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Subject: Printing History

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Playing Cards in Leather Case: Consolidated Card Company, circa 1885Playing Cards in Leather Case: Consolidated Card Company, circa 1885

A full deck of playing cards, circa 1885, housed in a leather snap case. The ace of spades bears the markings "CONSOLIDATED CARD COMPANY...SAMUEL HART & CO....NEW YORK." The cards are associated with Samuel Hart & Co., which merged in 1871 to form the Consolidated Card Company. Samuel Hart was a nephew of Lawrence Cohen, an inventor credited with developing the four-color printing process in the early 1800s, a significant advancement in the playing card industry.

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