vintage advert playing cards RARE Lock City Coal Company 1939 Brown and Bigelow

vintage advertising playing cards RARE Lock City Coal Company dated 1939 made by Brown and Bigelow

Remembrance Playing Cards made by Brown and Bigelow, St. Paul, Minn

very rare, possibly one of a kind collectible

research revealed very little information and cannot pin down actual city of location - purchased at and old estate sale in Buffalo, NY, so Lock City Coal Company on 50 Michigan Street could have been in Lockport, NY or Buffalo, NY - no specific info on this company was found

advertised coal, coke and builders supplies

marked "Bridge sized cards"

contains all 52 cards and 2 jokers and a card with rules for bridge

park of the original seal is intact stating "Playing Cards"

one Joker is dated 1939

box measures approximately 3 5/8" x 2 3/8" x 5/8"

very good preowned stored and used very vintage cards - dated 1939 - please see photos - cards in VG condition - box shows signs of handling over the decades