Chapter 24 - Exposition and World's Fair Cards

[Chuqii]

SX36 - New York World's Fair, 1939-40

This was actually a Kem Card Sales Corp deck, and not Kem Playing Cards.  Here are the red and green decks in color, along with the special case for the 1939 New York World's Fair.  Deck backs show the Trylon and Perisphere.

[Chuqii]

SX12 - Los Leones Naipes #71 USPC - Hochman lists this as a 40 card deck for playing hombre, but I have a 48 card deck c1897, so maybe 48 card deck was added later.

[Don Boyer]

SX36 - New York World's Fair, 1939-40

This was actually a Kem Card Sales Corp deck, and not Kem Playing Cards.  Here are the red and green decks in color, along with the special case for the 1939 New York World's Fair.  Deck backs show the Trylon and Perisphere.

It's a sharp-looking pair.  It's a shame that Kem doesn't make boxes like those anymore - they're pretty sweet.  They don't even use plastic now - it's just a plain cardboard box with a lid, sitting in a slipcover.  The slipcover helps keep the lid from falling off in transport.  Nothing at all like those elegant cases.

[Don Boyer]

SX12 - Los Leones Naipes #71 USPC - Hochman lists this as a 40 card deck for playing hombre, but I have a 48 card deck c1897, so maybe 48 card deck was added later.

It's also very possible that the "40" was a typo and should have been "48".  I've heard of short decks before (fewer than the International Standard of 52), but for Spanish decks, I recall there's usually 48.  I could be mistaken, but it's what I recall.

[JohnEdelson]

In addition to the cool old cards, note the old Bakelite plastic box.