Playing Cards from USA
The Stage No.65
The court cards and Aces each feature four portraits of famous theatre stars from the 1890s inside round frames, against a background pattern based on traditional court cards.
The Steamboat Brand
The theme of steamboats navigating up and down the Mississippi also extended to the cotton plantations alongside the river and to African American people employed therein who were sometimes depicted on the special Joker card.
The Times of Kamehameha The Great
Figures from Hawaiian history and scenes of everyday life designed by Joseph Feher.
The United States Playing Card Company
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by Simon Wintle
Over the years the pressures of competition and other market forces have led to many smaller manufacturers being taken over by larger ones. The outcome is that the U.S.P.C.C. is now the largest manufacturer in the United States.
The Z Deck
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by Adam Wintle
The Z Deck is a new non-standard pack of cards created by Robert Bolduc. Each card has a third aspect instead of the usual suit and colour; which introduces many new games possible with the pack.
Thoth Tarot – Aleister Crowley Tarot
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by Simon Wintle
Aleister Crowley Tarot – the sombre luminary – Crowley and Lady Frieda Harris worked on the illustrations between 1938 and 1943
Tigers No.101
In 1881 Russell, Morgan & Company commenced playing card production by issuing six grades of cards with new, purely American names.
Tinker Deck
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by Adam Wintle
The Tinker Deck is a pack inspired by Steampunk, a world where old machinery is infused with modern science.
Tourists
Imagery of slightly eccentric tourists sightseeing in Egypt, or perhaps in the Alps, appears on the back of the box, the Ace of Spades and the Joker.
Toy Story 3
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by Matt Probert
Animated playing cards featuring full colour illustrations of the Toy Story 3 characters.
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).
Triton No.42
There have been at least three different versions of the Triton deck, with different Jokers, different styles of court cards and slight differences in the lettering on the Ace of Spades and/or Joker. The cards were advertised as “double enameled”.