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Brand: Congress / The U.S. Playing Card Co.
Item: Vintage Congress double deck playing cards set produced by The U.S. Playing Card Co., Cincinnati, U.S.A., featuring Cel-u-tone finish and housed in a fitted fabric-covered case.
The fitted case is wrapped in gold velvet with a front flap closure and decorative metallic gold loop braid trim bordering the top and bottom edges, designed to hold two side-by-side decks.
Card backs display full color artwork of bird sculptures by Edward Marshall Boehm, including seabirds and birds of prey posed on naturalistic bases against bright backgrounds, with his name printed along the lower margin of each image.
Faces carry the standard Congress layout with the Ace of Spades reading CONGRESS above Quality with Cel-u-tone Finish and The U.S. Playing Card Co., Cincinnati, U.S.A., while Jokers depict a U.S. Capitol building vignette framed in yellow scrollwork.
Deck edges are finished in metallic gold, giving the set an elegant presentation suitable for card play, display in a card holder, or addition to a collection of Congress decks and Edward Marshall Boehm bird art.
Listing includes the two decks and matching double deck velvet case shown in the photos.
No UPC, ISBN, or EAN codes are visible on the cards or case.
