Images(17)

Card, Playing

Object number2017.95.1 a-ccc

Manufacturer W.J. Gilmore and Compay

Date1901

OriginPittsburg, PA

OriginPittsburgh, PA

MediumPaper; Ink; Paperboard

Credit LineGiven in memory of Herman J.Schreck

DescriptionDeck of fifty-four (54) playing cards with rectangular brown paperboard box. Full set of cards with maker card and Joker card. Rounded rectangular off-white semi-glossy paper cards with gold edging. Back of each playing card has inset gold border framing blue background and red circle at center; surmounting the red circle is the city of Pittsburgh flag; top left corner has castle; top right and bottom left corners have different versions of a city of Pittsburgh pennant; and bottom right corner has the city of Pittsburgh coat of arms. The front of each playing card has black or red card number and suit in top left and bottom right corners and a Pittsburgh scene or landmark at center in an oval black and white format. DimensionsLength x Width x Depth (a-ccc): 3.625 × 2.75 × 0.875 in. (9.2 × 7 × 2.2 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (a): 3.625 × 2.75 × 0.875 in. (9.2 × 7 × 2.2 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (b-ccc together): 3.5 × 2.5 × 0.688 in. (8.9 × 6.4 × 1.7 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (b-ccc individually): 3.5 × 2.5 × 0.031 in. (8.9 × 6.4 × 0.1 cm)
Inscriptions(b)
Back has printed black text in bottom left corner “PITTSBURG [sic] / AND / ALLEGHENY” and within the map “ALLEGHENY”, “ALLEGHENY RIVER”, “OHIO RIVER”, “MONONGAHELA RIVER”, and “PITTSBURG [sic]”.

(c)
Front has printed black text in top left and bottom right corners “JOKER”; text is vertical.

Front has printed black text to the right of the image “D21” and below image “ “FATHER PITT”. ”

(d)
Front has printed red text in top left and bottom right corners “A”.

Front has printed black text below image “FORT DUQUESNE.”

(e)
Front has printed red text in top left and bottom right corners “A”.

Front has printed black text below image “PITTSBURG [sic] AND LAKE ERIE STATION.”

(f)
Front has printed black text in top left and bottom right corners “A”.

Front has printed black text below image “UNION STATION.”

(g)
Front has printed black text in top left and bottom right corners “A”.

Front has printed black text below image “BALTIMORE & OHIO RY. STATION.”

(h)
Front has printed red text in top left and bottom right corners “K”.

Front has printed black text below image “COURT HOUSE, PITTSBURG. [sic]”

(i)
Front has printed black text in top left and bottom right corners “K”.

Front has printed black text below image “LINCOLN HOTEL AND PITTSBURG [sic] CLUB.”

(j)
Front has printed black text in top left and bottom right corners “K”.

Front has printed black text below image “THE ARMORY.”

(k)
Front has printed red text in top left and bottom right corners “K”.

Front has printed black text below image “HOTEL SCHENLEY.”

(l)
Front has printed black text in top left and bottom right corners “Q”.

Front has printed black text below image “PITTSBURG [sic] POST OFFICE.”

(m)
Front has printed red text in top left and bottom right corners “Q”.

Front has printed black text below image “CITY HALL, PITTSBURG. [sic]”

(n)
Front has printed black text in top left and bottom right corners “Q”.

Front has printed black text below image “EDGAR THOMPSON [sic] WORKS”.

(o)
Front has printed red text in top left and bottom right corners “Q”.

Front has printed black text below image “STANTON AVE. ENTRANCE, HIGHLAND PARK.”

(p)
Front has printed red text in top left and bottom right corners “J”.

Front has printed black text below image “WESTINGHOUSE BUILDING.”

(q)
Front has printed black text in top left and bottom right corners “J”.

Front has printed black text below image “NEVILL ENGINE HOUSE.”

(r)
Front has printed black text in top left and bottom right corners “J”.

Front has printed black text below image “ALLEGHENY POST OFFICE.”

(s)
Front has printed red text in top left and bottom right corners “J”.

Front has printed black text below image “CONSERVATORY, SCHENLEY PARK.”

(t)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “10”.

Front has printed black text below image “CARNEGIE LIBRARY, SCHENLEY PARK.”

(u)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “10”.

Front has printed black text below image “CASTLE SHANNON INCLINE.”

