" target="_blank"><i><b>CaratCaseCreations.com</b></i></a>. You can order from them or any of a number of their distributors such as Murphy's Magic. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here's their price list from some point in time.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><u><span class="il">Carat</span> Case Suggested Retail Pricing: </u></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> X1M Mini Deck Case</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> (R) 7.50</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> X1 Single Deck Case: (R) 10.00 </span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> XST Slip Tuck Single Deck Case: (R) 11.00</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> XBC Single Deck Case: </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> (R) </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">13.00</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> X2B Double Deck Back-to-Back Case: (R) 14.00</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> X2 Double Deck Case: </span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">(R) 15.00</span></p><p style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="il">Carat</span> X3: Triple Deck Case: </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">(R) 18.00 </span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> X4 Four Deck Case: </span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">(R) 22.00 </span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> X5 Five Deck Case: </span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">R) 25.00</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> X6 Half Brick Case: </span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">(R) 22.00</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> X8 Eight Deck (brick style) Case: (R) 25.00 </span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> X12 Brick Case: (R) 30.00</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> X2x2 Four Deck Case (R) 30.00</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> X3x2 Six Deck Case: </span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">(R) 32.00 </span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> X4x2 Eight Deck Case: </span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">(R) 39.00 </span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> X4x3 Twelve Deck Case: </span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">(R) 50.00</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> XDR24 Deck Rack (24 decks) (R) 40.00</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> XDR24L Deck Rack w/lid (24 decks) (R) 50.00</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> B12 Bamboo Brick Box (12 decks) (R) 35.00</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> B24 Bamboo Double Brick Box (24 decks) (R) 60.00 </span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> DS1 Deck Sleeve (10 pack): </span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> (R) 6.00</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> DS1 Deck Sleeve (50 pack): (R) 28.00</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> DS1L Deck Sleeve (5 pack): (R) 4.00</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> DS1 EDC Everyday Carry Sleeve (5 pack): (R) 5.00 </span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="il">Carat</span> HB1A Custom Half Brick Box Sleeve (5 pack): (R) 12.50</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Carat</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">BBS Custom Brick Box Sleeve (3 pack): (R) 15.00</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Carat</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">HBB Half Brick Box (5 pack): (R) 18.75</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Carat</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">FBB Brick Box (3 pack): (R) 15.00</span></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Wooden Display Case. </b>I've also bought a display case for 35 decks from <a href="https://shop.52kards.com/apps/omega-search/?q=display" target="_blank">52 Kards</a> for $35 that looks like its made of wood. It was a little tricky to assemble (no directions of anything) but I've ended up using it a lot.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmT0qL1BS5LywkblFJpLVOlNI_EoHb04nzdk8Hg0R6JwqJjHm2TKmHzAdP7Ob-DdwHzJqc5iIdCDOWnVqu4QYp29J8KnM9QNc7hZiwGbTmMSzq2atDeL3CJ4ZHOKr0Mua_T7RDT-kgurQ3r-eyvuJc2gOWt0JJwGYDvbIAzPVP7i5qxzIHxtVFR9l/s640/display.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="640" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmT0qL1BS5LywkblFJpLVOlNI_EoHb04nzdk8Hg0R6JwqJjHm2TKmHzAdP7Ob-DdwHzJqc5iIdCDOWnVqu4QYp29J8KnM9QNc7hZiwGbTmMSzq2atDeL3CJ4ZHOKr0Mua_T7RDT-kgurQ3r-eyvuJc2gOWt0JJwGYDvbIAzPVP7i5qxzIHxtVFR9l/w400-h399/display.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> </div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-70974558330244129282023-09-26T17:59:00.004-04:002024-03-24T13:57:04.480-04:00Dundreary Jokers<p> Alas, despite my interest in the early Congress jokers, I do not have an original Congress deck with a Dundreary joker. I do have a used Dundreary joker with some charming markings on it. Which I treasure.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4uDx71FDLAye2_b_EYNKPxrojgiAmDnpJ8PvwRu3Y-gKeG33Ikdy9jXZ4XUIm-X5oGdBltPCihB_BYGSVzZuQG5P4HeNHtbhXfBvsMBO6XH5kECxMgnmGDOwPsOFUS0DRfV4Y0u-/s320/IMG-3344.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4uDx71FDLAye2_b_EYNKPxrojgiAmDnpJ8PvwRu3Y-gKeG33Ikdy9jXZ4XUIm-X5oGdBltPCihB_BYGSVzZuQG5P4HeNHtbhXfBvsMBO6XH5kECxMgnmGDOwPsOFUS0DRfV4Y0u-/s320/IMG-3344.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>So why does anyone care about these old decks and jokers. Here's the story.<div><br /></div><div>In the late 1800s, America was getting sort of rich, people were travelling on steamboats and trains, and there was lots of time and interest in playing cards. Most regular poorish people might buy steamboat decks for around $0.02 (two cents). Middle class people would more likely spend five or ten cents and buy nicer decks such as Army Navy, Tiger, Bicycle, and Sportsmen. But the rich, the people with mansions in NYC and Boston, the people who summered in Newport and who belonged to all the right clubs, the people who might be named Astor, Rockefeller, Flagler, Morgan, or Vanderbilt, well, they bought the upscale brands for about $0.50 per deck. These decks had gold edges and came in leather boxes with lovely artwork on the back. Chief among these upscale brands were Congress 606 and for the first two decades of it's life, this brand featured Lord Dundreary on the joker.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lord Dundreary was the joker for Congress decks from 1881 until the late 1890s. Dundreary was a popular character from “Our American Cousin” played on Broadway by Edward Askew Sothern. Lord Dundreary who first appeared in 1858, was a good-natured brainless pretentious British aristocratic character who apparently was widely popular and talked about. To this day, a simple google search produces all sorts of written material and ephemera about this character and the actor how played him.</div><div><br /></div><div>For more info on Congress 606 cards, I have written an article about <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/my-matching-congress-606-jokers.html">Congress 606 Matching joker</a>s</b></i> (which replaced the Dundreary joker from 1898 to 1906) and about the overall<a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2018/01/congress-jokers.html"><i><b> history of Congress jokers</b></i></a>.<br /><div><br /></div><div>I recently bought a modern homage deck created by <i><b><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackson-robinson-32445b28/" target="_blank">Jackson Robinson</a></b></i> and Kings Wild. It was apparently designed in a 24 hour competition in 2020. It is a limited edition and is <i><b><a href="https://kingswildproject.com/products/lord-dundrearys-monocle-of-magnificent-splendor?variant=39695537504455" target="_blank">for sale by Kings Wild</a></b></i>. </div><div><br /></div><div>There's a joker with the insightful, indisputable, and profound Dundrearism: "No Matter where you go in life, there you are." Actually, that sounds familiar. Maybe I've said it or at least thought it. My wording, which I offer to people who seem embarrassed by their situation is: "Well, you are where you are." Or, "it is what it is."</div><div><br /></div><div>Be that as it may, here's the notable cards in the <i>Lord Dundreary Monocle Deck.</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6jmjV3fTFnY5wuix_dKKs7HhMbEexa5D1XveV_es51MuUe3afMk77wz4l77_obBAsGCnkwnsK9lPfli9MHB_mbXuMktvgW0t_KPgvcrQurl7jIIk4ALkOTxmzVgPLIInDz1nDR-S8j_fJ0B1pqfOPi9Enoez1VODZu8S5TWW1uKf2w4HFQu9KLB_/s3358/IMG-1443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3358" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6jmjV3fTFnY5wuix_dKKs7HhMbEexa5D1XveV_es51MuUe3afMk77wz4l77_obBAsGCnkwnsK9lPfli9MHB_mbXuMktvgW0t_KPgvcrQurl7jIIk4ALkOTxmzVgPLIInDz1nDR-S8j_fJ0B1pqfOPi9Enoez1VODZu8S5TWW1uKf2w4HFQu9KLB_/w640-h576/IMG-1443.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>There's the eye card which I can't decide if it counts as a joker or not. Why didn't they put the word joker on it and save me the agony of deciding?</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvjQP61k_SOcIv2yj0HT0Rx1PCF_vhIOxPcjYae99_3sa5Xdr3NacBOHoJR4eDgdxzzRrntuSljUrOL_jt1iR1WR4EgCRdD0tgP_EZUdd8KrG2XQ0ZUou7C30WC68JIcIyZnZtDYy0flvz4xAq5NK2wygGq15OfbOWNtA2_Z7y79HLxU8R_gfmw-V/s4032/IMG-1444.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvjQP61k_SOcIv2yj0HT0Rx1PCF_vhIOxPcjYae99_3sa5Xdr3NacBOHoJR4eDgdxzzRrntuSljUrOL_jt1iR1WR4EgCRdD0tgP_EZUdd8KrG2XQ0ZUou7C30WC68JIcIyZnZtDYy0flvz4xAq5NK2wygGq15OfbOWNtA2_Z7y79HLxU8R_gfmw-V/w480-h640/IMG-1444.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixS051AqmdId0xD6yDmNtcq3dJJAUVruhhV0JijGzCgQ53ct8Img7PvtSishAvFsWRf9ZYMh9hGNQ8UHJpOzLlYfET_0T-mSB3lNvOq2UvNVi24mi6IVNYqkmJJVqsYOUc7NbKpt8qRTV21DOo2RqRaHfAGt8I0m_9EyWw1g1Y4WMTTaoThSKOn7UX/s4032/IMG-1445.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixS051AqmdId0xD6yDmNtcq3dJJAUVruhhV0JijGzCgQ53ct8Img7PvtSishAvFsWRf9ZYMh9hGNQ8UHJpOzLlYfET_0T-mSB3lNvOq2UvNVi24mi6IVNYqkmJJVqsYOUc7NbKpt8qRTV21DOo2RqRaHfAGt8I0m_9EyWw1g1Y4WMTTaoThSKOn7UX/w480-h640/IMG-1445.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUA050VmVFHres6wHjxZVQrint0nyUEmGZFc_Cip3DUE9cKd-a3kQq2KbUi1XjwKyYCiSxYzqc3G9y2B2ahaKb4_TJ17tPQMVxMyQjzRDNrBs19ggxjo-Y20Rg2y0lZlzOnlcNCRZBkWTMihujFCmZLugAzOJhwGT5VfZla5LZOBmOL3gGxmiyGbvR/s4032/IMG-1446.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUA050VmVFHres6wHjxZVQrint0nyUEmGZFc_Cip3DUE9cKd-a3kQq2KbUi1XjwKyYCiSxYzqc3G9y2B2ahaKb4_TJ17tPQMVxMyQjzRDNrBs19ggxjo-Y20Rg2y0lZlzOnlcNCRZBkWTMihujFCmZLugAzOJhwGT5VfZla5LZOBmOL3gGxmiyGbvR/w480-h640/IMG-1446.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>Oct 2023 - Auction action update. There was a nice old deck, late 1800, in the 52 Plus Joker auction. Good condition. I decided to bid on it since I really wanted a real Dundreary deck and joker. I decided to bid up to $500. The bidding ended up being me and <a href="https://congressplayingcards.com/" target="_blank">the Congress Guy</a>. I dropped out at $475. So I'm still looking.</p><p>Read about:</p><p><i><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3773697932137398403/7097455833024412928#">My 19 ~1900 Congress decks of cards</a><br /><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2018/01/congress-jokers.html">My Congress Jokers</a><br /><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/american-historical-people-real-or.html">Famous Historic Americans</a></b></i></p></div></div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-91584351691521475302023-09-13T09:32:00.009-04:002023-09-18T17:14:16.288-04:00The Masters: Great Artists<p> Today, I created a subcategory of the "Old Europeans" section and separated out the artists and musicians from the others who were mostly kings. I was thinking about this section since I just unpacked a Leonardo de Vinci deck that I bought this summer in France. Here's a description of the de Vinci deck:<br /><br />The de Vinci deck included three jokers. Here's the jokers, the ace of spades, the box, and the back.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqj6qhBFsz2qzToKLEKXiDiFMa5c1h8t6YqMStEj957IUjwA-bpmrRc8soesMjJxulYwNgYbvU8n2qoCALK5elreqyWrt7AwIADCQ3AzBHfO9WWnGVOVPmIr6CtobmDliNmv5OV8BJ7MNZzxYpYhyfezbI-ChwrJZYps-CuV7h3XiL8YwplfZABtKj/s4032/IMG-1256.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqj6qhBFsz2qzToKLEKXiDiFMa5c1h8t6YqMStEj957IUjwA-bpmrRc8soesMjJxulYwNgYbvU8n2qoCALK5elreqyWrt7AwIADCQ3AzBHfO9WWnGVOVPmIr6CtobmDliNmv5OV8BJ7MNZzxYpYhyfezbI-ChwrJZYps-CuV7h3XiL8YwplfZABtKj/w640-h480/IMG-1256.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leonard de Vinci Playing Cards</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>It was published by Editions Dusserre, a division of Cartamundi.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmoFGycbRGPrVHcbH0tZZEOJRAiy1WCAkS1pEUiJziR337l7aHZ3LTy7isuEqWekU9M5XfnD3y13MHpCO43VpNTwJFrq3ABbKn2MA0h7tJQDU3DpmXFV5DOFigAqbfnrkAUsXhKhQG36pH0yE-oJ4rangdhvMd9Gx7kZ-CParB8DZVIiNvoZerZnI/s3657/editions%20desserre.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1449" data-original-width="3657" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmoFGycbRGPrVHcbH0tZZEOJRAiy1WCAkS1pEUiJziR337l7aHZ3LTy7isuEqWekU9M5XfnD3y13MHpCO43VpNTwJFrq3ABbKn2MA0h7tJQDU3DpmXFV5DOFigAqbfnrkAUsXhKhQG36pH0yE-oJ4rangdhvMd9Gx7kZ-CParB8DZVIiNvoZerZnI/s320/editions%20desserre.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>It is a gorgeous deck celebrating the work of a brilliant mind. I also reinforces one of my recent observations which is that playing cards are consistently providing an astounding amount of high quality art to consumers at incredible good prices. This deck has a work of art by de Vinci on all the face cards and aces plus information on the other cards.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbt9XvoF8BZCmttyN3yB7Bdwb83zydmRpxpNb0kjHOQmEX8Wh0iUOiDVL5uWc6SSfyurgdQoS4-NFjlcTRYe4uy3ADA6I0ed8Gh5xEv1LxsOTRGj9Pi4n_mNr4qOO5lEvfYeevK2fsAC49lDpM_Db4T3Be7h6fcJnz4iFrus0Em-5xSRS6_68biDgF/s4032/IMG-1267.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbt9XvoF8BZCmttyN3yB7Bdwb83zydmRpxpNb0kjHOQmEX8Wh0iUOiDVL5uWc6SSfyurgdQoS4-NFjlcTRYe4uy3ADA6I0ed8Gh5xEv1LxsOTRGj9Pi4n_mNr4qOO5lEvfYeevK2fsAC49lDpM_Db4T3Be7h6fcJnz4iFrus0Em-5xSRS6_68biDgF/w300-h400/IMG-1267.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This section is not just jokers with pictures of great artists, there' also painters, writers, magicians and composers. Here for instance is a joker with<b> the Grimm Brothers</b>.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_SwcxBU1_GfDHpbWLfxObVVBd7ewOOIxdQ21OPLmsT82chGgKsbgRCnE-M1x34iSgngq6Wf69OzOesT0upSAQOHXkLUsUWoX4oERkN5hao0TQCXak-qLfv4bJ_ZNIg8CV4WPC6QpDcLXf98dlGH2tABxO_ScPZHjIuxKUUaaMbtN_kTu-OV_3Q0u/s4032/IMG-1263.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_SwcxBU1_GfDHpbWLfxObVVBd7ewOOIxdQ21OPLmsT82chGgKsbgRCnE-M1x34iSgngq6Wf69OzOesT0upSAQOHXkLUsUWoX4oERkN5hao0TQCXak-qLfv4bJ_ZNIg8CV4WPC6QpDcLXf98dlGH2tABxO_ScPZHjIuxKUUaaMbtN_kTu-OV_3Q0u/w300-h400/IMG-1263.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grimm Brothers Playing Card Joker</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>And here's Vincent Van Gough with his ear intact.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVNREMxwfQCKJ0AGmXgUvVd7kTTb4bEPYXKkVdqWgbA0O4o1EDLsoEH1OHEU4I2upVm_hwlrAyP8sYTFvBFVsj_nzLLQBrhFdlOBDs75_x9FuzfLe_Mq9SALeIiKMLBFdSm20ma1PBjpy99iOyg_BE-V8WxfCGaLtR0I_owRB6jZNjWfV3vVDt2Sp/s4032/IMG-1264.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVNREMxwfQCKJ0AGmXgUvVd7kTTb4bEPYXKkVdqWgbA0O4o1EDLsoEH1OHEU4I2upVm_hwlrAyP8sYTFvBFVsj_nzLLQBrhFdlOBDs75_x9FuzfLe_Mq9SALeIiKMLBFdSm20ma1PBjpy99iOyg_BE-V8WxfCGaLtR0I_owRB6jZNjWfV3vVDt2Sp/w300-h400/IMG-1264.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHaORpJ_4RSg2xsNlfjFgrFrk5U8dEoC6kIrfxrdBKq69_KxQUK4DYhU4SC8S9EY2tWPkqHwj9d5AjolOd_dnQlwoQ_U7kU-wO60vFXhRwgv3nMfl8QAPUKjhs24Mah5PVQqoiaxueVoAxl6HPWo8gO-hrmFQtUEU5IVq630A9xxor3378IUZdDC4/s4032/IMG-1265.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHaORpJ_4RSg2xsNlfjFgrFrk5U8dEoC6kIrfxrdBKq69_KxQUK4DYhU4SC8S9EY2tWPkqHwj9d5AjolOd_dnQlwoQ_U7kU-wO60vFXhRwgv3nMfl8QAPUKjhs24Mah5PVQqoiaxueVoAxl6HPWo8gO-hrmFQtUEU5IVq630A9xxor3378IUZdDC4/w300-h400/IMG-1265.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigeEghsfhEohCRN2vvzEvYERVDpxbRsLjcADM0a1daXD3gVSdf-8qk_c3YMDAwuReuwNX3fy0lIMOvrMFIWFXZv0yl05hPAvnUPpQjo5pSZj9wJ2byw3Ivs8OgiSajzEDXIzV6HQ3YLFZHIXGvortlJNsTR8YDC1L52EFekOZZBSO_Sx_EZEjsFiBV/s4032/IMG-1266.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigeEghsfhEohCRN2vvzEvYERVDpxbRsLjcADM0a1daXD3gVSdf-8qk_c3YMDAwuReuwNX3fy0lIMOvrMFIWFXZv0yl05hPAvnUPpQjo5pSZj9wJ2byw3Ivs8OgiSajzEDXIzV6HQ3YLFZHIXGvortlJNsTR8YDC1L52EFekOZZBSO_Sx_EZEjsFiBV/w300-h400/IMG-1266.