Russell, Morgan & Co.
Pioneered mass-produced playing cards and lithography
Russell, Morgan & Co., a Cincinnati firm, was founded in 1867 when A.O. Russell and Robert J. Morgan purchased the printing section of The Cincinnati Enquirer with financial backing from the showman John Robinson. In 1891, the company became United States Printing Company and later United States Lithograph Company. Along with printing for the entertainment industry, the company manufactured playing cards. By 1894, the playing card business had become so large that it was separated from the printing company, becoming The United States Playing Card Company. Still in existence, it is the largest manufacturer of playing cards in the world, making such brands as Bee, Bicycle, Hoyle and Aviator.
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Artworks by this artist (55 total)
- Women snake charmers 1892
- An all-compromising collection of nature’s human wonders 1900
- The great John Robinson’s 4 ring circus… A monster herd of American white antelope and deer 1900
- Acrobatic act 1871
- Acrobats 1900
- John Robinsons 10 big shows combined 75th year of the oldest circus and menagerie on earth. 1899
- The great John Robinson’s 4 ring circus…School of immense white pelicans, the only ones on exhibition 1900
- The largest elephant in America on exhibition 1892
- Aerialists Supreme. Startling & sensational acts 1892
- Horse balancing on sphere 1900
- Camels 1900
- The Queen of Sheba and her sumptous glittering retinue with the magnificient spectacle King Solomon 1899
- Elephants, horses, giraffes & camels with riders 1898
- Tompkin’s real wild west frontier exhibition 1910
- Woman clown. Acrobats on bars 1900
- Circus animals 1892
- Cooper and Whitby’s European circus 1910
- Monster pair of hippopotamuses. Blood sweating behemoths of the Nile 1892
- Trapeze artists flying from balloons 1899
- horses and and trainer 1890