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)
- John Robinson’s 10 big shows combined. Formidable sus scrofa or African wild boars 1899
- Tompkin’s real wild west frontier exhibition 1910
- A constellation of beautiful female acrobatic stars accomplishing seeming impossibilities with apparent ease and unapproachable grace 1900
- An all-compromising collection of nature’s human wonders 1900
- Our General Foreign Agent Mr. G.N. Robinson purchasing…a drove of black & white llamas 1900
- The Queen of Sheba and her sumptous glittering retinue with the magnificient spectacle King Solomon 1899
- The John Robinson’s 10 big shows all united. 1000 men, women & horses employed. 4 ring circus … 2 monster stages … 4 trains 1900
- Acrobats 2 1900
- Alligator act 1893
- John Robinson’s 10 big shows combined with spectacular King Solomon 1899
- Trapeze artists flying from balloons 1899
- Camels 1900
- Horse balancing on sphere 1900
- horses and and trainer 1890
- Oriental acrobats 1900
- Acrobatic act 1870-1880
- Acrobats on horseback 1900
- Aerialists 1900
- Women performing on horseback 1900
- Acrobatic act 1870