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I particularly like Pissaro since he lived and painted in Kew, England where I use to live. There was a restaurant pub there called <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/pissarro-london"><i><b>Pissaro </b></i></a>where I spent time. Actually, a lot of time. They had reproductions of his paintings on the wall: many of the paintings were of local scenes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRVIVkm8_Gl8I7OhbYKOIZjBb8x0QjfJaa6W6mhFSa8hh7ekT0HVb18A0TuglJQGd8mS9eF9m9rFXykgTdde9SUMkHokLhqhn4DW-yATWXgz1ItGvRzYQ4U1uLJERFsM3ey_Cqp38sh76nyjmSuanmdhtJbRoFzsMko_EVG9NU7qizQBXxhBzjpMt/s4032/IMG-1288.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRVIVkm8_Gl8I7OhbYKOIZjBb8x0QjfJaa6W6mhFSa8hh7ekT0HVb18A0TuglJQGd8mS9eF9m9rFXykgTdde9SUMkHokLhqhn4DW-yATWXgz1ItGvRzYQ4U1uLJERFsM3ey_Cqp38sh76nyjmSuanmdhtJbRoFzsMko_EVG9NU7qizQBXxhBzjpMt/w300-h400/IMG-1288.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Leonardo de Vinci: His art and intellect: astounding every time I consider it. Here's more images of him on jokers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1ZHs4uv7T687vT9h-GfzFbKR7GqOyqtCmKQLF-5eFlzn8LJTBpKx9GoZ3ax6v2SFDY2OasUihcscu1enwgoVmMrmEZsgjpeYuloh_QoH7USFotyKtpfjgrmkvpXMY9I0rHILGEq-9b9_1p38FLn10Rc3luExLsVJHLlfT5Wk_t9BzevckdE9-gmO/s4032/IMG-1289.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1ZHs4uv7T687vT9h-GfzFbKR7GqOyqtCmKQLF-5eFlzn8LJTBpKx9GoZ3ax6v2SFDY2OasUihcscu1enwgoVmMrmEZsgjpeYuloh_QoH7USFotyKtpfjgrmkvpXMY9I0rHILGEq-9b9_1p38FLn10Rc3luExLsVJHLlfT5Wk_t9BzevckdE9-gmO/w300-h400/IMG-1289.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEG9jOZBnHajELQ48IsL-C5wZu8O39j8f7CR_3QttbtjHD8nudVlAL0znB8Cd5-3l5jRYV0_nokH1KNmZqlM-7xmKdj79ox-7aV_6v-g1JvE3YFFqJOl30evyPB_ZNcl5TraTQuriRTtpn2yMITGS4YVeCpt8YdE0IuAI5iZeNoD1D0GJ17xyQSSez/s4032/IMG-1290.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEG9jOZBnHajELQ48IsL-C5wZu8O39j8f7CR_3QttbtjHD8nudVlAL0znB8Cd5-3l5jRYV0_nokH1KNmZqlM-7xmKdj79ox-7aV_6v-g1JvE3YFFqJOl30evyPB_ZNcl5TraTQuriRTtpn2yMITGS4YVeCpt8YdE0IuAI5iZeNoD1D0GJ17xyQSSez/w300-h400/IMG-1290.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Here are the ensemble shots of the Great Master section which, if you include the three de Vince jokers that I just added, make a total of about 40 jokers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJeMCibt5avfLp4HKwo7XDaLWhLdGXvbezo7L_z5fAoJcHmcpGlar4A-YoGxHrtwsM5IYw0m2Hh5n29WsUPB-MkzjsJuB04mjJJV4_Z_Ng93DD1BqI8NVFG-kTo67C0SJxV3DBE36EbWEmxKXKNWgnP1GAN1KIObQAp4PLqqsJFj21V5m1SebtHV0/s4032/IMG-1258.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJeMCibt5avfLp4HKwo7XDaLWhLdGXvbezo7L_z5fAoJcHmcpGlar4A-YoGxHrtwsM5IYw0m2Hh5n29WsUPB-MkzjsJuB04mjJJV4_Z_Ng93DD1BqI8NVFG-kTo67C0SJxV3DBE36EbWEmxKXKNWgnP1GAN1KIObQAp4PLqqsJFj21V5m1SebtHV0/w480-h640/IMG-1258.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvxBJstp_xntR0Hq8bcbFoc3k1xRI6hmeKVQqd0aFldEMd2ZKg-CCZlbBaRXIdgIQhk7HQk7UeVq9c7Ki2Q4vYCilKJkofDtKvKhQcckN6jmpJJtcLZ-P6mKqAjqo_fqy7_zRx1_d0W9gN6qmXyYNune_mhT46Kcm0U0mI_48gxRMirvGYzTdKfij/s4032/IMG-1259.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvxBJstp_xntR0Hq8bcbFoc3k1xRI6hmeKVQqd0aFldEMd2ZKg-CCZlbBaRXIdgIQhk7HQk7UeVq9c7Ki2Q4vYCilKJkofDtKvKhQcckN6jmpJJtcLZ-P6mKqAjqo_fqy7_zRx1_d0W9gN6qmXyYNune_mhT46Kcm0U0mI_48gxRMirvGYzTdKfij/w480-h640/IMG-1259.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NgnToj6PRq_N3NNKHm3fcYAP28P6agUNHGsilnfmGkm5LO9i6K98cRT4jqOLKgOuMiXN91gkBUYqw9z0vVy_4CDQLpOwD1F7pi7-Jve0vbu5Pfbwj7QGKK9WVqxrK98x-o0s3M0PA519vydav5vc94zj2MJ7krxQXsJerHwIw5miCcVedZyEjUwI/s4032/IMG-1261.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NgnToj6PRq_N3NNKHm3fcYAP28P6agUNHGsilnfmGkm5LO9i6K98cRT4jqOLKgOuMiXN91gkBUYqw9z0vVy_4CDQLpOwD1F7pi7-Jve0vbu5Pfbwj7QGKK9WVqxrK98x-o0s3M0PA519vydav5vc94zj2MJ7krxQXsJerHwIw5miCcVedZyEjUwI/w480-h640/IMG-1261.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSd8-W4uycD8xSSWn-xHvjtIlk5MmV7N2Gl3ZPiYq9v-wUh3Gvkg-UNTt_yUGYclJudWItQZIEyzD_xyU8lc5Ckl79MaLLfA4qQzXqYW-rdrHwMPaGUzSSPomMJm_gk_yQmzz6n5yLbzYhuBLgyDhfGkwEzSGsgrbbER3geOYDMXmJJYy80NIZnB_/s4032/IMG-1262.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSd8-W4uycD8xSSWn-xHvjtIlk5MmV7N2Gl3ZPiYq9v-wUh3Gvkg-UNTt_yUGYclJudWItQZIEyzD_xyU8lc5Ckl79MaLLfA4qQzXqYW-rdrHwMPaGUzSSPomMJm_gk_yQmzz6n5yLbzYhuBLgyDhfGkwEzSGsgrbbER3geOYDMXmJJYy80NIZnB_/w480-h640/IMG-1262.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKb41winKbJFj9V5ZbkQbVUG3FSD8nT__BNQ5PFyIxWbt-wpSqo3mgSql3mbt1sL5HSCSLwMiuSQVUYBhIFO1uE8aSTdRbazfe41x2O3ON1hp47KqOPFZIZ0TTeCtgd6pH7KWVpPp4iC-Btc5-ee6eZk12nTmdCFS-Ck7NVfgyzSRF5C1D1fLhdev4/s3118/IMG-1294.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2839" data-original-width="3118" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKb41winKbJFj9V5ZbkQbVUG3FSD8nT__BNQ5PFyIxWbt-wpSqo3mgSql3mbt1sL5HSCSLwMiuSQVUYBhIFO1uE8aSTdRbazfe41x2O3ON1hp47KqOPFZIZ0TTeCtgd6pH7KWVpPp4iC-Btc5-ee6eZk12nTmdCFS-Ck7NVfgyzSRF5C1D1fLhdev4/w640-h582/IMG-1294.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leonardo de Vinci Joker Playing Cards</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><p><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/old-europeans-with-names.html"><b><i>Old Europeans</i></b></a> (with names) - The section that this was just split off from.<br /><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/classic-art-jokers-not-digital-not.html"><i><b>Great Classical Art</b></i></a><br /><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/art-jokers-digital-art.html"><b><i>Modern and Digitally Created Art</i></b></a><br />There's also the <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/08/collecting-in-wild-ghislain-swimberghe.html"><i><b>Ghislain Swimberghe</b></i> </a>deck of cards which includes both his artwork and some jokers with pictures of him. He is categorized in the art section since the vast majority of the jokers are artwork (not portraits of him). I include the de Vinci deck here although there's also a mix of pics of him and his artwork on the jokers but the ratio is different. </p><p><b>Other Articles where I discuss entire decks, not just the jokers</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b> t<a href="http://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2015/06/transformational-decks-of-playing-cards.html">ransformational decks of cards.</a> </b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/09/the-masters-great-artists.html">The de Vinci deck</a> - </b></i><i>this page.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/08/rooster-and-chicken-jokers.html">The Prospero Art Chicken deck</a></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/congress-antique-decks-of-cards.html">My 20 Gold-edged Congress decks from ~1900</a><br /><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/lewandos-special-playing-cards.html">My Lewando Advertising Cleaning and Dying Deck ~1926</a></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/06/buying-old-jokers-requires-buying-old.html">My Survey of My Old Playing Card Decks</a></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/arthur-szyk-fine-art-jewish-american.html">Arthur Szyk Art deck -</a></b> </i></div><p><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-69832168294011792342023-08-25T10:43:00.007-04:002024-02-20T10:15:01.891-05:00Rooster, Chicken, Turkey, and Peacock Jokers<p>I just (Feb 2024) enriched this section with a pair of quite old American jokers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL92UgP4qe9OjgSKuHJJoA2R39y1eyUWMeatuVrn5DL_qRr48q5CYGmtorL5IcrswImWdPaTeqg5vLtHukCtuADXebnJP8tfl5Wo61Ak6vWQmRZrd_FcE0qpfRdMjSpLCMwm9bqFmuf2qa3N1Qp-oeZPtWY5F-bb4l6o0n6pVqdpU0iQf_Q2J5sZle/s4032/roosters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2886" data-original-width="4032" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL92UgP4qe9OjgSKuHJJoA2R39y1eyUWMeatuVrn5DL_qRr48q5CYGmtorL5IcrswImWdPaTeqg5vLtHukCtuADXebnJP8tfl5Wo61Ak6vWQmRZrd_FcE0qpfRdMjSpLCMwm9bqFmuf2qa3N1Qp-oeZPtWY5F-bb4l6o0n6pVqdpU0iQf_Q2J5sZle/w640-h458/roosters.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>This article focuses on a subset of my bird jokers (itself a subcategory of flyers and of animals): the rooster, chicken, turkey and peacock jokers. Here's the jokers from a card deck entirely made up of chicken artwork.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9wmfrifJBKBXfU1ZL0VNgL-ocsoyw9E31GXqeeFV4wV3LkF646rFxyQZOYL16q9T01qXD9BJP1KG1c3q9JFZr9rUTwLlRcuBW3PdUlSjlLa_GfQe9Qkd8Ft1O3DUfbR1qNcnVzEs6nGu5LVlqBRZowZOaJNW7wKShZdVJxcjedoSKnAnZ-CbJyrT/s4032/IMG-1004.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9wmfrifJBKBXfU1ZL0VNgL-ocsoyw9E31GXqeeFV4wV3LkF646rFxyQZOYL16q9T01qXD9BJP1KG1c3q9JFZr9rUTwLlRcuBW3PdUlSjlLa_GfQe9Qkd8Ft1O3DUfbR1qNcnVzEs6nGu5LVlqBRZowZOaJNW7wKShZdVJxcjedoSKnAnZ-CbJyrT/w640-h480/IMG-1004.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Each card features a fine art illustration of chickens, roosters, or chicks. It's from <a href="https://prospero-art.com/products/chickens-playing-cards"><i><b>Prospero Art ($12.50, still available).</b></i></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7vOlzPbsfwgca6x5FNdjVE4THqJlEOmntRlQ5H13H2GQffc47YJvqD4h12WOUvcT46TUq_q540c99hcncdeGLDaPWtAucY1xtme6d_mEcAfMeEgXHQw32_W8wfc_bEUgs8IhHniTCo8RK40Ty5YHebpgmIuAKgLFSMeG0HTXZ4BIhgF9Uv710b0c/s4032/IMG-1005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7vOlzPbsfwgca6x5FNdjVE4THqJlEOmntRlQ5H13H2GQffc47YJvqD4h12WOUvcT46TUq_q540c99hcncdeGLDaPWtAucY1xtme6d_mEcAfMeEgXHQw32_W8wfc_bEUgs8IhHniTCo8RK40Ty5YHebpgmIuAKgLFSMeG0HTXZ4BIhgF9Uv710b0c/w640-h480/IMG-1005.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The <b>Piatnik Cabaret deck</b> features roosters on the jokers. Frankly, I don't understand why there are roosters on the jokers.Fortunately, I glanced at the rest of the deck and fell in love with it. <span style="text-align: center;">It's basically Toulouse-Lautrec and other artists from Paris' Belle Epoch with their artwork of the dancers and girls </span>from the end from the 1800s. I put up a whole article about this <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/the-piatnik-cabaret-art-deck.html">Piatnik Art Deck</a></b></i> </div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YWBLtS1jsUDaZ8vEcNxlB3rs9FWK_iYa8Axc2jgu8zWAVSlqrsySUtYooRGWlJuHPYU1Bv2xwXWIw1a9lv7d44lFN5VZ60r4REKkO9-4fgHn9n8K3fVAGelC-7A7bVYKbCzryud5dqY5KbryDIBeEbi5625ZEmWgrxXsGt9-MWEuHFv7mlmaPZZk/s4032/IMG-0997.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YWBLtS1jsUDaZ8vEcNxlB3rs9FWK_iYa8Axc2jgu8zWAVSlqrsySUtYooRGWlJuHPYU1Bv2xwXWIw1a9lv7d44lFN5VZ60r4REKkO9-4fgHn9n8K3fVAGelC-7A7bVYKbCzryud5dqY5KbryDIBeEbi5625ZEmWgrxXsGt9-MWEuHFv7mlmaPZZk/w640-h480/IMG-0997.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">These next two rooster jokers were, I believe, produced as part of a deck about one of the great video games. Could it be one of the <i>Final Fantasy</i> releases?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEX46X96khdOJY94g6ZxZXeCnmZXz9HGS1zcHpCIs0xYUBG9DTGy5ItmJn_medYjWPy8ubxnOSDpL8u--if-4kY50koGKcvYSSkhXIftf5bQWu61ZRc94zTCkgmAlU1lFhwgJTDuyQvVsBuAkv7WMRrgZvt5i-O4AL01C9uJxrVKD01eQ3ZD2wfjdm/s4032/IMG-1096.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEX46X96khdOJY94g6ZxZXeCnmZXz9HGS1zcHpCIs0xYUBG9DTGy5ItmJn_medYjWPy8ubxnOSDpL8u--if-4kY50koGKcvYSSkhXIftf5bQWu61ZRc94zTCkgmAlU1lFhwgJTDuyQvVsBuAkv7WMRrgZvt5i-O4AL01C9uJxrVKD01eQ3ZD2wfjdm/w640-h480/IMG-1096.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Another rooster with comments like: 'Mind your own business', "Work with your Mind', and 'Lead a Quiet Life'. Can anyone explain to me what that has to do with a rooster and what that deck is about?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHtjGmoWi8eu7yHOuDrq2H2jN7rrE578QFcM8KMpIwCN5t_O_2htHSFKzLTQJ1JT6rRAZ6tGBf12HJ3g3BulSkvlesMR7HfyeIbXOOsW8yf2ddxRp6N7s5JYejYMxV1Erd32BRS2MK9RnVIwpclbV5KV70k9FFS8P-FUfG0XBzVQ9vOdVh9BGDMbP/s4032/IMG-1097.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHtjGmoWi8eu7yHOuDrq2H2jN7rrE578QFcM8KMpIwCN5t_O_2htHSFKzLTQJ1JT6rRAZ6tGBf12HJ3g3BulSkvlesMR7HfyeIbXOOsW8yf2ddxRp6N7s5JYejYMxV1Erd32BRS2MK9RnVIwpclbV5KV70k9FFS8P-FUfG0XBzVQ9vOdVh9BGDMbP/w300-h400/IMG-1097.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>This next rooster joker is rare and it's one that I think I found in a used deck in a junk store in the 1970s. I was just reading the 52 Plus Joker March auction list and I saw this joker was the A Dougherty joker for their low end Steamboat decks. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQiY4-aHoNQherI_Ot3z60NPzkvtRPzakMtTg0yhm6eCTtOq3n3VXHDMaJ0un8QLuXvPVvZgUk2dBdbjW8uh1s6iDZHirKd9vQEDd7R3KNWee0_eQkkBgfxlIzptMIT8h-rvaT0huKVE2TAPfQepeFoa1-Ym9MGc_QTH11eXJbs-O4coGhWk8fKTt/s4032/IMG-1098.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQiY4-aHoNQherI_Ot3z60NPzkvtRPzakMtTg0yhm6eCTtOq3n3VXHDMaJ0un8QLuXvPVvZgUk2dBdbjW8uh1s6iDZHirKd9vQEDd7R3KNWee0_eQkkBgfxlIzptMIT8h-rvaT0huKVE2TAPfQepeFoa1-Ym9MGc_QTH11eXJbs-O4coGhWk8fKTt/w300-h400/IMG-1098.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>Any info on this rooster?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwIzCOs4ab6vYSb24zhMGUEQHgHQroxgq8P3QfEzpEljW2fus7dsNi93F3RedK_WPXffRMCfZ2RC_3DE8isHIy4Q-39_MfiBDzuq0DOfMcVkMoNtYnjRcXSdqfBCUKyvv-aw1A4PYYB7qyWP6n53Z5NLwx0RnEax5owAKHd8g_afj8NxLLm4tf8e5g/s4032/IMG-1099.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwIzCOs4ab6vYSb24zhMGUEQHgHQroxgq8P3QfEzpEljW2fus7dsNi93F3RedK_WPXffRMCfZ2RC_3DE8isHIy4Q-39_MfiBDzuq0DOfMcVkMoNtYnjRcXSdqfBCUKyvv-aw1A4PYYB7qyWP6n53Z5NLwx0RnEax5owAKHd8g_afj8NxLLm4tf8e5g/w300-h400/IMG-1099.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>Another pair of rooster jokers which I can't seem to provide any illuminating information about. sigh. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjpL3kPnC1jCpXj14YSxfRKEbw3rHp4SOLYrHU_Q59_a3VaUYfD4dSvg45j2Rpt5JQkwZaaBGJiNrjWzzn9ITNEsJ0ILW11PF9vAo10rsgXAKwyDdFqpVQqt1Bd0GOgDoHnX8Yys7zrbwlSAOTRhFP89YaSPlxKFlXn2MijJ0AgwtouZJ6ZsUyJui/s4032/IMG-1102.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjpL3kPnC1jCpXj14YSxfRKEbw3rHp4SOLYrHU_Q59_a3VaUYfD4dSvg45j2Rpt5JQkwZaaBGJiNrjWzzn9ITNEsJ0ILW11PF9vAo10rsgXAKwyDdFqpVQqt1Bd0GOgDoHnX8Yys7zrbwlSAOTRhFP89YaSPlxKFlXn2MijJ0AgwtouZJ6ZsUyJui/w640-h480/IMG-1102.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Here's one of my favorite jokers of all time. I bought it in the mid 70s in a barn junk store up in New England. It is a peacock, not a rooster. It is so beautiful that I wanted to include it and that's why this article is not just about roosters but about roosters, chickens, turkeys, and peacocks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvOz1WGFB1zoamB-CPsNqnSMbWlIzqgJbOEKuut3UHFIG3iP4rbG09tKEavOaNSr6Drcw6HuQuJw-dwrcnB_8affeDc1N3UFbtfchLpey_yKpDqSjyUS2zqnP9keD2aP60xZmIAisDzs-guqr21YyWQf3uawmGOaUrUQrTxO9tMOr6uiwwmvg-3vh/s4032/IMG-1100.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvOz1WGFB1zoamB-CPsNqnSMbWlIzqgJbOEKuut3UHFIG3iP4rbG09tKEavOaNSr6Drcw6HuQuJw-dwrcnB_8affeDc1N3UFbtfchLpey_yKpDqSjyUS2zqnP9keD2aP60xZmIAisDzs-guqr21YyWQf3uawmGOaUrUQrTxO9tMOr6uiwwmvg-3vh/w480-h640/IMG-1100.JPG" width="480" /> <br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since I'm including peacocks, I think this guy belongs here too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRACUCiXqCbgxWhifuJgVln4-S9qoxYbYelZXGABGTQuep9Vs2iRq3NP8O9SYrzv81sFP5JGcMvEU_mDU2uChMSm3jf419_Ty-prIobb_srybqt9_i9A324YL5jjgqdzsWHnW8OoBIXqRaUT2vlfMprJQ12hFkCdkRdVbqKb819HBT-HcYjpwGvOLO/s4032/IMG_3127.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRACUCiXqCbgxWhifuJgVln4-S9qoxYbYelZXGABGTQuep9Vs2iRq3NP8O9SYrzv81sFP5JGcMvEU_mDU2uChMSm3jf419_Ty-prIobb_srybqt9_i9A324YL5jjgqdzsWHnW8OoBIXqRaUT2vlfMprJQ12hFkCdkRdVbqKb819HBT-HcYjpwGvOLO/w480-h640/IMG_3127.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here are all the roosters, chickens, turkeys, and peacocks others in some ensemble shots </div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPA7o1ZV3hxZcDqPhPjT0l1Nk0-yc9bLjIFRWPjrDmaNwHIBFgddW2-2rCmpAcOOnURIEbiMwdt8C6t56jEChD9KMCzSb8p2nFeJsDMgvp1hvs6BKCHGbhtAlVa45snEUnusU7DU6jYgeuq6v2-eVhA55MVcuNkHZinthFCmYswM9q27FWk76LIbq/s4032/IMG_3126.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPA7o1ZV3hxZcDqPhPjT0l1Nk0-yc9bLjIFRWPjrDmaNwHIBFgddW2-2rCmpAcOOnURIEbiMwdt8C6t56jEChD9KMCzSb8p2nFeJsDMgvp1hvs6BKCHGbhtAlVa45snEUnusU7DU6jYgeuq6v2-eVhA55MVcuNkHZinthFCmYswM9q27FWk76LIbq/w480-h640/IMG_3126.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4qEGH1F-I_X1_iTPt32HYULrpvfOzn0lK55MDEH0A6zsfkUrEnssl3rFRYHMtxxfGu5vS26PZPmKcPpk15KkCzPG3lm3PKkFuKVA37HtC81C-FR8oPOycjX4JU7RF4_PaCrSa_egYl6xs1lqV8gGcuNV0dae_LhT2C40RCHAVmPuOELX97uiz3M8/s4032/IMG_3125.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4qEGH1F-I_X1_iTPt32HYULrpvfOzn0lK55MDEH0A6zsfkUrEnssl3rFRYHMtxxfGu5vS26PZPmKcPpk15KkCzPG3lm3PKkFuKVA37HtC81C-FR8oPOycjX4JU7RF4_PaCrSa_egYl6xs1lqV8gGcuNV0dae_LhT2C40RCHAVmPuOELX97uiz3M8/w480-h640/IMG_3125.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Next you should look through the other animal sections of the joker collection.