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Title: Chapter 4 - Longley Brothers and Successor Companies
Post by: Chuqii on April 07, 2020, 09:55:21 AM

Chapter 4 - Longley Brothers and Successor Companies

Title: Re: Chapter 4 - Longley Brothers and Successor Companies
Post by: Worst Bower on January 13, 2024, 12:25:46 PM

If the dating of L5 is correct (c1867), it is the earliest true joker! Not an imperial bower or best bower, but an actual joker. And it's a clown too!

Here are my doubts: it's part of a 52 card deck, not a 32 card euchre deck; and it has rounded corners (http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks03/d01822/d01822.htm (http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks03/d01822/d01822.htm)). The biggest red flag is that Samuel Cupples & Company was called Cupples & Marston until 1870! I would put this card in the 1870s.

Update: thanks to the research of Dave Seaney, this joker must be from 1877 or later. https://longleybrothers.weebly.com/paper-fabrique-cards---cincinnati.html (https://longleybrothers.weebly.com/paper-fabrique-cards---cincinnati.html)

Check out Seaney's site for corrections about the Longley bros. https://longleybrothers.weebly.com/ (https://longleybrothers.weebly.com/)