The card you show with the children is from a special edition Congress deck made for a Mr. Jacob Godfrey Schmidlapp who was a prominent citizen of Cincinnati, apparently as a Christmas gift for 1917 based upon the photo of the box shown below. The children shown may have been his grandchildren. Mr. Schmidlapp was a classic American rags to riches success story having established a distillery in 1874 and, later on in 1890, he organized The Union Savings Bank and Trust Company, both of Cincinnati. The second photo shows the special Ace of Spades that came with this deck. Selected phrases also appear above the central pip on each of the other aces in this deck. I do not know if this was the first of the series of such special Congress decks made for Mr. Schmidlapp by USPC. I do know that there was a deck issued for 1918 but I do not have any examples, however, the third photo shows the back design from his Christmas deck from 1919 which represents his home, Kirchheim. In this deck the Ace of Spades is the standard Hochman US6g version which was in effect at that time. The fourth photo shows the Ace of Clubs from this deck which has selected phrases above and below the central pip. This treatment also appears on the red suit aces. Given that Mr. Schmidlapp passed away just before Christmas, 1919, it is likely that this brief special series of Congress decks ended then.
As an aside, the name of the narrow card shown at the bottom of your second post below the two wide cards is "Antoinette".