</p><ol><ol><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/03/animal-jokers-combinations-of-different.html"><b><i>Ensemble Animal combinations </i></b></a>(cats AND dogs)</li></ol><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_71d7_90eb_8c34_39fe" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animal-jokers-flyers-bees-birds-owls.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Animals: Flyers - Bee Boy" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="200" id="id_dd9b_bfb2_6e63_2a6b" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7eGuyIAE_4ybpZyzG7PtOJR0b3ZAuG5aYGJ_HgW8Ij1Ab_FCDuWV6Mk12RZhb17BMO6Fl69HKl6GmLZa-81hyphenhyphenroiYBqiOa7FYvYsiAOq26G2gXZrs9iwsvniUpwII-B0SeWef6jk6WA/s200/IMG_2424.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 150px;" title="Animals: Flyers - Bee Boy" width="150" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animal-jokers-flyers-bees-birds-owls.html" target="_blank">Animals: Flyers - Bee Boy</a></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animals-cat-and-dog-jokers.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Cats</b></i></a> or <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/08/dog-jokers-animal-jokers.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Dogs </b></i></a><i><b>. </b></i>Now there's a <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/11/big-cat-jokers.html"><i><b>big cat </b></i></a>subsection! </li><li><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animal-jokers-flyers-bees-birds-owls.html" target="_blank">Flyers:</a> </b></i>Birds, <font size="4">Owls</font>, <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/03/bee-jokers.html"><i><b>Bees</b></i></a>, <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/04/butterfly-jokers.html" id="id_f233_55a6_7f8c_72fd">Butterflies</a> </b></i> & <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/03/dragon-jokers-they-can-fly.html" id="id_f10d_9ef5_8b9f_6f32">Dragons</a> . </i>Now there's a <i style="font-weight: bold;">rooster & chicken subsubsection!</i></li><li><b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/03/equestrian-playing-card-jokers-horses.html">Horses</a> ,</b> zebras, donkeys, giraffes <i>...</i></li><ol><li><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/03/centaurs-unicorns-and-pegasus-fantasy.html"><b>Fantasy horses</b></a>:</i> centaurs, unicorns, pegasus<i><br /></i></li></ol><li><b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2019/11/monkey-jokers-animals-miscellaneous.html" id="id_5f6e_b86d_db4f_da23" target="_blank">Monkeys,</a> </b>bears, and others with paws </li><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/09/antlers-horns-and-tusks-jokers.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Animals with antlers,</a><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>horns, and tusks. <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/10/elephant-jokers-subsection-of-animals.html">Elephants </a></b></i>too!</li><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/varmints-on-jokers.html"><i><b>Varmints </b></i></a>- the annoying small wild animals</li><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/05/reptiles-fish-amphibian-jokers-other.html" target="_blank"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Reptiles, amphibian</i><i>s<b>, sea creatures</b></i></a><i><b> </b> </i></li></ol></ol></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-59736367266853347122023-08-06T15:26:00.004-04:002023-09-13T09:45:16.217-04:00Collecting in the wild: Ghislain Swimberghe with Brugge artwork<p> In the last few years, most of my collecting has been via Ebay and some contacts. I haven't been out "in the wild" looking for decks so much. </p><p>In early July, while site seeing in Brugge Belgium, my wife and I stopped to look at what might be for sale in a street market.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3DOY8eWR61uwdKIpfu5PJQtA7TIVmRqMCrTnpF3X0VLuH-k6whKlfkUDmj3bEq0IBjK9bnBW7HH1Reb9yxk4YEP3ONhhnTrKkybKBOijeZ-2RyIW_-Ea3IlCqVdTpCNkeHy_8OWG4aTXXiILtfSC4oHElX44w-6DnK_AEwzby6f87OC5KrPR/s3088/brugge%20tourism.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3DOY8eWR61uwdKIpfu5PJQtA7TIVmRqMCrTnpF3X0VLuH-k6whKlfkUDmj3bEq0IBjK9bnBW7HH1Reb9yxk4YEP3ONhhnTrKkybKBOijeZ-2RyIW_-Ea3IlCqVdTpCNkeHy_8OWG4aTXXiILtfSC4oHElX44w-6DnK_AEwzby6f87OC5KrPR/s320/brugge%20tourism.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tourism in Brugge, Belgium</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIgyUD2S_LCv2jD3lwQbS8a9rgG4WZxTV5p0yqncIprVtsX9Pt1a0Td_yxSR--in58EUvB2k7zNfJxGlw4GYBdjzNHf06WeldkkI16qKzAH9RkaJwpus0VAxZHKpdQ1UEOsJQUGnxavr2bi9ShZV6zQbDjQ8XK4eTn27Ug0fXCKrjbf1YoVFH/s4032/IMG-9534.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIgyUD2S_LCv2jD3lwQbS8a9rgG4WZxTV5p0yqncIprVtsX9Pt1a0Td_yxSR--in58EUvB2k7zNfJxGlw4GYBdjzNHf06WeldkkI16qKzAH9RkaJwpus0VAxZHKpdQ1UEOsJQUGnxavr2bi9ShZV6zQbDjQ8XK4eTn27Ug0fXCKrjbf1YoVFH/s320/IMG-9534.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Site Seeing in Brugge</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPVOHq9AfKhVe6T3HSiWtq8T7qdx7DcRGK-OlNqlMGpNJdhaEIgwvH_nUetqTAwxLEAn7DbtwYzah38WoQzFg_A9fx7ROeCph2OnUsdTXqM9JArUJOWX9b_y6w7tbDT4-4mh8oVyKim2mkb4I5cte7rNKCNhtdzhv4SlcGC53CQhuSUjZMkxN/s4032/IMG-9576.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPVOHq9AfKhVe6T3HSiWtq8T7qdx7DcRGK-OlNqlMGpNJdhaEIgwvH_nUetqTAwxLEAn7DbtwYzah38WoQzFg_A9fx7ROeCph2OnUsdTXqM9JArUJOWX9b_y6w7tbDT4-4mh8oVyKim2mkb4I5cte7rNKCNhtdzhv4SlcGC53CQhuSUjZMkxN/s320/IMG-9576.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a street market</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We found a few card things of interest. Most fascinating was a complete mint condition deck of playing cards by carta mundi called Zandstraat Brugge. Artwork by Ghislain Swimberghe. It's a limited edition certified to have only 2000 copies. Here's the back of the deck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT73BWjT4JpVMlqu13aRfOwgkQUoyz5VMIFqQXIGJmMsg7PLmOWPY3iJEY6Q2EXcEW7lv5M0qQTBLNs3rmPpC6TGDmapQShnJ37PmcqnrjYYMMqSMR0Lv2m1dkMmzrb-mSubFAboYbbdW-tq9burB0bbEvIwNmJRAPwbd-BoXxu6Luo0nMx_S_/s4032/bruggeplayingcard%20back.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT73BWjT4JpVMlqu13aRfOwgkQUoyz5VMIFqQXIGJmMsg7PLmOWPY3iJEY6Q2EXcEW7lv5M0qQTBLNs3rmPpC6TGDmapQShnJ37PmcqnrjYYMMqSMR0Lv2m1dkMmzrb-mSubFAboYbbdW-tq9burB0bbEvIwNmJRAPwbd-BoXxu6Luo0nMx_S_/s320/bruggeplayingcard%20back.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back of a Deck of Cards</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The deck has 20 jokers. Each suit had the 7 through king (roi) plus the ace (one). The cards are in French so V, D, and R: valet, dame, and king. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_H1_jhIMWXUu-pxgCJmtC32BR6lZ6P2dNObmv7w-V4lmgC9dh1q2a-Lu4sfaD4YkcyGBJmPQBG-Gz8A6x_9wex1UsHkxjR5JBdD_hfi3lFKqbMye6VZejDAWLyVj9exaOX2Lv_3H8g54yncRCXmX41UTSiwHQDBYTczt0ZJpnJ-lC8kQ6uxh/s600/Ghislain%20Swimberghe.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_H1_jhIMWXUu-pxgCJmtC32BR6lZ6P2dNObmv7w-V4lmgC9dh1q2a-Lu4sfaD4YkcyGBJmPQBG-Gz8A6x_9wex1UsHkxjR5JBdD_hfi3lFKqbMye6VZejDAWLyVj9exaOX2Lv_3H8g54yncRCXmX41UTSiwHQDBYTczt0ZJpnJ-lC8kQ6uxh/s320/Ghislain%20Swimberghe.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front of the Playing cards with the box</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Each card had an original drawing on it, presumably of Brugges. All by Ghislain Swimberghe.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAycpIApq5U7IK-aKE4QMrY_rUchApDRI6zd_5GZF8zOhSnwX-4rIVEYt2CRRJH-AkGOWc-nA12_Ew8zGCDLO7fseiNoPm0-jfk8GzgUslHw1KXD-4OwF4TGkfnsPI85E7T6lxTrjPalCrkAtNlP7FMYwsXbGHE4blj-n2UVDKvX62PkbtbEi/s4032/joker%20cards%20Ghislain%20Swimberghe.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAycpIApq5U7IK-aKE4QMrY_rUchApDRI6zd_5GZF8zOhSnwX-4rIVEYt2CRRJH-AkGOWc-nA12_Ew8zGCDLO7fseiNoPm0-jfk8GzgUslHw1KXD-4OwF4TGkfnsPI85E7T6lxTrjPalCrkAtNlP7FMYwsXbGHE4blj-n2UVDKvX62PkbtbEi/w480-h640/joker%20cards%20Ghislain%20Swimberghe.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGMuaJ_kgEqM1iWZiXcwDECN1iK5wz7Qe0LWLeTAPWg-EGh8CDcOkzy2If9j3C-sKIlnxpLnTTNJaxqyrXwvopqC5tFU51JasQTddYjQfzRcZf3FT-enCh5UbRy1lrkLQUPqIY02nJw7jW5YZdcFJM0Hq_-N1-_cbH63eHCjMwz8p4e59zydhn/s4032/joker%20cards%20Zandstraat%20Brugge%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGMuaJ_kgEqM1iWZiXcwDECN1iK5wz7Qe0LWLeTAPWg-EGh8CDcOkzy2If9j3C-sKIlnxpLnTTNJaxqyrXwvopqC5tFU51JasQTddYjQfzRcZf3FT-enCh5UbRy1lrkLQUPqIY02nJw7jW5YZdcFJM0Hq_-N1-_cbH63eHCjMwz8p4e59zydhn/w400-h300/joker%20cards%20Zandstraat%20Brugge%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETBPgLZZUqEnKOJTT6etUyAHWqN49rJSVvNj4tWg0fWCxN0d0DZZVJxfx502RboJ_F1Y5Q5Peta5ssMG8ptg6CruMzDsoVEDYk1RLqWW3m9EniR0kQYrUaFKROKUYHubwcq9v4ULRCM8zXTQs-4dztgM1ZxMwrxo4cAdhePeAUzr_XSWirgC4/s4032/playing%20cards%20brugge.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETBPgLZZUqEnKOJTT6etUyAHWqN49rJSVvNj4tWg0fWCxN0d0DZZVJxfx502RboJ_F1Y5Q5Peta5ssMG8ptg6CruMzDsoVEDYk1RLqWW3m9EniR0kQYrUaFKROKUYHubwcq9v4ULRCM8zXTQs-4dztgM1ZxMwrxo4cAdhePeAUzr_XSWirgC4/w480-h640/playing%20cards%20brugge.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><b>What more do I know about this deck?</b></p><p>The <i>World Wide Playing Card Museum</i> (online) has <a href="http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks08/d06820/d06820.htm" target="_blank"><i><b>a description of the Brugge Deck.</b></i></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wopc.co.uk/"><i><b>The World of Playing Cards</b></i></a> does not seem to reference it at all.</p><p>I haven't found any authoritative descriptions of the artist, Ghislain Swimberghe. There is info on his oil and watercolor paintings which appear on auction site. </p><p> I'll place these jokers in my <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/classic-art-jokers-not-digital-not.html"><i><b>classic art section. </b></i></a> Another related section, newly created, is <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/09/the-masters-great-artists.html"><i><b>European artists, writers, and composers</b></i></a></p></div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-88695450145101543002023-08-03T10:02:00.005-04:002023-09-23T16:03:50.949-04:00Shopping, Socializing, Seeing in Zaandijk, Netherlands<p> Last month, since I was travelling to France and the Benelux countries, I arranged to visit the legendary Joop Muller at his home in Zaandijk outside Amsterdam. </p><p>Joop arranged to have some other ilustrious joker collectors there: Fred de Soet, Ronald Kruijmel, and Jelle Sietsma. <br /><br />I spent the afternoon and evening with them (including a dinner for all of us at a local restaurant) and for me, it wasn't nearly long enough. Such interesting people and so many collections to look at and so much information to learn. Overwhelming!</p><p>Aren't we serious looking? Well, everyone is except me...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwg190mIWVEithgrUQBv6-v41P1-uVSvhvTyOU1rHjJhRH4p8nGXjq2xbIYDtGnbBL-ZpvJtYOAf9dkDVp8gGzZi6Sy3k-M0RBCWRYFA63qxmtT6--XyHJ2ydIoVNi7iIuc7UX8wJiCQsf54I0VyL9mGY0ssaRML4ku0QA_gg05oKl57XzyZ5KMtNm/s4032/jokermen-Zaandijk.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwg190mIWVEithgrUQBv6-v41P1-uVSvhvTyOU1rHjJhRH4p8nGXjq2xbIYDtGnbBL-ZpvJtYOAf9dkDVp8gGzZi6Sy3k-M0RBCWRYFA63qxmtT6--XyHJ2ydIoVNi7iIuc7UX8wJiCQsf54I0VyL9mGY0ssaRML4ku0QA_gg05oKl57XzyZ5KMtNm/w640-h480/jokermen-Zaandijk.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John, Ronald Fred, Joop, Jelle</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Actually, while I say that "I stopped by while on a tourism trip", the reality is a little nuanced. I agreed to make the tourism (which I'm only lukewarm about) trip to Amsterdam with my wife only because I worked in visits of great interest to me like this one. This was the point of the trip for me. I think I goofed slightly by not setting aside more time. Next time.<div><br /></div><div>Joop's house has a set of fantastic collections in it. The collections are primarily playing cards with related ephemera but there also appeared to be other collections (ie record albums, etc). </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxiBnKntFreX_lnQDTUdnmZ903H_jV25KmoEVYu86H7X1SwoTYNwVdIxYgHxNYob_md_1lHl7wA07cwWDdiwEiBKmvj4wSAoZx9M8iAr-uWiDBHbk0mOQVtrDExriA_92p2zeThzf65lcuCO7oMyzPFZox5PVNurvDmXVMGO2SVUChCdeJsXBCyvg/s4032/card%20ephemera.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxiBnKntFreX_lnQDTUdnmZ903H_jV25KmoEVYu86H7X1SwoTYNwVdIxYgHxNYob_md_1lHl7wA07cwWDdiwEiBKmvj4wSAoZx9M8iAr-uWiDBHbk0mOQVtrDExriA_92p2zeThzf65lcuCO7oMyzPFZox5PVNurvDmXVMGO2SVUChCdeJsXBCyvg/w400-h300/card%20ephemera.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This are litho stones, used for printing in lithography, color or chromo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-n1GMKceC3bZZ2DSlgg6EcWlVODKIszmyTHxCSPnCgLB7siVCkHALMmedoaJsSjAMyUyZh3tnWpgWu2ljTBjkoB97oey4cwHI-b9ZwR2mlhmZJOCtXmFi-LcbdRtwe3FNRTf3jd3KJbLqD6OPTe64zGp34VNv1ninb0kKlbFf-E3DrffiXogZYHG/s4032/stone%20printing%20plate%20for%20cards.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-n1GMKceC3bZZ2DSlgg6EcWlVODKIszmyTHxCSPnCgLB7siVCkHALMmedoaJsSjAMyUyZh3tnWpgWu2ljTBjkoB97oey4cwHI-b9ZwR2mlhmZJOCtXmFi-LcbdRtwe3FNRTf3jd3KJbLqD6OPTe64zGp34VNv1ninb0kKlbFf-E3DrffiXogZYHG/w400-h300/stone%20printing%20plate%20for%20cards.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRzjwnI2lj_Y3NYBaDd1_mPNg3vw_iWAWFXOuVmUnFa75hcKchlDZIhRFsEF9b4yztSaOc0CW5qWWZgO7NRfyFG3VERzQALhtLITq8xGLRZcsUO2KTGIfbsdAdhaUMwKLQJMlIc7AFWBdsTyjXYnlh11_VWaGOZA9ccGwQ51c4JqWbsWQO870D09y/s4032/playing%20card%20ephemera.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRzjwnI2lj_Y3NYBaDd1_mPNg3vw_iWAWFXOuVmUnFa75hcKchlDZIhRFsEF9b4yztSaOc0CW5qWWZgO7NRfyFG3VERzQALhtLITq8xGLRZcsUO2KTGIfbsdAdhaUMwKLQJMlIc7AFWBdsTyjXYnlh11_VWaGOZA9ccGwQ51c4JqWbsWQO870D09y/w300-h400/playing%20card%20ephemera.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJmSfxXNA9k2TRDUVjTA7VvxE3KC1_nEQqu7hRU55AL1lNYrBw985oQ7yzSREAXF1or4Wn5VJtSL4aDbBe4hrF_9UxCxQ9c_sEFqOHDgwbFwRmHIFeNzbTmuv5hm-OkyMfhPqfO0hrn8beFkq-vHBvlqEcX2xnynLMZFNMowiRIaHKpASRf_kQAAR/s4032/playingcardstuff.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJmSfxXNA9k2TRDUVjTA7VvxE3KC1_nEQqu7hRU55AL1lNYrBw985oQ7yzSREAXF1or4Wn5VJtSL4aDbBe4hrF_9UxCxQ9c_sEFqOHDgwbFwRmHIFeNzbTmuv5hm-OkyMfhPqfO0hrn8beFkq-vHBvlqEcX2xnynLMZFNMowiRIaHKpASRf_kQAAR/w300-h400/playingcardstuff.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>Most of the visit was spent looking at the duplicate jokers from Jelle which were incredibly well organized in a set of six massive albums (I use album pages that are 3 x 3, his were larger, maybe 4 x 4, maybe larger). We also looked at Joop's remaining jokers (he has been selling them off). I bought a LOT from Jelle, some from Joop. I brought a hundred or so jokers for them to buy (Not so organized, just packs in plastic cases) which they looked thru and picked a few of. Here we are at work...<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVt7mFOmSIsQgiP07vJx0MW9oRQdSgj60HILA8qxxRjXc2NGB7KsETY_8l9x-tXYE8RgXoyboWUYued_CGBjbsMP7ZsQ3opSWn6bighwz0M8QIFFM7IgUBLdjYxbY98wFYjhN2UJgIcBLFHfO0jVN0BAVAzNxU7ZRDLbOlqM8aPrB1--59htPTlYDW/s4032/studyingthecards.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVt7mFOmSIsQgiP07vJx0MW9oRQdSgj60HILA8qxxRjXc2NGB7KsETY_8l9x-tXYE8RgXoyboWUYued_CGBjbsMP7ZsQ3opSWn6bighwz0M8QIFFM7IgUBLdjYxbY98wFYjhN2UJgIcBLFHfO0jVN0BAVAzNxU7ZRDLbOlqM8aPrB1--59htPTlYDW/w640-h480/studyingthecards.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgike8rxiEzI-Fr1WUT2bHG02qTifxyVgPm7_qs1Eon9g1ZbzqEU5xxyYuKpOOTEIv9N67Gnw9SRSbhdybJJCk_vS7SWxqqFPll-iGbC9Cy-g5IqUcTgdzZl7sgLGZzske7uNv-Qyf2Pv3ld1DbvoZhV-AfPVExSZ92L0OgW1ayYZf6_PmFgyYIdglZ/s4032/thejokergoldmine.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgike8rxiEzI-Fr1WUT2bHG02qTifxyVgPm7_qs1Eon9g1ZbzqEU5xxyYuKpOOTEIv9N67Gnw9SRSbhdybJJCk_vS7SWxqqFPll-iGbC9Cy-g5IqUcTgdzZl7sgLGZzske7uNv-Qyf2Pv3ld1DbvoZhV-AfPVExSZ92L0OgW1ayYZf6_PmFgyYIdglZ/w640-h480/thejokergoldmine.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I went home with a LOT more jokers: around 300! Here they are.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCo5N67UGxe0st6iDd96cZxCXAasFDJ7y8ZWjRAyDzw_ewjuOGu5OUjgQh81SIk4hV83OyrHkhBqUPRu88Jzlo8FD3QM20v7nkg6jbftu_PxDONrE85fZi5bf596zC6hGq8i9h2l7poatkhpp6EWaC5RE9EtlUTc8euDqFstw2JZhZsrfv2pdZZvR/s4032/jokers%201%20bought%20in%20Zaandijk.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCo5N67UGxe0st6iDd96cZxCXAasFDJ7y8ZWjRAyDzw_ewjuOGu5OUjgQh81SIk4hV83OyrHkhBqUPRu88Jzlo8FD3QM20v7nkg6jbftu_PxDONrE85fZi5bf596zC6hGq8i9h2l7poatkhpp6EWaC5RE9EtlUTc8euDqFstw2JZhZsrfv2pdZZvR/w480-h640/jokers%201%20bought%20in%20Zaandijk.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXplOSH7-eQ72o5gPCRNb-fY04mZWWVhoQF8Z7S70kPxaxRjaLgQVeJoxGDQyT82OvPbYU3_nic5Hgf7KE-EMmt6lSXjV5Ho4nWMOqVQJEu9R3IX6bOkrvZg7SxCvsYvBd6pWQ-AD8qrqrmNUNLPzx2kJn_bpDz3pic8kjNhBKTaIP41TbzUhC0-Wc/s4032/jokers%202%20bought%20in%20Zaandij.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXplOSH7-eQ72o5gPCRNb-fY04mZWWVhoQF8Z7S70kPxaxRjaLgQVeJoxGDQyT82OvPbYU3_nic5Hgf7KE-EMmt6lSXjV5Ho4nWMOqVQJEu9R3IX6bOkrvZg7SxCvsYvBd6pWQ-AD8qrqrmNUNLPzx2kJn_bpDz3pic8kjNhBKTaIP41TbzUhC0-Wc/w480-h640/jokers%202%20bought%20in%20Zaandij.