In observance of the centennial of Armistice Day, I thought I would share some additional information concerning an extraordinary WWI era deck made by Montreal Litho. of Canada, c. 1915 or slightly later, for the Dominion Rubber System and associated companies of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. Limited. The photos below will fill in the pieces missing from the respective references in the Hochman Encyclopedia. You will see the front of the original box (the back simply shows the card back design), the colorful and detailed back design, a sample court card of King George V (this image repeats in all 4 suits), the joker (again, apparently appearing for the first time here) and the three Jacks not shown in the encyclopedia. The decks also came with a 54th blank card which has only the same light image of the company logo in the center which also appears on each of the pip cards. The sides of the original box list all of the many different kinds of rubber goods manufactured by this company.
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