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Brown & Bigelow

Brown & Bigelow Co., St. Paul, Minnesota (1920s–2001)

1896 B&B founded

1927 B&B starts making Hoyle brand playing cards

19 .... B&B forms Stancraft Products division

196.. B&B acquired by Standard Packaging Corporation

1970 SPC acquired by Saxon Industries, Inc.

1975 Stancraft Products renamed Hoyle Products, Inc.

2001 Hoyle Products, Inc. acquired by USPC (United States Playing Card Company)^H

Playing card brands:

• Hoyle® (1927—)
• Kent® (c.1970s)
• Maverick® (c.1970—)
• Nu-Vue Playing Cards (pre-1964)
• Nu-Vue™ tint (c.1960s reduce eye strain)
• Redi-Slip® Finish
• Remembrance Playing Cards (c.1940–1950s)
• Trump® (c.1970s)
• Stardust® (c.1970s)

Manufactured cards for:

• James Hardie Spicers (c.1980–81)
• Nasco Playing Cards (Chicago)
• Miguel Galas, S.A. (México, c.1960)
• Queen’s Slipper (Australia, c.1979/80)
• Reeds (Australia, c.1970s)
• Spicers (Australia)

Decks

52 American Beauties by Elvren

Plastic Coated Playing Cards (c.1955)

• Red Snake Charmer Deck
• Green Snake Charmer Deck

Esquire

Varga Girl Playing Cards – Esquire magazine

1941

• (blond in shear top with cards on red background)
• (blond in shear top and hat on blue background)

1942)

• “A” Deck (woman reclining nude on blue background)
• “B” Deck (woman stand in dress on pink background)

1943)

• (blond kneeling in leopard-print one-piece on black background)
• (redhead crouching in leopard-print one-piece on blue background)

1944)

• (blond reclining in blue bottoms on a red background)
• (redhead reclining in red bottoms on a blue background)

1945)

• (blond sitting in white one-piece on a red background)
• (blond sitting away in white one-piece on a blue background)

1946)

• (redhead sitting nude in yellow flowers with a green background)
• (redhead sitting away nude in white flowers with a brown background)