Card, Playing
Object number2019.104.2 a-aaa
Manufacturer
United States Playing Card Company
Date1990-1999
OriginCincinnati, OH
MediumPaper; Plastic; Ink; Adhesive
Credit LineGift of Mike Ellis
DescriptionDeck of playing cards consisting of original box and fifty-two playing cards. Each card is a rounded rectangular shape and made of plastic coated paper. Back of each card has white border and inset rectangle of red and white geometric design.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 3.75 × 2.625 × 0.625 in. (9.5 × 6.7 × 1.6 cm)Height x Width x Depth (b-aaa together): 3.5 × 2.5 × 0.625 in. (8.9 × 6.4 × 1.6 cm)
Height x Width (b-aaa individually): 3.5 × 2.5 in. (8.9 × 6.4 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Price sticker has black printed text "PPPTO / $1.39 / 990000I".
Marks(a)
Each face has text "AVIATOR / Jumbo Index / Playing Cards".
Each long side has red text "The United States / Playing Card Co. / Cincinnati, Ohio 45212".
Top side has white text "POKER / JUMBO / INDEX" and top flap has text "We claim exclusive trade mark rights in Ace of Spades, / Joker, name, number, back design, case design and / name of finish used on our various cards. / THE U.S. PLAYING CARD CO. / CINCINNATI, OHIO 45212 / U S A".
Bottom side has text "AVIATOR / POKER 917 / JUMBO INDEX / [barcode] / 073854009178".
(hh)
Black printed text at center "917 / AVIATOR / The U.S. Playing Card Co. / Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. / MADE IN U.S.A. / T2875".
Historical NotesDeck of Aviator standard playing cards from Doc’s Hideout. Label Text“Doc’s Hideout” was hand built by a group of sportsmen near Rockwood, PA in 1966. The camp originally had no electricity or running water, although those things have been added today. It was named after the camp’s oldest member, Doctor Homer Hay, Superintendent of Somerset Schools, who was nearly 80 when it was completed. Doc Hay once told a young member that he would learn more in one day at hunting camp than he would ever learn at school. To this day, the group honors his memory by naming the camp after him. As the vehicle for numerous games of penny ante poker, a sense of fellowship, and rousing deer tales, playing cards are an essential piece of camp equipment for many hunters.
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1999
after 1950
1835-1845
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