American Playing Cards

USA and Canadian Standard Cards - ordered by estimated date.

In the column of references, types are as defined in The Hochman Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards by Tom and Judy Dawson.

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plainbacks reference number and maker	Date Estimate	Hochman Ref.
I124 Anon USA?	1800	US0
I122 Henry Hart	1800	US0
I123 Henry Hart	1800	US0
I94 Ford (Jazeniah)	1815	U1d
I75 Humphreys	1816	U29a
I68 Humphreys	1816-20	U29
I74 Casenave	1805	U33
I49 Crehore	1820	U2
I3 Crehore (Thomas)	1820	U4
I20 Crehore (Thomas)	1820	U3
I76 Bartlett (Caleb)	1830	U7
I77 Bartlett (Caleb)	1830	U8
I119 Boston Card Factory	1830	U9a
I144 Boston Card Factory	1830
I90 Cook (George)	1835	Not in
I57 Carmichael Jewett & Wales (Mini)	1840	U36
I2 Cohen (L I Cohen)	1840	NY4
I91 Cohen (L I Cohen)	1840	NY5
I23 Crehor' (Hart?)	1840	U5
I56 Emporium	1840	U34
I47 Ford (Nathaniel)	1840	U1
I58 Ford Mini	1840	U1a
I61 American Manufacture	1845	U14?
I78 Bartlet' (Hart?)	1845	U14
I62 Cohen (L I Cohen)	1845	NY6
I55 Carmichael Jewett & Wales	1847	U35
I7 Dougherty	1848	AD1a
I40 Hart (Samuel)	1849	NY30
I79 Hart (Samuel)	1849	NY27a
I73 Dougherty	1850	AD1c
I80 Dougherty	1850	AD1
I143 Dougherty	1850	AD1a/c
I81 Dougherty	1851	AD1f
I82 Dougherty	1855	AD1b
I83 Huestis & Levy	1855	NY20a
I50 Jones & Co	1855	U30
I63 Levy/ Union	1855	NY21sim
I84 Dougherty	1858	AD1d
I12 Hart (Samuel)	1858	NY24
I53 Dougherty	1860	AD2a
I72 Dougherty Excelsior	1860	AD4
I19 Lawrence and Cohen	1860	NY8
I92 Lawrence Cohen & Co	1860	NY8
I28 Levy	1860	NY17
I85 Strauss & Trier	1860	U27
I64 Cohen (L I Cohen)	1862	NY3
I87 Cohen (L I Cohen)	1863	NY9
I109 Hart (Samuel)	1860-1865	NY28
I1 Lawrence and Cohen	1863	NY10
I65 Dougherty Illuminated	1865	AD3
I145 Lawrence & Cohen/ Jones	1865	NY11
I39 Levy	1865	NY18
I110 Hart (Samuel)	1866	NY32
I54 Lawrence and Cohen	1869	NY13
I34 Hart (Samuel)	1870	NY37
I97 Hart (Samuel)	1870	NY39
I111 Hart (Samuel)	1870	NY39
I93 Hart (Samuel)	1870	NY39a
I26 Lawrence and Cohen	1870	NY14a
I44 Lawrence and Cohen	1870	NY14
I86 Levy	1870	NA
I41 NYCC	1870	NY46
I146 SWIFT	1870
I37 Dougherty	1871	AD18b
I27 Eagle	1871	L6
I112 Levy	1871	NY16
I138 Levy	1871	NY16
I30 Continental	1872	U18c
I4 Dougherty	1872	AD7
I88 Dougherty	1872	AD7
I139 Dougherty	1872	AD8
I18 Dougherty piquet	1872	AD7
I51 NY Card Factory	1872	NY46b
I89 Mauger V	1873	U19
I31 Continental	1875	U18
I9 Dougherty	1875	AD9
I25 Empire	1875	L45
I14 Hart (Samuel) London Club	1875	NY36a
I69 Mauger V	1875	U19a
I38 Union	1875	L44
I8 Dougherty	1876	AD12
I117 Mauger Centenary	1876	U19b
I13 Sterling	1876	U37
I45 Eagle	1877	L7
I120 Dougherty	1878	AD14
I121 Dougherty	1878	AD14
I141 Dougherty No 15	1878	AD14
I140 Anon	1880
I125 Beauchemin & Valois	1880?	CDN or Bel
I127 Canadian Card Co	1880?	CDN or Bel
I133 Converse Colson & Lamb	1880	CDN34
I46 NYCC	1880	NY49
I99 NYCC	1880	NY49
I103 NYCC	1880	NY49
I131 Union	1880	L43
I60 Union	1880	L18
I118 USPC Faro	1881	US1?
I147 USPC Tigers	1882	US1a
I66 Caterson & Broch Novelty.	1885	L36
I136 Copp Clark Ltd	1885	CDN35
I137 Copp Clark Ltd	1885	CDN38
I95 Copp, Clark Defiance	1885	CDN38
I100 Dougherty	1885	AD21a
I5 Hart (Samuel)	1885	NY42
I6 Hart (Samuel)	1885	NY42
I16 Hart (Samuel) linen eagle	1885	NY42
I15 Hart (Samuel) Pharo	1885	NY42
I33 National PCC	1885	NU5
I36 NYCC	1885	NY50
I128 Pearsall	1885	CDN36
I52 US Card Co	1885	MSW91d
I32 Card Fabrique	1886	L22
I71 Dougherty triplicates	1886	AD11
I10 Russell Tourists	1886	US9c
I102 Union	1886	L40
I126 Burland Litho	1887	CDN2a
I101 Perfection	1887	PU2
I105 Russell and Morgan Cabinet	1888	US12
I130 Excelsior	1890	L30
I104 Hart (Samuel)	1890	NY50
I11 Hart Crown 444	1890	NY50
I43 Knicker-bocker	1890	L38a
I96 NYCC	1890	NY63
I134 Standard Card & Paper	1890	CDN28
I113 NYCC	1894	P22
I108 American PCC	1895	L 66
I24 American PCC	1895	L71a
I70 Bay State	1895	SU23a (?)
I67 Dougherty Indicators	1895	AD15a
I35 Eagle	1895	AD51c
I29 Eureka	1895	L49
I106 International	1895	NS16
I132 Mikado	1895	CDN3
I21 Shakespeare	1895	NY54b
I115 USPC Trophy	1895	US19
I98 Dougherty Indicators	1896	AD15a
I59 North American	1897	L26
I114 NYCC	1897	NY55
I42 Bay State	1900	SU28
I148 Dougherty Steamboat No 0	1900	AD24
I116 Lakeside Man'fg Co	1900	PU20?
I48 Montreal Litho	1900	CDN30
I17 NYCC	1900	NY60
I107 NYCC	1900	NY86

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