Triplicate Indices
53: Some recent acquisitions and corrections
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by Ken Lodge
The following items are additions and alterations to my collection, the rest of which is listed on page 69.
Andrew Dougherty 1848-1930
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by Simon Wintle
Andrew Dougherty was born in Donegal in Northern Ireland in 1827. He started his playing card business in New York in 1848.
Columbian Exposition Souvenir
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by Simon Wintle
Columbian Exposition Souvenir playing cards, G.W. Clark, Chicago, 1893.
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Ivorette
Dougherty was at the forefront of innovation, adding Best Bowers and then Jokers, rounded corners and various types of indices, or indicators, to his cards.
Triplicate No.18
Dougherty first secured a patent for “Triplicates” in 1876, a novel type of indices with a miniature card in the top left-hand corner (and bottom right).
W. H. Willis & Co
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by Simon Wintle
Willis & Company was formed in 1869, having been preceded by Charles Steer at the same address (80 Long Acre, London), who also manufactured playing cards during the 1850s and 60s.