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwFXmUayDdrVS0mm1I8L5n66s9UXX_Psp3NMjuCz7PDScemUvGPwviQYcvugy09BzDTBp1zHsy9M8Ok7SI4K35bwlDlt1ZxPEKrjaUfhoRR5cg677Nyj4MegtwMChGNF00Jco7PmhBj0tdnbr9ElUpRkj7IM1TyeBPdb17zLo_X-CIjcLUuQcOtA_/s4032/jokers%203%20bought%20in%20Zaandij.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwFXmUayDdrVS0mm1I8L5n66s9UXX_Psp3NMjuCz7PDScemUvGPwviQYcvugy09BzDTBp1zHsy9M8Ok7SI4K35bwlDlt1ZxPEKrjaUfhoRR5cg677Nyj4MegtwMChGNF00Jco7PmhBj0tdnbr9ElUpRkj7IM1TyeBPdb17zLo_X-CIjcLUuQcOtA_/w480-h640/jokers%203%20bought%20in%20Zaandij.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSairy-ixrKGSXdeyCnY4p_ENGk-mWyDEfrkKZhu_yqhMs5VkPdMApUrLElgebcJZ_xcRlQWrRz2zgAeqaxgYImzsF4npFogyUmwx8nKI0aRvm0FNByKMRwpomxWDTBBXGbtIZByU5BW0oSwSCXLBoO-nYKnUfqS_l8MoG-fHKCl3DMMnbXndyB-0V/s3024/jokers%204%20bought%20in%20Zaandij.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3021" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSairy-ixrKGSXdeyCnY4p_ENGk-mWyDEfrkKZhu_yqhMs5VkPdMApUrLElgebcJZ_xcRlQWrRz2zgAeqaxgYImzsF4npFogyUmwx8nKI0aRvm0FNByKMRwpomxWDTBBXGbtIZByU5BW0oSwSCXLBoO-nYKnUfqS_l8MoG-fHKCl3DMMnbXndyB-0V/w640-h640/jokers%204%20bought%20in%20Zaandij.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYNnGmX47c4833oHgOLXOid_kfezRHPa3G0JIM77HB90H4D4jmI-cJgxd64n6PHDl7Knk704_ASmzUeMiPyk9in0lLjEHUg8Iwg3Kysacg3HBJfvyg18woumnECxVTqdYAxjo2_zRI804col_p6ZretwJBav_n_-h0F459nU8QHLQ4RI6UjE3tKi4/s4032/jokers%205%20bought%20in%20Zaandij.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYNnGmX47c4833oHgOLXOid_kfezRHPa3G0JIM77HB90H4D4jmI-cJgxd64n6PHDl7Knk704_ASmzUeMiPyk9in0lLjEHUg8Iwg3Kysacg3HBJfvyg18woumnECxVTqdYAxjo2_zRI804col_p6ZretwJBav_n_-h0F459nU8QHLQ4RI6UjE3tKi4/w480-h640/jokers%205%20bought%20in%20Zaandij.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>Did I mention that I was a little overwhelmed? These guys have encyclopedic information about the jokers and the playing card history: it's stunning. Their eye for detail amazing! Sadly, my ability to absorb and retain all that information falls more than a little short. This is why they organize jokers by country, publisher, and year. And I organize mine by the pictures. For instance, Jelle showed me one pair of jokers and was surprised I declined them. "But I have them" said I. "No. The ones on your website are different, you don't have these" he said. And he was right. He knew my collection, or at least that detail of it, better than I did! </p><p>We ate at the local restaurant (thanks again Joop) where they carefully put beers in glasses that have the right name on them. Again, an impressive eye for detail, is that a national trait? Maybe local to Zaandijk?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3Jv5d2WLQWqNoG3XBwAENRI-xB2Gq7V0ZOze081WjngyCmWlKojshrOlwXS0Of4VAOQykn6DfFgDLU2XSUQjO9XHi9L0xVh_nYq6ieD7ray06rGG4ulMW2ljDq05mAaLQwp0KOU6rIOAbWvq7ZNHX0YY7a_NcQPoxL83SD3sRT_nQsgQdwt3FSy4/s4032/IMG-9790.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3Jv5d2WLQWqNoG3XBwAENRI-xB2Gq7V0ZOze081WjngyCmWlKojshrOlwXS0Of4VAOQykn6DfFgDLU2XSUQjO9XHi9L0xVh_nYq6ieD7ray06rGG4ulMW2ljDq05mAaLQwp0KOU6rIOAbWvq7ZNHX0YY7a_NcQPoxL83SD3sRT_nQsgQdwt3FSy4/s320/IMG-9790.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Did this picture move you to want to see <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/01/jokers-advertising-beer.html">some beer jokers</a></b></i>?<br />Want to know more? Here's a gold mine of info.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.jelleplayingcards.eu/ruil-jokers/pages/menu-Ruil%20jokers.htm"><i><b>Jelle has his joker duplicates online</b></i> </a>for sale. It's amazing.</div><div>Joop has for 19.5 years, posted a joker of the month: <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="http://www.dxpo-playingcards.com/jokers/jokerhome.htm?fbclid=IwAR1p1oMFpD-JXuGvRgLvG0f8AqZ9SKPmD3W28ER1eA6ziLJbtJgO3u7brXk" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank"><b><i>jokerhome (dxpo-playingcards.com)</i></b></a></div><div>My wife's (Carmens) travel Instagram account. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/carmensluxurytravel/?hl=en" target="_blank"><i><b>CarmensTravel</b></i></a></div><div>My visit to <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/07/french-museum-of-playing-cards.html"><i><b>the French Playing Card Museum</b></i></a> a week later.</div><div><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/06/joker-nicknames-from-dans-childhood.html"><i><b>Dan Nordquist</b></i></a> - The first other joker collector that I've met F2F (face to face)<br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-18970681371840994502023-07-16T14:04:00.011-04:002023-07-28T06:11:30.503-04:00French Museum of Playing Cards<p> I just saw the best playing card museum that I have ever seen anywhere! Also, I've now made my first ever visit to a playing card museum. I visited <b>the </b><i><a href="https://www.museecarteajouer.com/"><b>Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer</b></a> i</i>n the Paris suburb of Mairie d’Issy on July 12th, 2023. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOASmSS_sdXSzrTEhMNb9CQo_3U8YbhLbeia84S5bxykcoywznGoBCZbZ8v-oTy1QNjVOJaa4IkpFvVtY8hm-3z7aP0ch8mQ8MfKgLQx6yGttoV6HsIlr1NeDOxuFccDlk3F4pA6QKHmg_zbOenKGMf31DsuniiRmMTkPS4SIz27-f6Ald6BRZ-sma/s4032/IMG-0030.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOASmSS_sdXSzrTEhMNb9CQo_3U8YbhLbeia84S5bxykcoywznGoBCZbZ8v-oTy1QNjVOJaa4IkpFvVtY8hm-3z7aP0ch8mQ8MfKgLQx6yGttoV6HsIlr1NeDOxuFccDlk3F4pA6QKHmg_zbOenKGMf31DsuniiRmMTkPS4SIz27-f6Ald6BRZ-sma/s320/IMG-0030.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="auto">The museum is beautiful. The exhibits have first rate designs showing enormous amounts of research, curating, and extravagant investments. Super impressive.<br /><br />I had emailed ahead of time saying that I would visit and the front desk figured out who I was and greeted me nicely. </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Two thirds (by floors) of the museum is the permanent playing card and ephemera collection: This is where I focused. The rest was a temporary display about the popular card games of the last quarter century such as Pokémon and Magic the Gathering.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">I learned that in France, the card designs were historically regional. I should have expected that since France has such strong regional traditions. For instance, last week I was staying near Toulouse in southern France and asked for a nicoise salad, the answer was: “No, we don’t serve that here”. That's a different part of southern France </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">So of course, the different regions in France developed different versions of playing cards. The images on the face cards are different. And I think some regions had three face cards, others had four: a chevalier (knight) to the valet, dame, and roi. Here are snaps of the museum's display about regions and some regional examples:</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxhXkBVOrJrQB-Ro7wImwBJ7R1GAGa1x4WX3vAomf1RVBwh9d0ZkCuqtVAGwHpXX_RNWQGIy0Xbo3kOL2LMXhOr5BwdQk1hrS9_TexAr-YsUEcDxXCWwwOV7C4iB2wsgQ-nTmRQ70xfPrH9XPojBOwSEQmZT9dOUKucYxG9-T4565hwCdcVsULFBa/s4032/IMG-0002.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxhXkBVOrJrQB-Ro7wImwBJ7R1GAGa1x4WX3vAomf1RVBwh9d0ZkCuqtVAGwHpXX_RNWQGIy0Xbo3kOL2LMXhOr5BwdQk1hrS9_TexAr-YsUEcDxXCWwwOV7C4iB2wsgQ-nTmRQ70xfPrH9XPojBOwSEQmZT9dOUKucYxG9-T4565hwCdcVsULFBa/s320/IMG-0002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KsCvJuoeDsk9cCrxj4MPUUUH8MuysOGK-7sJ8aerPZFmtdHaIknoZu_AtbNFTBesE8hHKKNP9ch_U-OCP2BEr6Wckbz2mWhQE0Ep5tjzhdUz_jov58V_vM4cX4UH1IEOoonEEWCnrbv1r5_z5kXEoVPnldbHK1jxHmT19g5BV4prKuMymT5dFsEv/s4032/IMG-9993.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KsCvJuoeDsk9cCrxj4MPUUUH8MuysOGK-7sJ8aerPZFmtdHaIknoZu_AtbNFTBesE8hHKKNP9ch_U-OCP2BEr6Wckbz2mWhQE0Ep5tjzhdUz_jov58V_vM4cX4UH1IEOoonEEWCnrbv1r5_z5kXEoVPnldbHK1jxHmT19g5BV4prKuMymT5dFsEv/s320/IMG-9993.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRd2PymT7JOE1gWXQdMpovd9twy6JtvWsMCVNcb9_9FrTiVBbFK5GZBfIcbkolO1FHSW1OkiJb7nUeDxkfx4dpw900P1OruI4E87oj7SYf4Nstn_UnU4WwwcQHXIluZeIscQ2oL77B8GlfBfVsoX0OmpZIKDsOomCQQ6f5VCnX601x5gyF6lX3S-k/s4032/IMG-9995.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRd2PymT7JOE1gWXQdMpovd9twy6JtvWsMCVNcb9_9FrTiVBbFK5GZBfIcbkolO1FHSW1OkiJb7nUeDxkfx4dpw900P1OruI4E87oj7SYf4Nstn_UnU4WwwcQHXIluZeIscQ2oL77B8GlfBfVsoX0OmpZIKDsOomCQQ6f5VCnX601x5gyF6lX3S-k/s320/IMG-9995.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-zWD6RgnkL5Bg6JKuZMBYhC8W_9IVPbDyl2KvN1XWU2v3L9xN62Tb2qaNV87Stj58dMY5PlGyNcDYJPf7h5dNl-bzqakI91fkxRlvvC0MVYs-AvXN3eetQBpI7kr1TxtzVYVeRluBbn5AK9DCWNvev7KJnCX3vbg_qe9vZbz7x2uvgzlk0RQtyLP/s4032/IMG-9997.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-zWD6RgnkL5Bg6JKuZMBYhC8W_9IVPbDyl2KvN1XWU2v3L9xN62Tb2qaNV87Stj58dMY5PlGyNcDYJPf7h5dNl-bzqakI91fkxRlvvC0MVYs-AvXN3eetQBpI7kr1TxtzVYVeRluBbn5AK9DCWNvev7KJnCX3vbg_qe9vZbz7x2uvgzlk0RQtyLP/s320/IMG-9997.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIuHzwNpWTeuhL3XV71QSwdf9WFBQ4e0I_-5Xx0tWZj9JOHH3InptpEyyNEz0hkVoTXZOd3OC7K8rsoB8tuZq1I0CNnlhBV4tjIxuzK-J4pzU_-i4q8rE7Z1P_Yc86B6dkvkzCG4NHrkff4x28OFHuk1xnjvOOZ_A-H3mFInUD0NbSpHDn1ZumpPd/s4032/IMG-9999.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIuHzwNpWTeuhL3XV71QSwdf9WFBQ4e0I_-5Xx0tWZj9JOHH3InptpEyyNEz0hkVoTXZOd3OC7K8rsoB8tuZq1I0CNnlhBV4tjIxuzK-J4pzU_-i4q8rE7Z1P_Yc86B6dkvkzCG4NHrkff4x28OFHuk1xnjvOOZ_A-H3mFInUD0NbSpHDn1ZumpPd/s320/IMG-9999.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">There was tons on the history of playing cards and many variations. Just one example: The wooden tile cards were particularly cool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksVG3XtTEc4y6TYA5UEzMIQIg_wRhV05pAhxf0M5LK8NNsnhNMP9jj2wjAZjLAmhcH0jJUrHxz2_kfsqNrsGK58UcRHLC8ig4w0HVcAi5v8YQF1Gx_8_VNLTdPvWJYXxMygtBLAiiNHQRZkok2QRkM03fBvzMncg3q06nDF6g2D4wGIn0l_jC1EMZ/s4032/IMG-9959.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksVG3XtTEc4y6TYA5UEzMIQIg_wRhV05pAhxf0M5LK8NNsnhNMP9jj2wjAZjLAmhcH0jJUrHxz2_kfsqNrsGK58UcRHLC8ig4w0HVcAi5v8YQF1Gx_8_VNLTdPvWJYXxMygtBLAiiNHQRZkok2QRkM03fBvzMncg3q06nDF6g2D4wGIn0l_jC1EMZ/s320/IMG-9959.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Among the hundreds of card ephemera, one of my favorites was this piece which reminds of the modern card game of Michigan Rummy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRsjS3sdDytbMOZ4XNkGZ1ZA1Bzlq6MiU451xvD9nDEay3NVIBdU5J-SdZJimnHhBdI_Fsaj2e7qRIkRj1Qz6dZNUTuXR8y1n3W2PZXTLElsaKf259gD9vns3e1OGT2HfU_3bNJem-k4q5VSPvU8F-Y8_A_NtM7V_NlwBQqQXdL8Sorlrlv_jKyfk/s4032/IMG-9977.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRsjS3sdDytbMOZ4XNkGZ1ZA1Bzlq6MiU451xvD9nDEay3NVIBdU5J-SdZJimnHhBdI_Fsaj2e7qRIkRj1Qz6dZNUTuXR8y1n3W2PZXTLElsaKf259gD9vns3e1OGT2HfU_3bNJem-k4q5VSPvU8F-Y8_A_NtM7V_NlwBQqQXdL8Sorlrlv_jKyfk/s320/IMG-9977.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The bulk of the collection were displays of decks from different eras in history, different regions of France (and the world), decks which were mainstream, decks that were artsy, decks for advertising, and decks that celebrated some theme or event. <div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Another display that particularly caught my eye was this costume from a ballet performed in London in 1919 designed around four playing cards. Very special. I think gambling and luck seem like rich themes for ballets: I would have liked to know the story.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ynUwCXKrFt6Spjm31-6VZiyMl2Yv3XQOR-YE3_9lcNiglMoWye50dt5oR2IK-C7KVU2jaz661x2zObFv0eT5dcDyIw5IryHgfdaC7z2pPMNLLmw_gQyCnMX6sqoKLlFopOj6Z0je3OkTETQpThEjdXBlQCZ0-y45JQ0roPqpaN_8QX1lQy0SnjP9/s4032/IMG-0017.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ynUwCXKrFt6Spjm31-6VZiyMl2Yv3XQOR-YE3_9lcNiglMoWye50dt5oR2IK-C7KVU2jaz661x2zObFv0eT5dcDyIw5IryHgfdaC7z2pPMNLLmw_gQyCnMX6sqoKLlFopOj6Z0je3OkTETQpThEjdXBlQCZ0-y45JQ0roPqpaN_8QX1lQy0SnjP9/w480-h640/IMG-0017.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzumQrYZ3lm2CLKRZuGnEo-BZ0lYKkOb1X-hHFWlfz0iLXJ8oZnEIr_vpdobIQg4SnNAO3PqJJ2E05R2YCS-5sNa9ZfHJd_4xB8Q5LjZIAt20ax_V_ssy1yClAIUTUA-vlEonT770efvySDvA2jCm_lqufBV0W4qpl6E4eKXHZgUE9kri7WECCDX7A/s4032/IMG-0018.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzumQrYZ3lm2CLKRZuGnEo-BZ0lYKkOb1X-hHFWlfz0iLXJ8oZnEIr_vpdobIQg4SnNAO3PqJJ2E05R2YCS-5sNa9ZfHJd_4xB8Q5LjZIAt20ax_V_ssy1yClAIUTUA-vlEonT770efvySDvA2jCm_lqufBV0W4qpl6E4eKXHZgUE9kri7WECCDX7A/s320/IMG-0018.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">They had a display of 20th century jokers.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dbvy0aCs3Bg1PALVrQIpqff8U4KLpCfwHqhAD9A2l5143ABa1EbwT7FnXMI6qQ2FMckFPh-jTfg_4sFMOy-oCi6XNgyfAom7dW4wNg4BODdGVMnpuXDhQKyVfBWkV_MSJf5hr4SV7BuncJj52O-9pZ9TWA2jyRjNHNczJqWoZ42v8L6PpcyShzFc/s4032/IMG-9961.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dbvy0aCs3Bg1PALVrQIpqff8U4KLpCfwHqhAD9A2l5143ABa1EbwT7FnXMI6qQ2FMckFPh-jTfg_4sFMOy-oCi6XNgyfAom7dW4wNg4BODdGVMnpuXDhQKyVfBWkV_MSJf5hr4SV7BuncJj52O-9pZ9TWA2jyRjNHNczJqWoZ42v8L6PpcyShzFc/w400-h300/IMG-9961.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Here’s the jokers from the display that I considered most special (usually meaning I didn’t have them in my collection). <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEancxN7bUcH9EQTkA5jTXxdXcsrBUezbSMdrdtLvZxPgD29gaFQTvvWQTcbM_ehKpK1Az8tg0kb2Bhod5l4TIRy00igu1copR_80Qzr1KOLLbM3-4_LZ8OQavD3x8IBZStznRqw-eoxKw_WleQQQhUtMHI_Wwx-agJslDfJG0M5V1_tSiVW42W2Di/s4032/IMG-9965.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEancxN7bUcH9EQTkA5jTXxdXcsrBUezbSMdrdtLvZxPgD29gaFQTvvWQTcbM_ehKpK1Az8tg0kb2Bhod5l4TIRy00igu1copR_80Qzr1KOLLbM3-4_LZ8OQavD3x8IBZStznRqw-eoxKw_WleQQQhUtMHI_Wwx-agJslDfJG0M5V1_tSiVW42W2Di/s320/IMG-9965.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWG0mLje9qBItIzs1H0JHIkJBeAs0UgtXbpck1kpRpX9wSvpJJ9_DyJ361KPKiHf2_CA2kbAFXntu2m4RsbRnj8OhQvsd0hD-a2YM8wOTXAvriXHWTp_yYXGl-tRRF0crrjMb3IuaOSi9b1IB9A6NoA5TT9CqGnMwgKpIw4i5clbCepnrr74ikSBrY/s4032/IMG-9966.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWG0mLje9qBItIzs1H0JHIkJBeAs0UgtXbpck1kpRpX9wSvpJJ9_DyJ361KPKiHf2_CA2kbAFXntu2m4RsbRnj8OhQvsd0hD-a2YM8wOTXAvriXHWTp_yYXGl-tRRF0crrjMb3IuaOSi9b1IB9A6NoA5TT9CqGnMwgKpIw4i5clbCepnrr74ikSBrY/s320/IMG-9966.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto">They also had displays of notable modern cards including these jokers. Here's the few that caught my eye (again, it's the one that I don't have... yet) followed by the explanations (in some cases)</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbFiOtm4gI7QoS0g433pm8KtpPnpUqdwS5AvPBIeC_V2kWVXoEBW8laxf0do5thIZiwvwZ2PRx_PmGoE1MndlHHipkWGcFZe7g9lS_g9fCaVUECwyJ1rjVh8Tle3olyhK1HMwakEcPeHvlX0wY8O1-tEUGFt79d8h5C3BPqoMIEw0GL_6k3ztHMTG/s4032/IMG-0020.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbFiOtm4gI7QoS0g433pm8KtpPnpUqdwS5AvPBIeC_V2kWVXoEBW8laxf0do5thIZiwvwZ2PRx_PmGoE1MndlHHipkWGcFZe7g9lS_g9fCaVUECwyJ1rjVh8Tle3olyhK1HMwakEcPeHvlX0wY8O1-tEUGFt79d8h5C3BPqoMIEw0GL_6k3ztHMTG/s320/IMG-0020.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQcg-Lb_5wnqR9Q1bd0aB7aSCKpHLZ0CkuqlRbnsZh9KW4lbmzm7MfM9Btf9GGqXC4ueQZojy7ohWUg4Ur0kYmPojWG3gP5g30jjdd99hCMMFmCB1ZJVnrosuYQQxjH0VXYMFOu7CSb6RDEpKSbu9qjXH92XcvAKYz1I-jxqQYFiGSFWLBFRTRCNF/s4032/IMG-0021.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They had a good number of fine paintings which featured people playing cards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqumo4miLK1zM3_y_if-XNpGH-vWQU1JdezSU8nlDewfq3hLfiygZwJDsctdzKYPmj_Zv3XtRAqyNpDDWMixnvN-ICQRQfkUK-v-UJ0EGgMNYcYPNVxy-ch7xeJHl2KAU7HUJP0z2ARbYYAsvYx966Owf6FaNRXExovFdiizRt6gt-YlafO5ZlPzR/s4032/IMG-0024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqumo4miLK1zM3_y_if-XNpGH-vWQU1JdezSU8nlDewfq3hLfiygZwJDsctdzKYPmj_Zv3XtRAqyNpDDWMixnvN-ICQRQfkUK-v-UJ0EGgMNYcYPNVxy-ch7xeJHl2KAU7HUJP0z2ARbYYAsvYx966Owf6FaNRXExovFdiizRt6gt-YlafO5ZlPzR/w400-h300/IMG-0024.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Here's a closeup of the jokers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFGIaeJkfdSp7BO8dehrNoZj9wlEkEXIIJtHe6ToN52NG2Cur9smVAb3MCZ53Ou0oLiotiC7EAYAHnUp-63nKVKFBXwHtz5j9PZiBoFGDSqMyCm5MusQardJuGY0DgLcCBUZTz5Rxby26xDIVvaB5Cx-eORfdu2MYAibLYIJl3YDUlaaLd4nGEot_/s4032/IMG-0025.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFGIaeJkfdSp7BO8dehrNoZj9wlEkEXIIJtHe6ToN52NG2Cur9smVAb3MCZ53Ou0oLiotiC7EAYAHnUp-63nKVKFBXwHtz5j9PZiBoFGDSqMyCm5MusQardJuGY0DgLcCBUZTz5Rxby26xDIVvaB5Cx-eORfdu2MYAibLYIJl3YDUlaaLd4nGEot_/w400-h300/IMG-0025.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>There was also tons of displays on printing technics and technology but I'll put that in a separate post since this is getting long and at some point, I need to dig in and understand the various generations of printing technology for cards.