1884 Murphy Varnish Playing Cards

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The Murphy Varnish Transformation Playing Cards were originally printed in 1883 by Andrew Dougherty, as an advertising deck for the Murphy Varnish company from Newark, New Jersey.T he Murphy Varnish company was founded in 1865 by Franklin Murphy, the former Governor of New Jersey. In a transformation deck there are unique pictures on each card intertwined with the pips, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades, & Hearts. As an advertising deck it depicts comical pictures of varnish salesmen, people worshiping cans of varnish and all of the good uses for the Murphy Varnish.The deck is so popular it is actually on the cover of the Hochman encyclopedia of American Playing Cards. Show more