(v)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “10”.

Front has printed black text below image “PITTSBURG [sic], FROM MT. WASHINGTON, SOUTH SIDE.”

(w)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “10”.

Front has printed black text below image “JEANETTE [sic] GLASS WORKS.”

(x)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “9”.

Front has printed black text below image “SERPENTINE DRIVE.”

(y)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “9”.

Front has printed black text below image “FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL.”

(z)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “9”.

Front has printed black text below image “GERMAN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING & DUQUESNE CLUB.”

(aa)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “9”.

Front has printed black text below image “FIFTH AVENUE.”

(bb)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “8”.

Front has printed black text below image “HIGHLAND PARK ENTRANCE, FROM HIGHLAND AVE.”

(cc)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “8”.

Front has printed black text below image “STEAMBOATS AT WHARF.”

(dd)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “8”.

Front has printed black text below image “PANTHER HOLLOW BRIDGE AND LAKE, SCHENLEY PARK.”

(ee)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “8”.

Front has printed black text below image “SIXTH STREET, LOOKING NORTH.”

(ff)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “7”.

Front has printed black text below image “FRICK BUILDING.”

(gg)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “7”.

Front has printed black text below image “AN “EAST END” STREET.”

(hh)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “7”.

Front has printed black text below image “PARK BUILDING.”

(ii)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “7”.

Front has printed black text below image “HIGHLAND PARK, NEAR ENTRANCE.”

(jj)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “6”.

Front has printed black text below image “CARNEGIE BUILDING.”

(kk)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “6”.

Front has printed black text below image “HOWE SPRING.”

(ll)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “6”.

Front has printed black text below image “CARNEGIE LIBRARY AND MUSIC HALL, ALLEGHENY.”

(mm)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “6”.

Front has printed black text below image “ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN.”

(nn)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “5”.

Front has printed black text below image “POINT BRIDGE AND DUQUESNE HEIGHTS.”

(oo)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “5”.

Front has printed black text below image “SMITHFIELD STREET.”

(pp)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “5”.

Front has printed black text below image “LOCK NO. 1, MONONGAHELA RIVER.”

(qq)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “5”.

Front has printed black text below image “SOUTH SIDE AND MONONGAHELA RIVER.”

(rr)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “4”.

Front has printed black text below image “BANK OF PITTSBURG [sic]”.

(ss)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “4”.

Front has printed black text below image “EXPOSITION BUILDING.”

(tt)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “4”.

Front has printed black text below image “DUQUESNE FURNACES.”

(uu)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “4”.

Front has printed black text below image “PITTSBURG [sic], 1900, POINT VIEW.”

(vv)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “3”.

Front has printed black text below image “SOLDIER’S MONUMENT.”

(ww)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “3”.

Front has printed black text below image “PITTSBURG [sic] IN 1830.”

(xx)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “3”.

Front has printed black text below image “NEWS-BOYS HOME.”

(yy)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “3”.

Front has printed black text below image “ “BRIDGE OF SIGHS.” FROM COURT HOUSE TO JAIL.”

(zz)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “2”.

Front has printed black text below image “A RESIDENCE.”

(aaa)
Front has printed black number in top left and bottom right corners “2”.

Front has printed black text below image “A RESIDENCE”.

(bbb)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “2”.

Front has printed black text below image “MAPLES.”

(ccc)
Front has printed red number in top left and bottom right corners “2”.

Front has printed black text below image “OLD UNION DEPOT.”
Marks(b)
Front has printed black text “Duplicate Packs of / These Cards / can be had for $1.00, from / your local dealer, or will be / sent postpaid, upon receipt / of price, by / W. J. Gilmore & Co. / PITTSBURG, PA.”

(c)
Front has printed black text at bottom center “Copyrighted, 1901, by / W. J. GILMORE & CO., Pittsburg, Pa.”
Historical NotesThis deck of Pittsburgh-themed playing cards was produced by W.J. Gilmore and Company in 1901. W.J. Gilmore was a wholesale drug company in Pittsburgh from 1886 to the mid-20th century. The firm began after W.J. Gilmore and partners bought the Mackgeown Thompson Company and reorganized it. They were first headquarted on Liberty Avenue, then 7th Avenue before building a nine-story building between First and Second Avenue and Smithfield Street/Cherry Way on the site of the old Homeopathic Hospital in 1927.

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