<div><br /></div><div>I started to put together a listing of the playing card museums in the world but I think it's better to just point to the <a href="https://i-p-c-s.org/faq/museums.php"><i><b>International Playing Card Society's (IPCS) listing of museums</b></i></a> since it seems to have a comprehensive list. Does anyone know of any museums not only those lists or have a review of the museums.</div><div><br /></div><div>The VR walk through on the museum's website provided this view of their displays. These displays showed the decks front and back. There were also wall posters which could be electronically moved around to see other decks. There was a lot on the tarot deck and games which is something for me to go back to study. I didn't see anything specifically about<a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/09/the-history-of-joker-ace-of-spades-and.html"><i><b> the history of the joker </b></i></a>but I might have missed it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJSnaSNn5pFnEMOPcYT7pOC5JQoq1_D0Yko0m1RkqNelK6KwKrPzBS8nHwT5cXI-XVHoZK67OAuJvl4bV18ObR1DU89RHVgtkhtJBGK0w8UzzQw7gzyfVWiGJtvuJ_H7fcEqAaukJEXGvtW3xsBy6-uA1Q-Y80iDuSnVESdeTq4bQftby5JLGzDjS/s2560/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%2012.28.57%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2560" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJSnaSNn5pFnEMOPcYT7pOC5JQoq1_D0Yko0m1RkqNelK6KwKrPzBS8nHwT5cXI-XVHoZK67OAuJvl4bV18ObR1DU89RHVgtkhtJBGK0w8UzzQw7gzyfVWiGJtvuJ_H7fcEqAaukJEXGvtW3xsBy6-uA1Q-Y80iDuSnVESdeTq4bQftby5JLGzDjS/w640-h400/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%2012.28.57%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I thoroughly enjoyed the <i><a href="https://www.museecarteajouer.com/">Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer</a></i> (It's a ~100 yards from a metro so easy-peasy to get there from Paris) and intend to visit next time I'm through Paris. They hold events for their local community, for magicians, and for other poles of interest. I didn't see anything that specifically targets playing card (or joker) collectors so that's something to think about. I don't know if they are active in IPCS or any of the card groups or social media.</div><div>https://www.museecarteajouer.com/en/ <br />https://www.facebook.com/museefrancaiscarteajouer/</div><div>https://www.museecarteajouer.com/videos/ - Tons of videos</div><div><br /></div><div>And of course, there's a gift shop. Many books but I'm traveling and they were in French and were heavy so I thought I should do without. And they have some decks of cards. One of the great things about serious sellers of cards (like them!) is that they have an open display deck for each type so I can see what I'm buying before I ante up. Important for those of us that are primarily interested in the jokers. Bravo!</div><div><br /></div><div>I restrained myself and only bought six decks. I've opened one so far (I'm traveling and am waiting until I get home). But the one that I opened: Fantastico! </div><div><br /></div><div>The deck I opened is a limited edition playing card deck by a Dutch artist named Pim Leefsma. I have deck #108 out of a total of 250. It's signed by Pim. Here's ten cards from the deck.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4yVruO5xHWPEiJaM3fwNpMSs0kBGSqJaXCjUNsydUhOuXHgF79ioXrTuO2-QQMP-w6DyeEBwFT6YHxPJMhDmxyvOk9s43Dkp6UdYH0s1flJ8jADd-ztVO-qcxVuKEAWofq2_HaTm8JPqctMf-F2NTP1t4KOsdqOu9R5MtGJsDG-vwD00QX-2gE36/s4032/Pim%20Leefsima%20Playing%20Cards.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2519" data-original-width="4032" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4yVruO5xHWPEiJaM3fwNpMSs0kBGSqJaXCjUNsydUhOuXHgF79ioXrTuO2-QQMP-w6DyeEBwFT6YHxPJMhDmxyvOk9s43Dkp6UdYH0s1flJ8jADd-ztVO-qcxVuKEAWofq2_HaTm8JPqctMf-F2NTP1t4KOsdqOu9R5MtGJsDG-vwD00QX-2gE36/w640-h400/Pim%20Leefsima%20Playing%20Cards.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I'm still studying the artwork and might have more to say later beyond the fact that I really like it. I did notice that the faces of the cards are all two headed except for the jokers. It's also a recent product, published in 2020. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMOeVaL-wJa-n3guiM3EmJ1gB3r41iHe_kFaSaQjWBt7ncBcn_l-LQnmZyEawMfe2USF4PTt9MHXhC2Bv73HjOJCTjycTyEdEaSTZQukqSVzNzx5VnDKOb48HBxh75sslcf1YA7hObxI7GFEPE2wKE08r2Y1dkjsigd-C7r0Zr7EFncONM6REKTcMo/s4032/IMG-0247.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMOeVaL-wJa-n3guiM3EmJ1gB3r41iHe_kFaSaQjWBt7ncBcn_l-LQnmZyEawMfe2USF4PTt9MHXhC2Bv73HjOJCTjycTyEdEaSTZQukqSVzNzx5VnDKOb48HBxh75sslcf1YA7hObxI7GFEPE2wKE08r2Y1dkjsigd-C7r0Zr7EFncONM6REKTcMo/w300-h400/IMG-0247.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZMB0O2kjQluWlabGxylG0q-eVtLNLETB2GEUOPxox-dIOpq6kTOE0zJY3yQmaeQtm2ys35GgszDGlYgJavJQfla6uhd3gIFDjcIJbM8u_K5r0g3his8tybDbzCoXJXoAz31AOPoB2MHlg3x6FjmF0VGcIveJlF2Bb8MiEcY-3Ut97w20AenD0w5T/s4032/IMG-0248.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZMB0O2kjQluWlabGxylG0q-eVtLNLETB2GEUOPxox-dIOpq6kTOE0zJY3yQmaeQtm2ys35GgszDGlYgJavJQfla6uhd3gIFDjcIJbM8u_K5r0g3his8tybDbzCoXJXoAz31AOPoB2MHlg3x6FjmF0VGcIveJlF2Bb8MiEcY-3Ut97w20AenD0w5T/w400-h300/IMG-0248.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Notice that the credits cite Joop as a copyright holder. The story is that Joop approached Pim with the idea of doing a deck of cards with his artwork. Joop did the prepress work and published it on his birthday as a sort of present to himself. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKovvLsMZhd8N3hbPs7l05lGTDCHljSDTdx-mLBZjuf9eMO_PX6Nr1PiY8meJtBQc14SLWyFm2N7RRs_bx5cpu7tsUaPanAifbRBZCi9lssJ5RAe6PoiIUGnG6LNn04wnONj5fp8Ew6RXQmPcD6dIjuXloSsKyiUuwcW9KJTxQQi1J_nthEH1jalw/s4032/IMG-0249.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKovvLsMZhd8N3hbPs7l05lGTDCHljSDTdx-mLBZjuf9eMO_PX6Nr1PiY8meJtBQc14SLWyFm2N7RRs_bx5cpu7tsUaPanAifbRBZCi9lssJ5RAe6PoiIUGnG6LNn04wnONj5fp8Ew6RXQmPcD6dIjuXloSsKyiUuwcW9KJTxQQi1J_nthEH1jalw/w300-h400/IMG-0249.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Overall, this deck reinforces my frequent observation that it's just amazing how much great art is available on playing cards. Amazing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the six decks that I bought.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJtTAR5YTCu-M54g-A9nmMPk-emuuiXG79i2kax8dhUDWDhCuWTbYqbqym1RsdQ2JIEkRO8qwjXqgBFbmPiGM-nlZFBzkrvP16hnqtyJqxowFRjRd3Qy7yirDxPTg-Z5TQmQQ2baZy_LydqIWyHmtYuK9ynHf9h7NnV81K17h5Z91Wje5iKzdTeLM/s3459/Playing%20Card%20Museum%20Decks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3459" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJtTAR5YTCu-M54g-A9nmMPk-emuuiXG79i2kax8dhUDWDhCuWTbYqbqym1RsdQ2JIEkRO8qwjXqgBFbmPiGM-nlZFBzkrvP16hnqtyJqxowFRjRd3Qy7yirDxPTg-Z5TQmQQ2baZy_LydqIWyHmtYuK9ynHf9h7NnV81K17h5Z91Wje5iKzdTeLM/w640-h560/Playing%20Card%20Museum%20Decks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>What articles should you read next? Perhaps:<br /><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/congress-antique-decks-of-cards.html"><b><i>My early Congress Playing Card Jokers</i></b></a></div><div><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/lewandos-special-playing-cards.html"><b><i>My Lewando Cleaners Deck from 1926</i></b></a></div><div><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/05/steamboat-playing-cards-old-days.html"><b><i>My Steamboat deck</i></b></a></div><div><b><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/05/money-jokers.html">My Money Jokers</a> </i></b></div></div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-3512556469021109952023-06-23T10:33:00.013-04:002024-01-09T03:30:50.730-05:00Congress Antique Decks of Cards<p>Jackpot! In May 2023, I bid $225 for "a set of old Congress decks, some with jokers". I won and wow, what a win! </p><p><b>Let's take it from the top. What are Congress cards? </b>Congress was a playing card brand started in 1881 by Russell and Morgan (which became the USPCC). Of their initial four brands, Congress was the tippy tippy top of the line. In the late 1800s, if you were a Rockfeller, Carnegie, Mellon, Astor, or you were playing with them, you played with decks of cards with gold edges which came in leather cases and had beautiful artwork on the back.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzlUA_f2lVf06pkn5FtgYsM31YkTdFWomxXK6PMvMX3biQ-2hXwCk0ng3EGEN-ndye0YL5rDdjQko0uZOVKNBkFDci06jVYnrUUqlZ1tCTyEhVRH4sNI0Io6yesLQlf3Z_4OkzBSZZf5E0VF_w7KN0xv1TE8-xOjIJviH4xQ1wkVogwMyMdAyRS_4/s4032/congress%20gold%20edges.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzlUA_f2lVf06pkn5FtgYsM31YkTdFWomxXK6PMvMX3biQ-2hXwCk0ng3EGEN-ndye0YL5rDdjQko0uZOVKNBkFDci06jVYnrUUqlZ1tCTyEhVRH4sNI0Io6yesLQlf3Z_4OkzBSZZf5E0VF_w7KN0xv1TE8-xOjIJviH4xQ1wkVogwMyMdAyRS_4/s320/congress%20gold%20edges.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Congress cards were expensive and priced out of reach of most Americans. The cards' edges were gilded with gold. The packaging was elaborate with an inner leather box slipping neatly inside an outer leather box. The art work on the backs and on the aces of spades were of the highest quality. Think of the rich society types buying cards for card playing evenings at their mansions or clubs. Remember that in the late 1800s, the industry of home entertainment consisted of buying sheet music to play on the piano, books to read, or playing cards or other games to play (no phonographs, radios or other electronic entertainment yet).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfyE-t42DtNxtKEDSrGRmYKI63FyDzDhi6pdJhdN-wOGZ_zThYgkuy1kjSqycJjMLRvxe38MZOugOG7XnsIi0A2Kf7eK1-C3DabnNpOghg7w-3K-dyN_J9tphnnCsid4thQ9UgsALZABPVbXnGHf_bqnQFEIlKIIck1sXfyDTVbN8BnDbI7Tm-WeHZ/s4032/Congress%20packaging%20and%20gold%20gilt.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfyE-t42DtNxtKEDSrGRmYKI63FyDzDhi6pdJhdN-wOGZ_zThYgkuy1kjSqycJjMLRvxe38MZOugOG7XnsIi0A2Kf7eK1-C3DabnNpOghg7w-3K-dyN_J9tphnnCsid4thQ9UgsALZABPVbXnGHf_bqnQFEIlKIIck1sXfyDTVbN8BnDbI7Tm-WeHZ/s320/Congress%20packaging%20and%20gold%20gilt.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fancy Packaging, Gold Edges, Nice Artwork</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I suddenly have a collection of 19 antique Congress decks of cards. Amazing! I was initially only interested in the jokers but since it feels wrong to break up antique decks, I'm moving into some specialized card deck collecting. The 19 decks are all from around 1900 and, to optimize the jokers, I've even done some trading already, more on that below. </p><p>I started by looking at two of the Congress decks that I acquired: Anticipation and Diana. Both are <b>Congress 606 Gold Edge decks </b>(pictured below). </p><p>In terms of jokers, both of these decks are considered <b><i>matching</i> </b>jokers. This means the joker image is a black and white version of the cards' back. It matches! The deck is named for the image on its back. The top one below is Anticipation: the box cites a 1902 copyright date. The bottom box is Diana and an 1899 date is listed. Both Aces of Spades list the US Playing Card Company. The bottom ace also lists the Russell & Morgan factories.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilV41mRZOUsGteWwUXllHPrRPgoBTmn6wsiiLq0tGTPyY0k4x5p6CywcbXu-NWjDo4dg2Xiu3evh4BNvNXO1_fVzBBvR8rQT9L1DyZBVl5fSGSw1CUkqe9G31J7e1_4x3RQdE7ZeSORLzvI383I8D6aa8MahWow4BY8UKAkiqjDmCqarReLC9VgU7q/s6592/Congress%20two%20decks%20scan.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5088" data-original-width="6592" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilV41mRZOUsGteWwUXllHPrRPgoBTmn6wsiiLq0tGTPyY0k4x5p6CywcbXu-NWjDo4dg2Xiu3evh4BNvNXO1_fVzBBvR8rQT9L1DyZBVl5fSGSw1CUkqe9G31J7e1_4x3RQdE7ZeSORLzvI383I8D6aa8MahWow4BY8UKAkiqjDmCqarReLC9VgU7q/w640-h494/Congress%20two%20decks%20scan.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Congress Decks from 1899 & 1902</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>In terms of dating Congress cards, the Congress Guy (Kevin Seaney) provides <i><b><a href="https://congresscardbacks.weebly.com/ace-of-spades-date-codes.html">a handy table</a></b></i> which maps the tiny code on the ace of spades to the date. <a href="https://congressplayingcards.com/" target="_blank"><i><b>Kevin's Congress Guy's new website</b></i></a> also includes a list of Congress decks and other fantastic information and resources. I also learned from Kevin's website that there are two generations of the matching jokers. The Early Matching period jokers have the word <i>Joker</i> on them.<div><br /></div><div>Here's four of my jokers from the <i>Early Matching Period</i>. This period was defined by the word<i> joker</i> being included on the joker.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-QvlSujyNXoBEkNQTOtQ_YmR_iq3ZEjF8d50vgYFWzaZIAV2EcX1th-cC_M68WDffX40CNQKHE_UokedmjuPrPzIWAEjpcu-RllozRqJKBSRn9NrlBz1jxjbp8kaMSUKM9YME3qnroFcPhMywW9QRuiaW6KShQFFuZkqZIjSB_CAwyVCMgWh6LEb/s4024/matching%20jokers%20marked%20joker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4024" data-original-width="2269" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-QvlSujyNXoBEkNQTOtQ_YmR_iq3ZEjF8d50vgYFWzaZIAV2EcX1th-cC_M68WDffX40CNQKHE_UokedmjuPrPzIWAEjpcu-RllozRqJKBSRn9NrlBz1jxjbp8kaMSUKM9YME3qnroFcPhMywW9QRuiaW6KShQFFuZkqZIjSB_CAwyVCMgWh6LEb/w360-h640/matching%20jokers%20marked%20joker.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Here's two from the <i>Later Matching Period</i>. Note that the word "joker" is omitted and that the Ace of Spades has changed. The ace no longer has the lacy design around the ace of spades and they have enlarged the word <i>Congress</i> and the spade with the Goddess of Liberty in the middle.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRKBv5XhaVt3o_QtYFUsjCX2KMI6gTJauJWbvQhjc4HmJopLYwcApi98L2ilHZadkr71oboNgs41EXln4BVoFH2I5wtWwz5ugAGaiTjHKOoHoeoOKf4vYUuCMm1CnNVJw2GAxHJgxHMoNEPcjG30MRrlHGbdJ4P6GOIvBJN46ZURfl8_k9GJVkD_s/s3210/matching%20but%20joker%20word%20missing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3210" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRKBv5XhaVt3o_QtYFUsjCX2KMI6gTJauJWbvQhjc4HmJopLYwcApi98L2ilHZadkr71oboNgs41EXln4BVoFH2I5wtWwz5ugAGaiTjHKOoHoeoOKf4vYUuCMm1CnNVJw2GAxHJgxHMoNEPcjG30MRrlHGbdJ4P6GOIvBJN46ZURfl8_k9GJVkD_s/w400-h376/matching%20but%20joker%20word%20missing.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div><b>Congress Cards' Approach to Jokers </b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Lord Dundreary.</b> At the introduction of the Congress brand in 1881, the Congress joker was Lord Dundreary, a character from “Our American Cousin”. (I have one of these. I've wondered if he was paid royalties for the use of his image...)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4uDx71FDLAye2_b_EYNKPxrojgiAmDnpJ8PvwRu3Y-gKeG33Ikdy9jXZ4XUIm-X5oGdBltPCihB_BYGSVzZuQG5P4HeNHtbhXfBvsMBO6XH5kECxMgnmGDOwPsOFUS0DRfV4Y0u-/s400/IMG-3344.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4uDx71FDLAye2_b_EYNKPxrojgiAmDnpJ8PvwRu3Y-gKeG33Ikdy9jXZ4XUIm-X5oGdBltPCihB_BYGSVzZuQG5P4HeNHtbhXfBvsMBO6XH5kECxMgnmGDOwPsOFUS0DRfV4Y0u-/s320/IMG-3344.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>In 1899 Congress cards switched to matching jokers</b>. Initially, it included the word "joker" but the word was omitted starting in 1902. Congress would sometimes frame the picture in an oval like the Toboggon card below (second row, third column).</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's the six Congress 606 gold edged decks that I have that have matching jokers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs5nwdz-yB3HjWTy73iOcU4JuzqeLAh1Wfvs6tnm-IBizhS8H22_hDW8388blr3xSgluy3fhxKqUOpk_nHzmde2C56MUI27wldW0yI5kzcoSQQ9jCycxumoyrNhDVyo84XEIuCFriXrcZeZ506ypXUZT9ZytEIjudkz_pH1cxStEDagEzgFD05Ii-9/s3337/Congress%20Decks%20-%20Matching%20Jokers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3337" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs5nwdz-yB3HjWTy73iOcU4JuzqeLAh1Wfvs6tnm-IBizhS8H22_hDW8388blr3xSgluy3fhxKqUOpk_nHzmde2C56MUI27wldW0yI5kzcoSQQ9jCycxumoyrNhDVyo84XEIuCFriXrcZeZ506ypXUZT9ZytEIjudkz_pH1cxStEDagEzgFD05Ii-9/w400-h363/Congress%20Decks%20-%20Matching%20Jokers.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the flip side of those boxes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LwYXK_suS2SGhKl82zl2JoVVD2g2rWfSZmCQ_xcrdRKce5EnI9L24BjYoDZflzbmZCgacQQDxyygoHDLcS2mq1hL1InJS2_UjHPyBmFAq_VLojxPzTLCyqqxCtUMIu-RN621vUhODtO6xqdG7dDY5lfD9g5945oG4bUN45FgOJi5iSYyaZeSBKPE/s4032/Congress%20Deck%20Boxes%20Matching%20jokers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LwYXK_suS2SGhKl82zl2JoVVD2g2rWfSZmCQ_xcrdRKce5EnI9L24BjYoDZflzbmZCgacQQDxyygoHDLcS2mq1hL1InJS2_UjHPyBmFAq_VLojxPzTLCyqqxCtUMIu-RN621vUhODtO6xqdG7dDY5lfD9g5945oG4bUN45FgOJi5iSYyaZeSBKPE/w400-h300/Congress%20Deck%20Boxes%20Matching%20jokers.