Name/Title
Deck of bridge playing cards; box imprinted: Hoboken Wood Flooring Corp. Circa 1943-1949.Entry/Object ID
2014.036.0002Scope and Content
Deck of bridge playing cards; box imprinted: Hoboken Wood Flooring Corp. Tel. HOboken, 3-2791-2. Joseph J. Sakosits, Secy., Mgr. Circa 1943-1949.
Remembrance Advertising brand, Redi-Slip Finish. Made by Brown & Bigelow, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
A promotional novelty that, if used by this wholesale hardward flooring company, was for advertising or, more likely, intended as a gift to clients. Possibly a sample deck? Company was at 335 Observer Highway, Hoboken.
-Full deck, gilt-edges, with cowgirl pin-up artwork; note that company name does not appear on the card deck.
-Joker card with different cowgirl pin-up artwork on each side.
-Card mounted on box with Hoboken company imprinting at bottom; artwork of a seated woman with phonographic records.
-Rule card, double-sided, with text for two games:
1. Rules for Gin Rummy for Two
2. Contract Bridge Scoring (April 1943 Revision) [cataloger's note: next revision was in 1949 which provides a date range for production of this deck.]
Two copies of this card, one with an unused U.S. Internal Revenue stamp for Playing Cards attached to it.
-Manufacturer's inspection slip enclosed.Acquisition
Accession
2014.036Source or Donor
Florio, SharonAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Sharon Florio.Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1943 - 1949Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1943-1949 ca
Date(s): 1943-1949General Notes
Note
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2015-02-05
