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1935 Pack of Glendale Playing Cards: The Bok Singing Tower

I've been purchasing a ridiculous amount of playing cards because I'm a hoarder of such collectible things and as long as I continue to keep selling other such items for ludicrous amounts on eBay I shall continue in this manner until I topple over.

These were bought for $5 at an antique mall in Northville, Michigan yesterday along with another Congress pack which shall be highlighted at some point. 

I had assumed that with a name like Glendale that the card maker would be from California and that the Bok Singing Tower would follow suit but I was wrong on at least the latter portion of that supposition. The tower is in Florida and ironically enough there is a town in the panhandle of the state named Glendale. Since there is nothing online about the company I won't speculate further.

Era-wise these cards date to 1935 according to the International Contract Bridge Score card, which also serves as a second Joker, included with the set. Unfortunately, the explication card for the Singing Bok Tower has a different shot of the scenery. Which may or may not be intentional.

As for the Ace of Spades and Joker, the Ace is numbered A 4968 and is your typical filigreed Ace of Spades while the Joker has an eagle perched up a crest with "Joker" running middle to top on an angle within a diamond shaped framing.

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