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Matching Joker Decks</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Diana - 1899<br />Yacht - 1900</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rube 2 - 1900</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">George Washington 3 - 1901 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anticipation - 1902 - The word Joker is missing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Toboggan - 1905 - The word Joker is missing. Image framed in an oval</div></div><div><br /></div><div>I have a few other Congress matching jokers in the collection. For instance, the Moon Fairy who is kept in the <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/06/crescent-moon-jokers.html">crescent moon subsection</a></b></i> (of sitting jokers) is a matched joker from the early matching period:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjeidifN1wxV0CG0uDvslZSsHkWwsnXIV9jawGe7UsmeEibOXbmQ93savHFvBXhZBCXDkjRGiS-HPWdW08e_3BaCfXbismCtfSbE6YVGcU0I82VkQWGmChoZ10dEiKwq_PAjgulR4zmw/s400/IMG_4883+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjeidifN1wxV0CG0uDvslZSsHkWwsnXIV9jawGe7UsmeEibOXbmQ93savHFvBXhZBCXDkjRGiS-HPWdW08e_3BaCfXbismCtfSbE6YVGcU0I82VkQWGmChoZ10dEiKwq_PAjgulR4zmw/s320/IMG_4883+2.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcLUxEqZ_6qMXueHWHEHRZp_zELyZCdMu3c31iLCb9syGZNAWpM0W1ZApjqXCA23Al6Dn_L9b3w59wN9cJuHOBV2J44y7xVWzI3lmp7mxCm0SXNZeQpfojdaJK6W30aRXbWaY4l-J4bs/s400/IMG_1704.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcLUxEqZ_6qMXueHWHEHRZp_zELyZCdMu3c31iLCb9syGZNAWpM0W1ZApjqXCA23Al6Dn_L9b3w59wN9cJuHOBV2J44y7xVWzI3lmp7mxCm0SXNZeQpfojdaJK6W30aRXbWaY4l-J4bs/s320/IMG_1704.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><b>Around 1904, Congress switched to putting the Capitol on the jokers. </b>A little bit later, they switched to narrow bridge deck. Because of this sequence, I think all of the Matching Jokers are wide and they predate the switch to narrow bridge decks.</div><div><br /></div>Here's the thirteen antique Congress 606 decks that I bought that have Capitol jokers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJF6ryrHQEX2mH_wAz6ajW55pILTF8N3hAY8YZurL3q30P8aM6FxqSOKsRI0dh1qkxt5SvbwG5Lkx7StxTkWSgP7ffDwpG0QmaDOGeSBY5zWg0dOGeR9pPL9f4OANr1wIR4pJOjM4bvEPeAr0pi0kpGW1IS02tkpdRUk9aRjBLVinrjR-inIFH1Zr/s4032/Congress%20decks%20-%20Capital%20Jokers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJF6ryrHQEX2mH_wAz6ajW55pILTF8N3hAY8YZurL3q30P8aM6FxqSOKsRI0dh1qkxt5SvbwG5Lkx7StxTkWSgP7ffDwpG0QmaDOGeSBY5zWg0dOGeR9pPL9f4OANr1wIR4pJOjM4bvEPeAr0pi0kpGW1IS02tkpdRUk9aRjBLVinrjR-inIFH1Zr/w640-h480/Congress%20decks%20-%20Capital%20Jokers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The last deck in that page, called Good Night, I think should have a matching joker but my deck came without any joker. So I don't really know.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's what some of the early Capitol jokers looked like. For a complete view of antique through modern Capitol jokers that I have, look at the <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2018/01/congress-jokers.html"><i><b>Congress Jokers article.</b></i></a> I'm going to try to get clear the sequence of the different looks of the Capitol jokers (all a work in progress and some is tbd).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMjEkvX3Y7C7iVMuPrsKdOEwkvsSfeoXV8RY8RpuEbV1NQB9JUe8itti0hD0lnDDJblHHdY8rdeI470mXJmCeOdiO9tDEqDv1QtiCzzpyDkd4KRmW9n7fO66Hs6zoyUmn-QwdNU1c/s2048/IMG-3332.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMjEkvX3Y7C7iVMuPrsKdOEwkvsSfeoXV8RY8RpuEbV1NQB9JUe8itti0hD0lnDDJblHHdY8rdeI470mXJmCeOdiO9tDEqDv1QtiCzzpyDkd4KRmW9n7fO66Hs6zoyUmn-QwdNU1c/w480-h640/IMG-3332.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Confusing. Decks have many lives! A deck might be initially published in one era, like the Matching era, but then published again when Congress has switched to Capitol jokers. For instance, <span style="text-align: center;">I also have a Diana deck from both the matching era and the Capitol era...</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUcbiaBEZ99odGM_lTh-BHLrgKrXXZVadLccVjqYQMIrvvz4sE-Fr9-ZwGM5Gc7yGDrS0_hBCdmF4plQ7YaztJqRoWVV_Z1PB1_RdHOzUSF5l9TtIcgT2XpvZ7j44P8Yjk9GuxWC33UwNwWPa2UJCkfDJp4ZQcR2t3TYjYpq-5PKeuMXeuudfuaYE/s3900/Congress%20Diana%20-%202%20generations.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1991" data-original-width="3900" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUcbiaBEZ99odGM_lTh-BHLrgKrXXZVadLccVjqYQMIrvvz4sE-Fr9-ZwGM5Gc7yGDrS0_hBCdmF4plQ7YaztJqRoWVV_Z1PB1_RdHOzUSF5l9TtIcgT2XpvZ7j44P8Yjk9GuxWC33UwNwWPa2UJCkfDJp4ZQcR2t3TYjYpq-5PKeuMXeuudfuaYE/w640-h326/Congress%20Diana%20-%202%20generations.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This next picture shows that I have two pairs of decks in which I have two versions: one with matching jokers and one with Capitol jokers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMJnUYT0r8UyyvCqNc8eX76NzAppY65j1nB0VbtxpiCJ02BSdxh3rJSrqvYYYg4RklV41ibeAPDPSCYTGd6veb-TIP1eVz_7AuPjUj_01tVJWGBdkA0okOResug0leEDVIe3Ny1B6N-GQ3nizcbfjv0JgtFQODkziXM6nd1Apsm9RkEqapJhuNtJn/s4032/Congress%20decks-jokers%20pattern%20question.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMJnUYT0r8UyyvCqNc8eX76NzAppY65j1nB0VbtxpiCJ02BSdxh3rJSrqvYYYg4RklV41ibeAPDPSCYTGd6veb-TIP1eVz_7AuPjUj_01tVJWGBdkA0okOResug0leEDVIe3Ny1B6N-GQ3nizcbfjv0JgtFQODkziXM6nd1Apsm9RkEqapJhuNtJn/w400-h300/Congress%20decks-jokers%20pattern%20question.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Here's the two Anticipation decks, one from each joker era.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3TfkFCCtU-GODKsO2xj5_haoJddNgEwcgxPsnE72Uy3kdBRC5QBug_DYYwyaU8IsnCT_77sB_vVjYKlk5_n-8eKXtedHAq0oP_sfhMiAt_-RQgdZH-Wh1BsP8dCrZNTEyNyp5ry8fBSj4iRrraKseVZm-D-9th4PkrSEjjKzyAo8YFWxq782ooor/s4032/Congress%20Anticipation%20paradox.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2811" data-original-width="4032" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3TfkFCCtU-GODKsO2xj5_haoJddNgEwcgxPsnE72Uy3kdBRC5QBug_DYYwyaU8IsnCT_77sB_vVjYKlk5_n-8eKXtedHAq0oP_sfhMiAt_-RQgdZH-Wh1BsP8dCrZNTEyNyp5ry8fBSj4iRrraKseVZm-D-9th4PkrSEjjKzyAo8YFWxq782ooor/s320/Congress%20Anticipation%20paradox.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><b>Here's the Congress decks that I purchased with Capitol Jokers</b> (this area is a work in progress).</div><div> </div>Anticipation 1902 - R3, C3 - has roads</div><div>Berenice (where is this one?)<br />(NO Chums - 1909) <br />Cheefoo-1906 - has roads - R2, C2</div><div>Diana - 1899 - R1, C1</div><div>Griselda<br />Good night - 1900 - R3, C4 - No Joker (could be matching?)<br />Knuckle Down - 1906 - R2, C1 - has roads</div><div>La France - 1908<br />George Washington - 1922 - R1, C5</div><div>Martha Washington - 1902 -R1, C4</div><div>Martha Washington - 1902 - R2, C4</div><div>Mariano - narrow</div><div>Melissa - narrow<br />November 1918 - narrow</div><div>Spanish 1904 - R1, C3</div><div>Spinning Wheel, Priscilla, The Old Old Story - By 1903 - R3, C3 - has roads<br />Tourist<br />Youth<br />Wilma - narrow<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The Congress Decks with Capitol Jokers again</b></div></div></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJF6ryrHQEX2mH_wAz6ajW55pILTF8N3hAY8YZurL3q30P8aM6FxqSOKsRI0dh1qkxt5SvbwG5Lkx7StxTkWSgP7ffDwpG0QmaDOGeSBY5zWg0dOGeR9pPL9f4OANr1wIR4pJOjM4bvEPeAr0pi0kpGW1IS02tkpdRUk9aRjBLVinrjR-inIFH1Zr/s4032/Congress%20decks%20-%20Capital%20Jokers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJF6ryrHQEX2mH_wAz6ajW55pILTF8N3hAY8YZurL3q30P8aM6FxqSOKsRI0dh1qkxt5SvbwG5Lkx7StxTkWSgP7ffDwpG0QmaDOGeSBY5zWg0dOGeR9pPL9f4OANr1wIR4pJOjM4bvEPeAr0pi0kpGW1IS02tkpdRUk9aRjBLVinrjR-inIFH1Zr/w320-h240/Congress%20decks%20-%20Capital%20Jokers.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I'm both looking at the names and info on the decks and trying to cross reference them against other sources and particularly Kevan's lists. Some are confusing. For instance, this one (below) seems to be named <i>The Old Old Story</i> on the card, with the artwork copyrighted 1906. But in looking at Kevan's site, I see on the names page a<i> Priscilla aka Spinning Wheel </i>dated 1903 and another <i>Spinning Wheel</i> "Bef 1901". Kevan's card backs page has this card under <i>The Old Old Story </i>which makes sene since it says that on the back and it's pretty different looking that the <i>Spinning Wheel </i>ones. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfDo5NVP68ziLWyzo_Jtf0YKaqLJDVYP9C_5FwmAmORHw8aOO788n5iwJmewWIeDiSW6HuCZqPuivacbzBSTI9Cqrl0XvD_UJO_gxZlgjzlGCkMOHg2TgrUjkoPGaKCeHmd8sYCeA8xUYyyYeC34KAeoGTKhbo04duefhUDqi656uppG-lMqJLS9w/s4032/The%20Old%20Old%20Story.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfDo5NVP68ziLWyzo_Jtf0YKaqLJDVYP9C_5FwmAmORHw8aOO788n5iwJmewWIeDiSW6HuCZqPuivacbzBSTI9Cqrl0XvD_UJO_gxZlgjzlGCkMOHg2TgrUjkoPGaKCeHmd8sYCeA8xUYyyYeC34KAeoGTKhbo04duefhUDqi656uppG-lMqJLS9w/w300-h400/The%20Old%20Old%20Story.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHkGo3IJNqQhLR2MKvFVrabEspzFX-JjA5H2XOlM_PixFaEYUzedGK8LxdeVJx2RX0c9yNzSJMam00668Lw5_ormTcnjVmXuoiZyh9L29MBn3TdcZC6kj8KqsqgK1cBm0iiY4LjtT_So-3XJ_sVD8QWKjwa-d3ugAShlprc7muGgdLKSKR6bIlnFY/s4032/IMG-9314.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHkGo3IJNqQhLR2MKvFVrabEspzFX-JjA5H2XOlM_PixFaEYUzedGK8LxdeVJx2RX0c9yNzSJMam00668Lw5_ormTcnjVmXuoiZyh9L29MBn3TdcZC6kj8KqsqgK1cBm0iiY4LjtT_So-3XJ_sVD8QWKjwa-d3ugAShlprc7muGgdLKSKR6bIlnFY/w200-h150/IMG-9314.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JU1vinBbPQu6oAQnstIxsWrK4Kj4DCuI_3E1hJgAPYfm2QSYbZyB-jQY2IV3Mi0qe24KPt07uzTjyhNuFMKTK3qDuz9E3CmeAdHeqjQANnZfT1Y93mGWbZWFNh141nYS7PfkO4vGUSa0l6fGR5hzYKyKJyyPJeTJ_3lqRhh9noeUA3bpJvRscsrL/s4032/IMG-9316.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JU1vinBbPQu6oAQnstIxsWrK4Kj4DCuI_3E1hJgAPYfm2QSYbZyB-jQY2IV3Mi0qe24KPt07uzTjyhNuFMKTK3qDuz9E3CmeAdHeqjQANnZfT1Y93mGWbZWFNh141nYS7PfkO4vGUSa0l6fGR5hzYKyKJyyPJeTJ_3lqRhh9noeUA3bpJvRscsrL/w150-h200/IMG-9316.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Congress decks are published and sold to this day making it <b>the longest existing continually published card product line</b> (besting the Bicycle brand by four years, per the Congress Guy).</div><div><br /></div><div>Here for instance is a pair of Congress decks that I have from maybe the 1950s or 60s. Notice that the packaging continues to be upscale and elaborate. Oddly, some of the more modern Congress decks do NOT have Capital jokers. Weird!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0K82sqF5UT18OrAvfbNPdALEPAXzT2WMAoBqGtysLEHnX65xCpNueVG85BCVGxDvH8aEPTzQ7NeMaWcX1qdM5kFyD-b7ZlQoTcuFtYMvFhsua0jdI70PabOLqfBM6eyuFAjwHcKYYUh3cvoYo5S2CrpLfDWBLCA2W95-jPPCRDGh6e1-TQwbXWd7K/s4032/Congress%20modern.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0K82sqF5UT18OrAvfbNPdALEPAXzT2WMAoBqGtysLEHnX65xCpNueVG85BCVGxDvH8aEPTzQ7NeMaWcX1qdM5kFyD-b7ZlQoTcuFtYMvFhsua0jdI70PabOLqfBM6eyuFAjwHcKYYUh3cvoYo5S2CrpLfDWBLCA2W95-jPPCRDGh6e1-TQwbXWd7K/w640-h480/Congress%20modern.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I bought these decks from <a href="https://potterauctions.com/" target="_blank"><i><b>a Potter and Potter auction</b></i></a> (I've bought from them several times, what a great institution. Let's keep supporting them). The lot of Congress decks included a framed set of eighteen Congress cards. Just what my wife doesn't want, <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/10/jokers-on-wall.html"><i><b>another framed set of cards</b></i></a>. I'm also lukewarm about it since while interesting, it doesn't feature my beloved jokers. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bpWfcFTip9SqQ4RKTiFbNXbFCFmeZV0N0T5dWJyi29lSDIKKFwu26fwaZ_YTc7DycXTa7z2kRDnsgL1vt7AKTpl8LAK6ISq49gNUL4BVwvKcvGt3vlScu2VK1jI9gZGayvP_zi5lcwzYsUNnWPgEJ7hqH-K_gK3xUEhbxKznLpq53WPdQJ_JhIPS/s4032/Congress%20606%20Card%20Backs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bpWfcFTip9SqQ4RKTiFbNXbFCFmeZV0N0T5dWJyi29lSDIKKFwu26fwaZ_YTc7DycXTa7z2kRDnsgL1vt7AKTpl8LAK6ISq49gNUL4BVwvKcvGt3vlScu2VK1jI9gZGayvP_zi5lcwzYsUNnWPgEJ7hqH-K_gK3xUEhbxKznLpq53WPdQJ_JhIPS/w640-h480/Congress%20606%20Card%20Backs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And for a special treat, I thought I'd make a quick video touring around these card backs. You get to hear my voice!!!<div><br />
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</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Trading! </b>Shortly after first posting this article, I was approached for a trade. I traded away four Congress decks, apparently greatly sought after, which either had no joker or a Capital joker that I already had. I received four decks which have matching jokers. If I was a deck collector, maybe not a great trade. As a joker collector, I'm thrilled. Here is what I got:</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Good Night.</b> The box and ace says 1899. The joker is the <i>early matching period</i> (ie the word <i>Joker</i> is included) and the Ace of Spades is the more elaborate version. The joker image is in an oval frame. She is the Americana album, <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2019/09/american-jokers.html"><i><b>American people subsection</b></i></a>. This section will soon be split up and she'll go with a few pages of old images of American children.</div><div><b>Diana. </b>This is my third Diana deck but it's my first with the <i>Matching Late Period</i> joker (ie the word <i>Joker</i> is omitted and it's not the Capitol). The box and ace are dated 1899. The joker image is in an oval frame. This means that I have a Diana deck with an oval Diana with the word joker, one with an oval without the work joker, and one with the Capital joker. None of these Dianas are wearing a shirt. Or a bra. Just saying... Diani is <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2019/07/jokers-with-swords.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">the fighters section of the joker collection</a><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>(which will soon be brokeninto subsections based on weaponry)<br /><b>Moon Fairy. </b>This is my first complete Moon Fairy deck and unlike my other matching Moon Fairy joker (which was <i>Matching Early Period </i>with the word Joker), this is <i>Late Period Matching</i>. Both the box and ace are dated 1899. The joker image is in an oval frame. The <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/06/crescent-moon-jokers.html">two moon fairy jokers are in the collection in the sitting section, crescent moon subsection</a></b></i>.</div><div><b>Music Hath Charms.</b> The box is undated but the ace cites 1902. The image is not in an oval frame. The word joker does not appear. Since he is playing a wind instrument, he is in the collection in the <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/04/wind-instruments-sans-flutes.html">music section, wind subsection. </a></b></i></div><div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9F5j0ncaCoiMWVN4mIMIJ1x5gjyxJkTAl4zK9Q_mZhQYheuWr8ThtLPVe1l9pc6taBNySviL_FrXrmk6iomvRxBQeo4vLXDw4Li9dZQqCryF50RJ4pe-3YpEi3ENUX8kPs8yQd1zH-7LhVcqTfy5J1HujUXiEV-Xq-NwW3PoI9m1a7CDVIdTwcfi/s4032/Congress%20Matching%20Jokers.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9F5j0ncaCoiMWVN4mIMIJ1x5gjyxJkTAl4zK9Q_mZhQYheuWr8ThtLPVe1l9pc6taBNySviL_FrXrmk6iomvRxBQeo4vLXDw4Li9dZQqCryF50RJ4pe-3YpEi3ENUX8kPs8yQd1zH-7LhVcqTfy5J1HujUXiEV-Xq-NwW3PoI9m1a7CDVIdTwcfi/w480-h640/Congress%20Matching%20Jokers.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Congress Playing Cards circa 1900</td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div>Here's some close-ups.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU92enItq0uyfJ4cr02u0Da5ipTVcLtS5dt4UQqObojqqoYRFYqmwIPlL7dL3BdU5TZyLDL1UmwJtDk87r3CDCfmqcuuI-qd01FUfflDUIod7sdvqHC2araqGv_IGXXLXRkw0kDard3Zwyre7v-03_86WvAkne3wvQV4NyDrWEdhuOTKcPVZ8C43pG/s4032/Diana%20deck%20of%20cards.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1831" data-original-width="4032" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU92enItq0uyfJ4cr02u0Da5ipTVcLtS5dt4UQqObojqqoYRFYqmwIPlL7dL3BdU5TZyLDL1UmwJtDk87r3CDCfmqcuuI-qd01FUfflDUIod7sdvqHC2araqGv_IGXXLXRkw0kDard3Zwyre7v-03_86WvAkne3wvQV4NyDrWEdhuOTKcPVZ8C43pG/w400-h181/Diana%20deck%20of%20cards.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diana Deck of Cards</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYkbUnqqUPXD4cTRE24Z6M2JXJ_w3ub8VRP2i61ODKiLSfMpTLnY1T5o_CYabFyHuIXYu3wEPJd9neg_JiBEdVX8oQ9EwfQFXTZhrF8J3anbPp7vCLO8uSHLnE5yMLiXae7tksIhpDwqTEPNjBwIkoRc31aA8PB_tXjOE25MLGcF6kQC5iL7tMV_UK/s4032/Good%20Night%20Congress%20Playing%20Cards.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1972" data-original-width="4032" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYkbUnqqUPXD4cTRE24Z6M2JXJ_w3ub8VRP2i61ODKiLSfMpTLnY1T5o_CYabFyHuIXYu3wEPJd9neg_JiBEdVX8oQ9EwfQFXTZhrF8J3anbPp7vCLO8uSHLnE5yMLiXae7tksIhpDwqTEPNjBwIkoRc31aA8PB_tXjOE25MLGcF6kQC5iL7tMV_UK/w400-h196/Good%20Night%20Congress%20Playing%20Cards.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good Night Congress Playing Cards</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqNEROFd08lJgcYoXQTJugeYF4CMdEvGQ47Wq4qF38Ryn4QVVMmP8miPMeU-MPNe3SmoshiU1DYJl_4vdSSW2IXmgeb-uko8sAEz-6cFlvdxPOd57wzA1qz_0bg6kQhDNKgKfENAvNiSIo-CTfh1SjTgmt_3k5cOc9sKDGazU_uPL8-Wae6sTBCDG/s3792/Moon%20Fairy%20Congress%20Deck.