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Title
United
States
Playing
Card
Company
,
Cincinnati
,
Oho
Subject
Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Manufacturing industries--Ohio
United States Playing Card Company
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
Reverse
reads
: "
U.S
.
Playing
Card
Co
.
Building
.
Cincinnati
,
Ohio.
" The
United
States
Playing
Card
Company
,
located
on
Beech
Avenue
at the
end
of
Park
Avenue
,
is
a
buff
brick
building
with a
Neo-Romanesque
square
clock
tower
.
Russell
,
Morgan
&
Co
. was
started
in
1867
in
Cincinnati
,
Ohio
, as a
printing
company
making
mostly
posters
,
placards
and
labels
. The
company
began
printing
playing
cards
in
1881
, with
20
employees
making
about
1600
packs
a
day
. In
1891
,
Russell
,
Morgan
and
Company
renamed
themselves
The
United
States
Printing
Company
. In
1894
,
due
to
growing
sucess
, the
playing
card
business
was
separated
from the
main
company
and
became
The
United
States
Playing
Card
Company
. By
1900
, The
United
States
Playing
Company
moved
from
downtown
, to a
newly
built
factory
in
Norwood
, a
suburb
in
north-east
Cincinnati
. The
four
story
bell
tower
was
added
at the
main
building
entrance
in
1926
, and
housed
12
carillon
bells
,
which
ranged
from
1
1/2
feet
to
5
1/2
feet
. The
chimes
were
connected
electronically
local
radio
station
WSAI
, and were the
first
set
built
for the
purpose
of
radio
broadcasting
.
WSAI
was not
only
owned
and
operated
by
USPC
from
1922
to
1930
, but was
located
on their
main
campus
, and
used
to
broadcast
bridge
lessons
,
which
could
be
heard
as
far
away
as
New
Zealand
.
WSAI
was
sold
to
Crosley
Radio
Station
during
the
1930s
.
Along
with
playing
card
accessories
such
as
poker
chips
,
it
distributes
cards
,
such
as
Kem
,
Bee
,
Bicycle
,
Arcane
,
Aviator
,
Alladin
,
Maverick
,
Tuxedo
,
Hoyle
and
tally
Ho
. The
cards
are also
used
by
famous
magicians
and
companies
like
Bicycle
make
cheats
decks
only
for
illusionists
.
Bee
is
a
high
quality
brand
used
in
casinos
,
while
Bicycle
is
an
inexpensive
brand
that has been the
top
selling
brand
in the
world
.
During
World
War
II
, the
company
made
cards
that
could
be
pulled
apart
when
submerged
in
water
. The
inside
was a
map
and
wen
all
the
cards
were
put
together
,
it
was a
large
map
. These were
supplied
to
POW's
who
could
use
the
map
to
reach
safety
, if they were
able
to
escape
.
During
the
Vietnam
Was, the
company
provided
U
.
S
.
Soldiers
with
cards
.
It
was
commonly
believed
that the
Viet
Cong
thought
the
cards
would a
symbol
of
death
and would
flee
if they
say
the
ace
of
spades
. This was not
true
, but the
cards
served
to
boast
the
morale
of the
soldiers
. The
company
is
now
located
in at
300
Gap
Way
in
Erlanger
,
KY
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
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Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Date modified
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