Playing cards

  • When advertisements include pictures of people, their clothing and hairstyles can help date the item. This store display for Bicycle Playing Cards is from about 1930. KOVELS.COM
    When advertisements include pictures of people, their clothing and hairstyles can help date the item. This store display for Bicycle Playing Cards is from about 1930. KOVELS.COM

    icycle Playing Cards may be the most recognizable

    Bbrand by the United States Playing Card Co. The brand has been around since 1885. One look at this store counter display advertising Bicycle Playing Cards will tell you that it’s not from the late 1800s.

    The large center scene shows a lively, colorful scene with two men and two women in formal dress around a card table. Changes in men’s formal wear …