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1831" data-original-width="3792" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqNEROFd08lJgcYoXQTJugeYF4CMdEvGQ47Wq4qF38Ryn4QVVMmP8miPMeU-MPNe3SmoshiU1DYJl_4vdSSW2IXmgeb-uko8sAEz-6cFlvdxPOd57wzA1qz_0bg6kQhDNKgKfENAvNiSIo-CTfh1SjTgmt_3k5cOc9sKDGazU_uPL8-Wae6sTBCDG/w400-h194/Moon%20Fairy%20Congress%20Deck.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moon Fairy Congress Cards</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbGvhVQOUpvDfs3TCXpdTB1SqAOmlNWDY14MU1yq_Z57W7kpvvduZPpSIrZkp7ey3joPiVL4BjKbKtaxKCLrgcts2edIuKz0320jHwKXRuhSl7xNtThhgqdwbef2KRQmkX2E9mgLPnwR_1ULG9SPJAY0y9QQIJvJy7LTvx69xmbo2ZKXNJdVaW6RM/s4032/music%20hath%20charms%20cards.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1895" data-original-width="4032" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbGvhVQOUpvDfs3TCXpdTB1SqAOmlNWDY14MU1yq_Z57W7kpvvduZPpSIrZkp7ey3joPiVL4BjKbKtaxKCLrgcts2edIuKz0320jHwKXRuhSl7xNtThhgqdwbef2KRQmkX2E9mgLPnwR_1ULG9SPJAY0y9QQIJvJy7LTvx69xmbo2ZKXNJdVaW6RM/w400-h188/music%20hath%20charms%20cards.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Music Hath Charms Cards</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div>As usual, this article is a work in progress. Please help me with factual errors, unclear writing, additional info, or lapses in interpretation. I also appreciate hearing about my typos. <br /><b><br />Related articles:</b><div>The <i><b><a href="https://congresscardbacks.weebly.com/">Congress Guy's website</a></b></i> is comprehensive on this topic.</div><div>The <a href="https://www.wopc.co.uk/usa/the-united-states-playing-card-company/congress-606"><i><b>WOPC article on Congress No. 606</b></i></a> by Simon Wintle <br /><a href="https://playingcarddecks.com/blogs/all-in/interview-with-antique-playing-card-collector-kevan-seaney-the-congress-guy"><b><i>Enders Game interview with Kevan Seaney </i></b></a>on PlayingCardDecks.com<br />There's Hoffman of course. <br /><div><br /></div><div>To keep reading, I'd suggest looking at my:</div><div><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2018/01/congress-jokers.html" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Congress Jokers article</b></i></a> (recently updated!)</div><div><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/05/americana-jokers.html">Americana Jokers</a></b></i></div><div><i><b> <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/11/bicycle-jokers.html">Bicycle Jokers</a></b></i></div><div><i><b> <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/08/us-playing-card-company.html">US Playing Card Company Jokers</a></b></i></div></div></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Antique decks - including Congress that I’d <b>trade</b> away</i></div><div><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/vintage-decks-that-id-trade-away.html?m=1">https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/11/vintage-decks-that-id-trade-away.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div><i><b>Confusion about one deck: two jokers?</b></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div>This next deck creates some confusion. It's a Diana deck but this one is from the era when Congress used a picture of the Capitol on the jokers. One thing that I find bizarre about this deck is they there are two jokers and they use different images of the Capitol. One image is head on, the other is from an angle. One foreground shows roads approaching the capitol. The other thing that I find surprising is the nearly nude female figure in an era that I would have thought had Victorian sensibilities.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_TSt5s6px0F0nmPTGxAEKlEG87rT8HADa-zfNLOoy_ZG0dFxqpCs10da6zs3lMMagfwu70z-Z1G4xIsZML9FK1UmbQNMJXZ6F4ieamtgoYXnyjgso0DiRhmhKSaavUNaP3RcYGTv-ZvBQEavIWBt0L6HeRi3ThXycTZyAdMtMGfgX2Sp7QZQ8pSQ/s4032/Congress%20Diana%20Two%20Joker%20variations.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_TSt5s6px0F0nmPTGxAEKlEG87rT8HADa-zfNLOoy_ZG0dFxqpCs10da6zs3lMMagfwu70z-Z1G4xIsZML9FK1UmbQNMJXZ6F4ieamtgoYXnyjgso0DiRhmhKSaavUNaP3RcYGTv-ZvBQEavIWBt0L6HeRi3ThXycTZyAdMtMGfgX2Sp7QZQ8pSQ/w640-h480/Congress%20Diana%20Two%20Joker%20variations.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>However, while I received the deck with two jokers, it's possible that one was added to the deck later on by someone who saw a loose joker and so stuck it with that deck. I have a tiny bit of evidence that suggests this since if you look closely at the backs of four cards from that deck, one has the word <i>Diana</i> much more clearly printed than the others. Yes, it's one of the jokers suggesting that it was from a different deck to begin with. Thoughts?</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7wkZsjryqPlwLBlmUqW4uGITLbaZoDR4aKC6jCCDMfoIiDQOmZ_nHKHrUbEFrxz0XdKd_NtsfEydY2EP_arx4-ujZK11X9j1ODDKmTqhME9x36ccPD0veBhRxdknxQLZYAteWTUfMG6LatT63ES-ThpBV4UwB21C2FcAsMQ81jSh_yTrZXkQRkRT/s4032/IMG-9319.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="4032" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7wkZsjryqPlwLBlmUqW4uGITLbaZoDR4aKC6jCCDMfoIiDQOmZ_nHKHrUbEFrxz0XdKd_NtsfEydY2EP_arx4-ujZK11X9j1ODDKmTqhME9x36ccPD0veBhRxdknxQLZYAteWTUfMG6LatT63ES-ThpBV4UwB21C2FcAsMQ81jSh_yTrZXkQRkRT/w640-h236/IMG-9319.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A note on terminology. I use the word "antiques" since they are over a century old. I think vintage is the term for cards between ~25 and ~90 years old. </div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-68275224481035110532023-06-20T21:03:00.001-04:002023-06-20T21:05:57.218-04:00Travel Jokers: Communications with flags, translations<p> This communications subsection of travel features jokers focused on helping people communicate.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbUz4jdXN17r4OfZQKe4h_4E9y2lPNnuTO98gNH7hDeT3uxA5QK9Ny1Hi8YSWqh5ubKaoNimeELiED3JCoLGZ3OnJ9ACfPHGbYM0nhz9EyHwdiPRAHGEKijCDQ5ZzAO28qeSpoIkhrDvOgbdm3fK1vb_ikxJwXcedVRV6voZT33c4pUEAsTSRrcpX/s4032/IMG-9272.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbUz4jdXN17r4OfZQKe4h_4E9y2lPNnuTO98gNH7hDeT3uxA5QK9Ny1Hi8YSWqh5ubKaoNimeELiED3JCoLGZ3OnJ9ACfPHGbYM0nhz9EyHwdiPRAHGEKijCDQ5ZzAO28qeSpoIkhrDvOgbdm3fK1vb_ikxJwXcedVRV6voZT33c4pUEAsTSRrcpX/w480-h640/IMG-9272.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qRuFCj5NdIeiGHRQDx5SfpFRkL7LeE0-ZqoygQH_siD2dKWt90gpU3Qh_ok5LSlVQkF85tYUc0PrEXbQb6p_Vrynw67ayKM8cbmXow7xCWYIbuO-ZDAYrsQhDZ5KRQ6Vjc1lIeV3D1NScak9ptUESm4JWSyk1XbCZlx3Gih5NqF2VFSMeaB4eeZV/s4032/IMG-9273.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qRuFCj5NdIeiGHRQDx5SfpFRkL7LeE0-ZqoygQH_siD2dKWt90gpU3Qh_ok5LSlVQkF85tYUc0PrEXbQb6p_Vrynw67ayKM8cbmXow7xCWYIbuO-ZDAYrsQhDZ5KRQ6Vjc1lIeV3D1NScak9ptUESm4JWSyk1XbCZlx3Gih5NqF2VFSMeaB4eeZV/w480-h640/IMG-9273.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxa9oqegUACwUBm8m9Y98Jma-TpchPemNR3Hc8O5bMQCYRqgCzoUHEddpxXHCcikOGP4jb3086UzMGmEIEX8eyogJtkFxfU8KMtY2utbGCymHDYnPOaGZj58Ji8M7a48FiD9SZf4sOm3GIouMNOct-MWiC6cKzWEak4kV9kW696un1UlZCxakRuVNV/s4032/IMG-9274.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxa9oqegUACwUBm8m9Y98Jma-TpchPemNR3Hc8O5bMQCYRqgCzoUHEddpxXHCcikOGP4jb3086UzMGmEIEX8eyogJtkFxfU8KMtY2utbGCymHDYnPOaGZj58Ji8M7a48FiD9SZf4sOm3GIouMNOct-MWiC6cKzWEak4kV9kW696un1UlZCxakRuVNV/w480-h640/IMG-9274.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWIIyETTNjX8fNfTPGfisbKr8W6UH-_IErOiRdN2cRp_bIExRf84qZNOvvhs2WYFFXRnznqQVhxj9PUwpTv3EU8zQSGtcW93RafZixEuWqtCJLs_gogD0ctDScLYqywWrObKdJNn84SJROjSnyod25MIw-ifl-BWxW_61MabAWSP6JdZCdLg2k2llW/s4032/IMG-9276.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWIIyETTNjX8fNfTPGfisbKr8W6UH-_IErOiRdN2cRp_bIExRf84qZNOvvhs2WYFFXRnznqQVhxj9PUwpTv3EU8zQSGtcW93RafZixEuWqtCJLs_gogD0ctDScLYqywWrObKdJNn84SJROjSnyod25MIw-ifl-BWxW_61MabAWSP6JdZCdLg2k2llW/w480-h640/IMG-9276.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfg9P8921Dta433k8J1dQQLpYm_LMXXWjcrfNNXjHtaZeP2z_TSVbdNrKpp85qavB7uBqcWXtJpJe8gfnM9vM0ODoUyu1ZBUk_PcHzCKhD_jaM7ThCUBPB94FUgb9QgbvrKdVZeh8SMNO75TIddynfOeFKgWwCHo8oRsYmhZ3nNw2hxN6K0T5gT8-i/s4032/IMG-9279.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfg9P8921Dta433k8J1dQQLpYm_LMXXWjcrfNNXjHtaZeP2z_TSVbdNrKpp85qavB7uBqcWXtJpJe8gfnM9vM0ODoUyu1ZBUk_PcHzCKhD_jaM7ThCUBPB94FUgb9QgbvrKdVZeh8SMNO75TIddynfOeFKgWwCHo8oRsYmhZ3nNw2hxN6K0T5gT8-i/w480-h640/IMG-9279.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are the ensemble communication enabling jokers. It's a small section: only around two dozen so far.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5c4R8JRSqo-P9NmEa6ah6KyuTwavXuPsfywU4dpD6_oESxzQyhWMPRceKJE5a_RCE3blxCBboEs8j2-UFcTaPpa7AykS4wdB1-0KHNixfzl2Y4U_9BuVGKT4ML_O9eFgNmCU4QnYG2Z0-tfR0jtQQ3e-c909-kFM2kfKEqdPYjHrxSgfhVj4eHshw/s4032/IMG-9275.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5c4R8JRSqo-P9NmEa6ah6KyuTwavXuPsfywU4dpD6_oESxzQyhWMPRceKJE5a_RCE3blxCBboEs8j2-UFcTaPpa7AykS4wdB1-0KHNixfzl2Y4U_9BuVGKT4ML_O9eFgNmCU4QnYG2Z0-tfR0jtQQ3e-c909-kFM2kfKEqdPYjHrxSgfhVj4eHshw/w480-h640/IMG-9275.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEv_QoUyjJMCydLWbFNNpM_-t6G7U3phwgkGu7OaBMyZB_kJqSgFRJf8ShM5jeWmAYaTRB1-2qCXf092wiT7_xIqLW2yxcpoYUc-RX2QvgPvz_a51ENUq0q-Gi2QuLYfES2a6u65tLoBjrm7h33em2-PooIGfEkkP2MdAP_1zmMClBuZ40pS22u87/s4032/IMG-9277.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEv_QoUyjJMCydLWbFNNpM_-t6G7U3phwgkGu7OaBMyZB_kJqSgFRJf8ShM5jeWmAYaTRB1-2qCXf092wiT7_xIqLW2yxcpoYUc-RX2QvgPvz_a51ENUq0q-Gi2QuLYfES2a6u65tLoBjrm7h33em2-PooIGfEkkP2MdAP_1zmMClBuZ40pS22u87/w480-h640/IMG-9277.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTZRKWqxIjnZJwEiGHgtIKl6p3UF_yi0a91yamIDo2ropeIC_yiYGh9ZWq0tbMSaop9U4qZ9xllOir1PGXDMlUkIvfHCRGua5UoU1xCN7JNi2XF4TeMKgreBm8m4y3Ly82y9pAtLplkoVLr6J9OL8FQDjAcTjhgRL3fp0ALU-smc-Qqe99kkYX3Pg/s4032/IMG-9278.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTZRKWqxIjnZJwEiGHgtIKl6p3UF_yi0a91yamIDo2ropeIC_yiYGh9ZWq0tbMSaop9U4qZ9xllOir1PGXDMlUkIvfHCRGua5UoU1xCN7JNi2XF4TeMKgreBm8m4y3Ly82y9pAtLplkoVLr6J9OL8FQDjAcTjhgRL3fp0ALU-smc-Qqe99kkYX3Pg/w480-h640/IMG-9278.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's how to see more jokers about travel:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ol><ol><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/05/travel-vehicles-like-cars-planes.html">Vehicles</a>. This section is now split into: </li><ol><li><i style="font-weight: bold;">Vehicles: </i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/02/travel-jokers-vehicles-air-sea-and.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Sea</a><i style="font-weight: bold;">, </i><b><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/06/travel-jokers-vehicles-flying-section.html">Flying (translations were here)</a></i></b>, <b><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/02/travel-jokers-vehicles-trains.html">Trains</a></i></b><i style="font-weight: bold;">, </i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/02/car-jokers-vehicles-travel.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Cars & Motorcycles</a><i style="font-weight: bold;"> <br /></i></li><li><i><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/11/bicycle-jokers.html" target="">Bicycle Jokers</a></b></i><span style="font-style: normal;">, </span><span><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/skaters.html">Skater Jokers</a></b></span><span style="font-style: normal;">, </span><span><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/10/unicycle-jokers.html">Unicycle Jokers</a></b></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/10/unicycle-jokers.html"> </a> </span></i></li><li><i><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></i></li></ol><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/05/americana-jokers.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">American places and Americana</a>,<i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2018/01/congress-jokers.html">Congress Jokers </a></b></i></li><ol><li><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/08/american-scenery-and-travel-section.html">American Scenery Jokers</a></b></i></li><li><i><i style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/american-historical-people-real-or.html">American people</a></i></i></li><li><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/these-jokers-feature-american-cowboy.html">Cowboys</a></b></i></li><li><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/native-americans.html">Native Americans</a></b></i></li><li><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/jokers-with-people-of-color.html">People of Color</a></b></i></li></ol><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/05/travel-jokers-sights-outside-of-usa.html"><b><i>Non US Places</i></b></a></li><li><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/12/map-jokers.html">Maps</a> and </b></i><i><span><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/travel-jokers-communications-with-flags.html"><b>Translations</b></a></span></i></li><li><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/old-europeans-with-names.html">Old Europeans with names</a>, <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/old-european-types.html">Old European stereotypes</a></b></i></li><li>Chinese Jokers - <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/jokers-from-china.html">Acquired Collection</a></b></i>, <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/chinese-jokers-that-i-collected.html">Collected</a></b></i></li></ol></ol></div><br /><p><br /></p>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-8437845820448524982023-06-19T08:02:00.006-04:002023-06-19T15:30:21.354-04:00Topsy Western Jokers<p> In the 1930s, the Western Publishing Company's standard joker was this vertically symmetrical joker of a pair of jesters chasing each other. Notice that this one has the name and address of the publisher at the bottom. I think of this joker as <i>Jesters chasing their tails in a circle</i>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKKcQyxww78iKgweigQTDrB0WrmDb3TAbYRj4pbykz-KN7tXyYspM9Z7FNYvxoyK9oZHQRiGkUqProSR7b1a_B5rUBhOgZJArPo3ilhOOs6lTmV8yjsIGpfk9yXcbLfOMmvc2pKZrPVzoNeLj-f_U_MNQHvCT36p6BrfXczGSlcelNKgewmS9cB4f/s4032/Western%20Publishing%20Joker%201930s.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKKcQyxww78iKgweigQTDrB0WrmDb3TAbYRj4pbykz-KN7tXyYspM9Z7FNYvxoyK9oZHQRiGkUqProSR7b1a_B5rUBhOgZJArPo3ilhOOs6lTmV8yjsIGpfk9yXcbLfOMmvc2pKZrPVzoNeLj-f_U_MNQHvCT36p6BrfXczGSlcelNKgewmS9cB4f/w480-h640/Western%20Publishing%20Joker%201930s.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Strictly speaking, it is not symmetrical since one side of the joker has the publishing info. </span><span style="text-align: left;"> Magicians will be particularly sensitive to this detail....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This next variation has a lighter yellow color and their bottoms are blue (not black like above).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4BNe_zUxO6cYx6cFdCERtUC9gVSIZ8KXLpEa6Be5ggNGyHNnKf5R9GH0h7F6bAz-cb2loyVBRo7lbEWAVnWndMPBiYr01OiHJhr_j-uh_AxZPOE9WFvyoB5phHJbFkx2zOrJ8cV9OuftoZD2monHvMBUce4-9xdMefEbj6TgBZ7V5Jg87vFjn1mK/s4032/IMG-9244.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4BNe_zUxO6cYx6cFdCERtUC9gVSIZ8KXLpEa6Be5ggNGyHNnKf5R9GH0h7F6bAz-cb2loyVBRo7lbEWAVnWndMPBiYr01OiHJhr_j-uh_AxZPOE9WFvyoB5phHJbFkx2zOrJ8cV9OuftoZD2monHvMBUce4-9xdMefEbj6TgBZ7V5Jg87vFjn1mK/w480-h640/IMG-9244.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This variation's most obvious feature is the white dots on their bottoms and the fact that is is printed only with yellow and black.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_iM2EleRoAk0qVzR056JSuEH58daENY_3Od5fosfCm0Sev0rm0SaOoy2QOs_9m_UAtM39f1BOEPvqcM__7BkGi4DBdWkQ43c_nmf_88XtTcFnz4KP04aRHyGOYLa8-FxRU2Tr6mnBymBQJHna5jRgiT0WRoaaf8YABT4Mi1LcVBxw5EgB24VFqFA/s4032/IMG-9245.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_iM2EleRoAk0qVzR056JSuEH58daENY_3Od5fosfCm0Sev0rm0SaOoy2QOs_9m_UAtM39f1BOEPvqcM__7BkGi4DBdWkQ43c_nmf_88XtTcFnz4KP04aRHyGOYLa8-FxRU2Tr6mnBymBQJHna5jRgiT0WRoaaf8YABT4Mi1LcVBxw5EgB24VFqFA/w480-h640/IMG-9245.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This one is very different in that bottoms are white, He's also printed with only black and yellow and I note that the yellow is a different tint than above.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPiZTM7p-g02mUSvkKFIVcpqdjkUPyRduGJ7C5zN_j-3jolVb1kMwVcgMrJ7Cn6J0AR2AoQeupGzWt9Z4ohwxoDZzwLPTSnLPySuvlmM1EX0-Ip2Fn_egnUD16F46rLfvUpm5bLezlLDren9uSNHCFhkNPshvX-XPA0L0TvIOJmqagy7ZdoW65LuS/s4032/IMG-9246.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPiZTM7p-g02mUSvkKFIVcpqdjkUPyRduGJ7C5zN_j-3jolVb1kMwVcgMrJ7Cn6J0AR2AoQeupGzWt9Z4ohwxoDZzwLPTSnLPySuvlmM1EX0-Ip2Fn_egnUD16F46rLfvUpm5bLezlLDren9uSNHCFhkNPshvX-XPA0L0TvIOJmqagy7ZdoW65LuS/w480-h640/IMG-9246.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>This variation is much like the first one but with a different message at the bottom.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOW3nyyyd8uETXtYmKGN3G51u_4irmtKwSMqHXZA6wZhmF-Tcl8Hoyab4fyojtKBWPuE5Nm1Q4fNGuB-KSizsBf6s_XJObpImLFxzXFs9dDimwnRe2RoqKEXKyYD2yviAo1-NHxNr7fyghCZ_CSXhUzcGxFka1LX9S2kPngZgEJQf0cD2mdYrioF9D/s4032/IMG-9247.