Automobile No. 1
Introduced in 1903. Discontinued in 1919. Not uncommon in red and blue, but extremely rare in green and very rare in brown. I have only seen singles of the latter colors in salesman’s sample folders. But, a fellow collector contacted me recently to let me know that he has a complete brown deck in its […]
Autocycle No.2
Introduced in 1906. Discontinued in 1919. This updated version of Autocycle appears to depict the same motorized tricycle as its predecessor, Autocycle No. 1. Not one of the most interesting Bicycle back designs, but quite rare. Mrs. Robinson originally listed this deck as being produced in red and blue only, but I have a copy […]
Autocycle No.1
Introduced in 1901 and discontinued in 1906. This deck depicts a motorized tricycle (see a detail of the fantastic machine, below). Note that a bicycle chain acts as the inner border in the design. Listed by Mrs. Robinson as having been produced in green and brown, but I have never seen even a single card […]
Autobike No.3
Introduced in 1907. Discontinued in 1917. Reproduced by USPC in 2015 and erroneously called a design that was never previously produced, “Back No. 9.” No. 9, which is Mrs. Robinson’s numerical reference, is actually Autobike No. 2 and has still never been produced. The reproduction Autobike decks are exclusively available at Target stores in green […]
Autobike No.2
Listed by Mrs. Robinson as having been introduced in 1906 and said to have been discontinued in 1913. But, not even a single card from this deck has ever been seen by me or any other serious Bicycle card collector that I know. It does not appear in any known advertising, promotional material or salesman’s […]
Autobike No. 1
Introduced in 1902. Discontinued in 1906. Decks are hard to find in blue and VERY rare in red. Some early Bicycles are like this and it’s hard to say why one of a pair of colors is more difficult to find than the other. Interestingly, red singles appear far more often than blue. Pictured below […]
Auto No. 3
Introduced in 1913. Discontinued in 1917. The most difficult to find of the three Auto designs. Complete decks and single cards are rare.
Auto No. 2
Introduced in 1904. Discontinued in 1913. Like Auto No. 1, this deck was also called Locomobile for the early part of its run. Click on “US8d” above for more information, and see the Auto No. 1 page for some history on the Locomobile Company of America. In her pamphlet for Bicycle playing card collectors, Mrs. […]
Acorn
Introduced in 1891. Discontinued in 1943. Acorn is one of the early Bicycle back designs that features the League of American Wheelmen logo of the Bicycle wheel with three wings. Please see the League Back page for more information. Pictured below is a set of four colored Acorn backs. These were produced by a British […]
Auto No. 1
Introduced in 1901. Discontinued in 1904. First called Locomobile, and the early boxes and at least two different special aces of spades identify the deck as “Locomobile” – click on “US8d” above to see examples of both. But, most Locomobile decks do not have the special Locomobile ace of spades. A hard to find deck, […]