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Title: Courts change on old Bee decks?
Post by: Chuqii on April 23, 2020, 12:12:21 PM

I was looking through some old Bee decks, and noticed a pretty drastic change in the court cards at some point.  New wardrobe and maybe had some work done.  Anyone have an idea of when that happened?  I know it was pre-1942, but haven't been able to narrow it down any more than that.

Title: Re: Courts change on old Bee decks?
Post by: Don Boyer on May 02, 2020, 05:32:17 AM

Quote from: Chuqii on April 23, 2020, 12:12:21 PM

I was looking through some old Bee decks, and noticed a pretty drastic change in the court cards at some point.  New wardrobe and maybe had some work done.  Anyone have an idea of when that happened?  I know it was pre-1942, but haven't been able to narrow it down any more than that.

I would have guessed that it would have been around the time that C-D ceased to exist as a standalone company and was absorbed into USPC, but you're saying it was pre-'42.  Hmmm...  Maybe it took place when NY Consolidated was merged with A. Dougherty - that was 1930.  If not precisely then, then perhaps shortly thereafter - I'd wager it was done as a means to simplify and that the court faces in question were the "standard" USPC courts used across multiple brands.

But these are strictly guesses.  Don't quote me!