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOW3nyyyd8uETXtYmKGN3G51u_4irmtKwSMqHXZA6wZhmF-Tcl8Hoyab4fyojtKBWPuE5Nm1Q4fNGuB-KSizsBf6s_XJObpImLFxzXFs9dDimwnRe2RoqKEXKyYD2yviAo1-NHxNr7fyghCZ_CSXhUzcGxFka1LX9S2kPngZgEJQf0cD2mdYrioF9D/w480-h640/IMG-9247.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Here are the ensemble shots of Western Topsy jokers. This first page has different variations, some of the differences are a little subtle relating to the font of the publishers name. To avoid moving too many around whenever I get a new one, I left some blanks on these pages. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_yf5xh-IO4j5jYkQKfLafeHBHD_eNREfH3j10Hf40xCvRIfWeCBoHBOMqEZIQ5pAa9Mr30LI5EKvjXJTAo1YM6kspY-mlkixnbMFcLpIVcsbkuVraq8E-9BhbvMHH1w0q3RFw2Li44rTHOU3HJa-dXcf49Kdwo6uV_LwSvoy2agw60Vd_L2_PaPta/s4032/IMG-9248.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_yf5xh-IO4j5jYkQKfLafeHBHD_eNREfH3j10Hf40xCvRIfWeCBoHBOMqEZIQ5pAa9Mr30LI5EKvjXJTAo1YM6kspY-mlkixnbMFcLpIVcsbkuVraq8E-9BhbvMHH1w0q3RFw2Li44rTHOU3HJa-dXcf49Kdwo6uV_LwSvoy2agw60Vd_L2_PaPta/w480-h640/IMG-9248.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the back of those first eight. Also, before we leave this discussion of the major variations of these jokers, I note that <a href="http://www.a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks03/d01492/d01492.htm?fbclid=IwAR1_zIzWmFWPXY6Mb1s2-lz2OVKsceByqYB_xh1PtSj_PBrwbbRIT0t14ys" target="_blank"><i><b>the World of Playing Cards website</b></i></a> lists 12 major variations of this joker. They call it "WWPCM01492 "Western PCC" (USA) standard joker since 1930"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfu85VsyWLVHGHM-AWM3vF0KYsK36YQTeue02fq0MKhqF1dad88FF76S88plbYh_dG4Fz8OlFo5wC_epBP7sVFKz5rHQq4Yq7wKvvSIIaDicqjCdzXistHzOhsC443CTCfWE3SqzRg43c0Jv6hQ-_6HanLsI4kGnDee12-sYVVzbacYPsJaDXAI7Eo/s4032/IMG-9249.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfu85VsyWLVHGHM-AWM3vF0KYsK36YQTeue02fq0MKhqF1dad88FF76S88plbYh_dG4Fz8OlFo5wC_epBP7sVFKz5rHQq4Yq7wKvvSIIaDicqjCdzXistHzOhsC443CTCfWE3SqzRg43c0Jv6hQ-_6HanLsI4kGnDee12-sYVVzbacYPsJaDXAI7Eo/w480-h640/IMG-9249.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The next three pages of Western Topsy jokers all have the name and number of the deck printed on the front on the bottom. Then they have numbers and names. For instance, there is <b>No. 147 Sugar and Spice</b>. The name refers to the back of the deck.<div><br /></div><div> The lowest number deck I have is <b>No. 28, Sitting Pretty,</b> the highest is <b>No. 1901 Frou-Frou</b>. I have them in order of their publishing number. Somewhere someone might have a full listing of all the ones published including how many were printed of each copy. If you have that master control sheet, please tell me (you can comment here or email me: johnedelson13 at gmail. Again, I have left some spaces on the pages so I can new ones as I find them without having to move so many around.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukPMb_gmMgZfOHBnnWDdLBkuIRMcWXT0xE7Ps1htQsVhhrSOecZQBdKG5qReo2min_JXeqcC6KYRAYniB0yvI2gegnNw5E0zip3AEoayPbp7YCGYOu3YGCIZ_xr7Dy4z4OoY-_UYuiD0MjBV-8bUsIhT-D-MAQ6k-SrQwiDfSKabQeAvB3Im7DQsC/s4032/IMG-9252.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukPMb_gmMgZfOHBnnWDdLBkuIRMcWXT0xE7Ps1htQsVhhrSOecZQBdKG5qReo2min_JXeqcC6KYRAYniB0yvI2gegnNw5E0zip3AEoayPbp7YCGYOu3YGCIZ_xr7Dy4z4OoY-_UYuiD0MjBV-8bUsIhT-D-MAQ6k-SrQwiDfSKabQeAvB3Im7DQsC/w480-h640/IMG-9252.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>The backs are great, especially matched with their descriptions (remember that since these are the backs of the pages, they are flipped):</div><div>29<span> Sitting Pretty</span></div><div><span>36<span> "Hello" sic</span></span></div><div><span><span>65 <span> </span>Reflections<br />66<span> Canasta</span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span>84 <span> </span>Mill Stream - Large print</span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span>101<span> Invisible</span></span></span></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTJB-r8KKrKvmY-7QfgewsYHPJFxt_mCJRyAN_SrofjX1opEqhNy_8rzPEjVNT-AkENqTNAEjSp3q41SECs7xPReC8sgWwrDe9XAgPxAXbsBB7qQp9Y_Hbp3t_o94TIrk3RwPBs6W8cTLDDpw9V0Tx_BoxM-yqCJPvGX6pSW0t8MglbDqLLMF4jCe/w480-h640/IMG-9255.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>You should now look at other topsy turvy or full duplex jokers. In my organization "Two headedness" takes precedence over other criteria for organization so this two headed section is large and its subsections vaguely mirrors the entire organization.</div><div><ol><ol><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/topsy-animal-jokers.html"><i><b>Animals</b></i></a> - </li><li><b><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/07/topsy-turvy-playing-card-jokers.html" id="id_2404_2211_5c85_6f3b">Card Themed</a> </i></b></li><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/topsy-musical-jokers.html"><b><i>Musician</i></b></a> </li><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/topsy-jokers-with-masks.html"><i><b>Ladies & Masks </b></i></a> </li><li><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/topsy-jokers-with-clowns-or-jesters.html">Jesters and clowns</a></b></i> (The <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/06/topsy-western-jokers.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Western Topsy Subsection</a><i style="font-weight: bold;">, </i>this one!, is subset of Jesters & Clowns)</li><li><b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/topsy-jokers-with-people-not-jesters-or.html">People </a> </b>(not clowns, harlequins, or jesters)</li><li><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/12/topsy-jokers-of-things-not-people-or.html">Things </a> </b></i></li></ol></ol></div><div><br /></div></div>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773697932137398403.post-54048153346146046902023-06-18T15:59:00.003-04:002023-06-18T16:13:43.220-04:00Varmints on jokers<p> What are varmint animals?</p><p>"Varmint" is a slang terms for small wild animals that are a nuisance to people usually in terms of raiding the vegetable gardens or hen house. This would include rabbits, badgers, foxes, raccoons, weasels, and so forth. Previously grouped with <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2019/11/monkey-jokers-animals-miscellaneous.html">Monkeys, bears, and animals with paws</a></b></i> or <b><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/09/antlers-horns-and-tusks-jokers.html">animals with antlers, horns, and tusks</a></i></b>, varmints are now a distinct section.</p><p>Here's my favorite of this set.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy19x1ya2SwTCGruXKfEcxaqd1wGvhPHCVtVJ0KNF9lj2DBd-suN15afgvV4U22ndwHBTJ_zu_TbPAluOErxLlXpz23jGrHzWQfr_RLTCvB88aykN6bjCmnSRXX5cAiOna9ipcjNNlS-gI39NR-P-EkJisHndJPfqG3smy4B9AmD8P70J86m2pfw/s4032/IMG-9224.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy19x1ya2SwTCGruXKfEcxaqd1wGvhPHCVtVJ0KNF9lj2DBd-suN15afgvV4U22ndwHBTJ_zu_TbPAluOErxLlXpz23jGrHzWQfr_RLTCvB88aykN6bjCmnSRXX5cAiOna9ipcjNNlS-gI39NR-P-EkJisHndJPfqG3smy4B9AmD8P70J86m2pfw/w480-h640/IMG-9224.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizycIc96nq1t_eOqRQw1Ljz3GUGjwVKkzXbYqFVuHTPYhwdjeiEyQXGcQHx6-o4-0RNIivbST-r_6ttzJSLKfx2wryRpoueYhi9CmfiFeooJAMMSrGPiwE_qjR5E-KM8TLcS5RcjuMDXfU8YBmoFdGw1DYTCFn081LoMOdoxTOQn6SGorTCaZaCQ/s4032/IMG-9225.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizycIc96nq1t_eOqRQw1Ljz3GUGjwVKkzXbYqFVuHTPYhwdjeiEyQXGcQHx6-o4-0RNIivbST-r_6ttzJSLKfx2wryRpoueYhi9CmfiFeooJAMMSrGPiwE_qjR5E-KM8TLcS5RcjuMDXfU8YBmoFdGw1DYTCFn081LoMOdoxTOQn6SGorTCaZaCQ/w480-h640/IMG-9225.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CuaPrkfKaQiS_R3gtuuFb-_EIbmCM61WexPsJaCkE7yx2yYQ-SsymXDYoTvqeZagtucIhQ5tsbJUXPLyS7Rvadmh6E1BB4HSDiI7c9okbcA1zWRiduNODI7xS20hqEbdqcEtQon8GT7zcdHF83ZJ-6R0jCqP9IcEWGnQDAEJLz0ha-4ZM8U2Pg/s4032/IMG-9219.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CuaPrkfKaQiS_R3gtuuFb-_EIbmCM61WexPsJaCkE7yx2yYQ-SsymXDYoTvqeZagtucIhQ5tsbJUXPLyS7Rvadmh6E1BB4HSDiI7c9okbcA1zWRiduNODI7xS20hqEbdqcEtQon8GT7zcdHF83ZJ-6R0jCqP9IcEWGnQDAEJLz0ha-4ZM8U2Pg/w480-h640/IMG-9219.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihl8V4YjsHHnlue7XpSTi7JLvbitx6SK-MT4Ln_HyboLK87gH54e9VqZsR6_6Y-MM2jPvynVMulVSxQiEx6bc6jBdLqsMrAjPLOBsEiOJQjk6PmazLnSIwsEWHFgzO02Bj___vb99RxQtqBHMHYuh8_pWuqAlK0R3-6Xk1TbMF0M6vXYLoxY32gg/s4032/IMG-9220.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihl8V4YjsHHnlue7XpSTi7JLvbitx6SK-MT4Ln_HyboLK87gH54e9VqZsR6_6Y-MM2jPvynVMulVSxQiEx6bc6jBdLqsMrAjPLOBsEiOJQjk6PmazLnSIwsEWHFgzO02Bj___vb99RxQtqBHMHYuh8_pWuqAlK0R3-6Xk1TbMF0M6vXYLoxY32gg/w480-h640/IMG-9220.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I have spent years wondering about and researching this next joker. I'm convinced that this joker is based on some specific folklore story but I've failed so far in researching what it is. I write about it: <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/09/folklore-mysteries-from-late-1800s-on.html">Folklore Mysteries from late 1800s on Joker Playing Cards</a></b></i>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHcaVQQLfiuB7T3D2waIYJ8jiHmMCR0GiwEV-fSm-utL7TBkipuhTUGMOrcjTxK-STl-Zx4gHCGEMadHTrG_WAy3FTb2gLbiomBS-0lvvuwuwWsvFYDRyX1qRIzQiYXlPCEyCxqlUXOsBwawRiU50aJ-kJU6GOXtFA_mQ0puU9xufTUYC4qq8Cg/s4032/IMG-9221.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHcaVQQLfiuB7T3D2waIYJ8jiHmMCR0GiwEV-fSm-utL7TBkipuhTUGMOrcjTxK-STl-Zx4gHCGEMadHTrG_WAy3FTb2gLbiomBS-0lvvuwuwWsvFYDRyX1qRIzQiYXlPCEyCxqlUXOsBwawRiU50aJ-kJU6GOXtFA_mQ0puU9xufTUYC4qq8Cg/w480-h640/IMG-9221.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This next rabbit joker is classifed as a rabbit joker which is why it is here. Of course, it is also an advertising joker but my principles of organization mandate the visual aspect overrules the purpose (ie advertising) for organizational purposes. If it were an advertising joker, it would be <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/05/advertising-jokers.html">here</a>:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0yL5EQ6JyRdOLt5SwSzgFUligNi7w1j4_nhaAFnaPWew-GmDrAV8acA5NPRWaUDhY-S7CpHQRDqDtafHv_z_coohOYTTCsr87SlBEZMoHI-XzJK1QWS3gF56Y6GVKzEBDAe_K1H6cRWeTXNYW6s7sTa7riqvzdLFXLU-_-UxfrPmGHFUHAqfTg/s4032/IMG-9222.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0yL5EQ6JyRdOLt5SwSzgFUligNi7w1j4_nhaAFnaPWew-GmDrAV8acA5NPRWaUDhY-S7CpHQRDqDtafHv_z_coohOYTTCsr87SlBEZMoHI-XzJK1QWS3gF56Y6GVKzEBDAe_K1H6cRWeTXNYW6s7sTa7riqvzdLFXLU-_-UxfrPmGHFUHAqfTg/w480-h640/IMG-9222.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDJuIhi2GjbSl1k2ebk1UM-gJ-cNsRHVVZrl13mC9SCPFC18A73tjuHnbSDe8eVbdc3jbPTa-24FF6wIidH4FaUFiiEJwH7i5jYO-Eg9-gVWANlBiHzd9YyQvSMNzD3nMdtyU6bIs_PSyI_G7t3h2yaboVMNluZuCj-a6nmP2-kUHIuuVFZW_EQ/s4032/IMG-9223.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDJuIhi2GjbSl1k2ebk1UM-gJ-cNsRHVVZrl13mC9SCPFC18A73tjuHnbSDe8eVbdc3jbPTa-24FF6wIidH4FaUFiiEJwH7i5jYO-Eg9-gVWANlBiHzd9YyQvSMNzD3nMdtyU6bIs_PSyI_G7t3h2yaboVMNluZuCj-a6nmP2-kUHIuuVFZW_EQ/w480-h640/IMG-9223.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Below are the ensemble pictures of the varmint (small mammals) jokers. Enjoy. This first set has squirrels, armadillos, rabbits, and whatnots.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixze0W1xY6ObYZGNG4Ot5gZNdFmeB4OnBkiq7KRYbA6lT8C0fUTuTzX-SsoG8upUmKuGW-615G5qVL7XkduYDqX0PBC0upv-wD_yLygReSxmjCwScGtCIvBvaFBN4jFY6aJRi9pNHJudaTOgCWGJhVnyIdMqlWjAfz6Npt5OcDVHKcoMAIsTop9w/s4032/rabbit%20jokers.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixze0W1xY6ObYZGNG4Ot5gZNdFmeB4OnBkiq7KRYbA6lT8C0fUTuTzX-SsoG8upUmKuGW-615G5qVL7XkduYDqX0PBC0upv-wD_yLygReSxmjCwScGtCIvBvaFBN4jFY6aJRi9pNHJudaTOgCWGJhVnyIdMqlWjAfz6Npt5OcDVHKcoMAIsTop9w/w480-h640/rabbit%20jokers.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Here are the backs ....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNb7GHvEj57L37TAn_1n9mJAY2knS7IgcheB9MLqMF8hWFgqae5viSDpenSR8rZAfl7LuRZMtjyCG8BUMTuUoZXq0QtEeG06nyuDE9To-1W_g4dlLH1ybwPxgliLTGbOcBtqfmAT-SCLxIHVkdbEB_JEjJdOmdRl1CWmjVlEnDYevcbUf9KqVwHg/s4032/IMG-9214.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNb7GHvEj57L37TAn_1n9mJAY2knS7IgcheB9MLqMF8hWFgqae5viSDpenSR8rZAfl7LuRZMtjyCG8BUMTuUoZXq0QtEeG06nyuDE9To-1W_g4dlLH1ybwPxgliLTGbOcBtqfmAT-SCLxIHVkdbEB_JEjJdOmdRl1CWmjVlEnDYevcbUf9KqVwHg/w480-h640/IMG-9214.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuOTbYtUKlbMK2FmsiMtNbuelAZJX5_KXmImPFkg-1Uopbdzl1cNaEv1_TP7h-Rw_-BA62qtirhwe4nuOnX0TL3y_UcI1P-HDCxVhGSil0SAQUXkLJT-sL0_5J0-ZF6r6GT1se1V9F-NNULMLQL3Z3Knd_PQub3rlptiDT4Kr3p_MFncI7VxACg/s4032/IMG-9215.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuOTbYtUKlbMK2FmsiMtNbuelAZJX5_KXmImPFkg-1Uopbdzl1cNaEv1_TP7h-Rw_-BA62qtirhwe4nuOnX0TL3y_UcI1P-HDCxVhGSil0SAQUXkLJT-sL0_5J0-ZF6r6GT1se1V9F-NNULMLQL3Z3Knd_PQub3rlptiDT4Kr3p_MFncI7VxACg/w480-h640/IMG-9215.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYmmynzM0xFEmabBI8oE-uvIOPrqVu91RgY5mKiNwKqe35XkBsLJ-KHv7XXeFQcjIYQsdPgWdz4mJJuhaPIY9W-MXnK7RaQj97n4rE8j2jc9bxpe2g9ApsobUA5jqqIL-VKDADVY3EJ438hi1Z50aNZrWt9wNM_t1vZrPV_eFAsZreDYG82woOg/s4032/IMG-9216.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYmmynzM0xFEmabBI8oE-uvIOPrqVu91RgY5mKiNwKqe35XkBsLJ-KHv7XXeFQcjIYQsdPgWdz4mJJuhaPIY9W-MXnK7RaQj97n4rE8j2jc9bxpe2g9ApsobUA5jqqIL-VKDADVY3EJ438hi1Z50aNZrWt9wNM_t1vZrPV_eFAsZreDYG82woOg/w480-h640/IMG-9216.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I really like the eight variations on the theme of a rabbit (or witch) coming out of an egg and being accosted by either little people or kids with ray guns<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SeFh9hJH66wiOpplZBvq-2O5CaBupt7fDatjv6rBxpz7oFJEL0ou76EG41gYRLtHPmH7TOBwYwjWubDnHk2jqooIjwFKZ5DYKYOTE73JhPZnE7BrbyAPyuf7387zFuz8-kg9SFIPWg5WVoDg4imv0JG2oHpENu20REnrwzyKYeXF2f2LZucE1g/s4032/IMG-9217.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SeFh9hJH66wiOpplZBvq-2O5CaBupt7fDatjv6rBxpz7oFJEL0ou76EG41gYRLtHPmH7TOBwYwjWubDnHk2jqooIjwFKZ5DYKYOTE73JhPZnE7BrbyAPyuf7387zFuz8-kg9SFIPWg5WVoDg4imv0JG2oHpENu20REnrwzyKYeXF2f2LZucE1g/w480-h640/IMG-9217.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUdFeBTRGYLIV3hBjic336IGUl1OzmXHEkPY2J7JhKxuyvMAUSnwRpp93-ifDdToMeB_V9HeZffzwGI6VT4F5Yosm7NV61eVACja-mpk9v-4hRnoB6VoYkRWuHq5WNQYhw45BI5_ltvJ4JNK2tkrKDWFJuSgJgeQkacu7S8c3iICckMY3m-SdHw/s4032/IMG-9218.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUdFeBTRGYLIV3hBjic336IGUl1OzmXHEkPY2J7JhKxuyvMAUSnwRpp93-ifDdToMeB_V9HeZffzwGI6VT4F5Yosm7NV61eVACja-mpk9v-4hRnoB6VoYkRWuHq5WNQYhw45BI5_ltvJ4JNK2tkrKDWFJuSgJgeQkacu7S8c3iICckMY3m-SdHw/w480-h640/IMG-9218.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I know you want to see more animal jokers: <br /><ol><ol><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/03/animal-jokers-combinations-of-different.html"><b><i>Ensemble Animal combinations </i></b></a>(cats AND dogs)</li><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animals-cat-and-dog-jokers.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Cats</b></i></a> or <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/08/dog-jokers-animal-jokers.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Dogs </b></i></a><i><b>. </b></i>Now there's a <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/11/big-cat-jokers.html"><i><b>big cat </b></i></a>subsection! </li><li><i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2017/09/animal-jokers-flyers-bees-birds-owls.html" target="_blank">Flyers:</a> </b></i>Birds, <font size="4">Owls</font>, <a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2023/03/bee-jokers.html"><i><b>Bees</b></i></a>, <i><b><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/04/butterfly-jokers.html" id="id_f233_55a6_7f8c_72fd">Butterflies</a> </b></i> & <b><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2021/03/dragon-jokers-they-can-fly.html" id="id_f10d_9ef5_8b9f_6f32">Dragons</a> </i></b></li><li><b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/03/equestrian-playing-card-jokers-horses.html">Horses</a> ,</b> zebras, donkeys, giraffes <i>...</i></li><ol><li><i><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2022/03/centaurs-unicorns-and-pegasus-fantasy.html"><b>Fantasy horses</b></a>:</i> centaurs, unicorns, pegasus<i><br /></i></li></ol><li><b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2019/11/monkey-jokers-animals-miscellaneous.html" id="id_5f6e_b86d_db4f_da23" target="_blank">Monkeys,</a> </b>bears, and others with paws </li><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/09/antlers-horns-and-tusks-jokers.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Animals with antlers,</a><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>horns, and tusks</li><li>Varmints - this article!</li><li><a href="https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2020/05/reptiles-fish-amphibian-jokers-other.html" target="_blank"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Reptiles, amphibian</i><i>s<b>, sea creatures</b></i></a><i><b> </b> </i></li></ol></ol>Johnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718512952931566226noreply@blogger.com0