Pictorial Series (1899-1924)
The Pictorial Series began in 1899 at the same time the United States Playing Card Company moved to a new factory in Norwood, Ohio. These back designs used popular artwork from American and European artists. These “Wide Size” (also known as Poker Size) cards were in use until 1921. When the game of Bridge became the card game of choice, the Congress line switched to “Bridge Size” in 1922, but some wide-size back designs were printed as late as 1924 according to newly-deciphered date codes. Pictured below are every known back design and color/border variation, along with dates and aces used. We strive to be as accurate as possible and will make any necessary changes as they arise.
Thanks to Matt Schacht and Colin Brady for supplying many of the images shown here.
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1776
1912 (US6g)
A Dead Heat
1905-1907 (US6f) Image 1893
Airedale
1920 (US6g)
Alt Heidelberg
1913 (US6g)
An Old Fashioned Girl
1907 (US6f)
An Old Fashioned Girl
1907 US6f
Annette
1911 (US6g)
Annette
1911 (US6g)
Anticipation
1902 (US6e)
Anticipation
1902 (US6e)
Anticipation
1902 (US6e)
Anticipation
1902 (US6e)
Apache
1916 (US6g)
Art
1913 (US6g)
At Sea
1905-1922 (US6f, US6g)
At Sea
1905-1922 (US6f, US6g)
At Sea
1905-1922 (US6f, US6g)
At Sea
1905-1922 (US6f, US6g)
Autumn
1905 (US6f)
Autumn
1909 (US6g)
Autumn
1910s (US6g)
Aviation Meet
1912 (US6g)
Beacon Light
1908 (US6g)
Beatrice
1910 (US6g)
Beatrice
1910 (US6g)
Beauty’s Mirror
1907 (US6f)
Berenice
1900 (US6c)
Berenice
1900 (US6c)
Berenice
1900 (US6c)
Berenice
1907 (US6f)
Berenice
1907 (US6f)
Berenice
1910s (US6g)
Berenice
1910s (US6g)
Berenice
1910s (US6g)
Berenice
1910s (US6g)
Birches
1917 (US6g)
The Bridge
1899-1904 (US6c, US6e)
The Bridge
1899-1904 (US6c, US6e)
The Bridge
1899-1904 (US6c, US6e)
By Heck
1917 (US6g)
Captain Kidd
1906 (US6f)
Captain Kidd
1906 (US6f)
The Cavalier
1903 (US6e)
Chameleon
1900 (US6c)
Chameleon
Catalog Photo, 1900 (US6c)
Cheefoo
1905 (US6f)
Chief
1920 (US6g)
Chink
1904 (US6e)
Chink
1904 (US6e)
Chloe
1917 (US6g)
Chloe
1917 (US6g)
Chums
1909 (US6g)
Clown
1900 (US6c)
College Girl
1910 (US6g)
Collie
1920 (US6g)
Colonial Girl
1906 (US6f)
Colonial Girl
1906 (US6f)
Cornell
1907-1908 (US6f, US6g)
Cupid’s Message
1909 (US6g)
Cupid’s Message
1909 (US6g)
Cupid’s Secret
1908 (US6g)
Curiosity
1913 (US6g)
The Dancers
1907 (US6f)
Delft
1899 (US6c)
Delft
1899 (US6c)
Desert
1921 (US6g)
Diana
1899-1910s (US6c, e, f, g)
Diana
1899-1910s (US6c, e, f, g)
Diana
1899-1910s (US6c, e, f, g)
Diana
1899-1910s (US6c, e, f, g)
Diana
1899-1910s (US6c, e, f, g)
Diana
1899-1910s (US6c, e, f, g)
Diana
1899-1910s (US6c, e, f, g)
Dixie Girl
1909 (US6g)
Dolores
1907 (US6f)
Duke
1918 (US6g)
Dutch Mill
1911 (US6g)
Early Morn
1910 (US6g)
Eastlake
1904 (US6e)
Eastlake
1904 (US6e)
Egyptian
1904 (US6e)
Empress Josephine
1901-1903 (US6c, US6e)
Erin
1907 (US6f)
Erin
1913 (US6g)
Erin
1913 (US6g)
Erin
1913 (US6g)
Erin
1918 (US6g)
Evening Shadows
1913 (US6g)
Eventide
1910 (US6g)
Eventide
1910 (US6g)
Expectation
1907 (US6f)
Expectation
1907 (US6f)
Faithful
1910 (US6g)
Fishers Return
1899-1907 (US6c, US6e, US6f)
Fishers Return
1899-1907 (US6c, US6e, US6f)
Five A.M.
1912 (US6g)
Flirtation
1908 (US6f, US6g)
Flirtation
1908 (US6f, US6g)
Fortuna
1908 (US6f, US6g)
Gee
1911 (US6g)
Geometric
1904 (US6e)
George Washington
1901-1904 (US6c, US6e)
George Washington
1901-1904 (US6c, US6e)
George Washington
1901-1904 (US6c, US6e)
George Washington
1901-1904 (US6c, US6e)
George Washington
1906-1908 (US6f)
George Washington
1919-1922 (US6g)
Gobelin Tapestry
1912 (US6g)
Good Night
1899-1908 (US6c, US6e, US6f)
Good Night
1899-1908 (US6c, US6e, US6f)
Good Night
1899-1908 (US6c, US6e, US6f)
Good Night
1899-1908 (US6c, US6e, US6f)
Good Night
1899-1908 (US6c, US6e, US6f)
Good Night
1899-1908 (US6c, US6e, US6f)
Good Night
1899-1908 (US6c, US6e, US6f)
Gipsy Queen
1912 (US6g)
Grace
1911 (US6g)
Grace
1911 (US6g)
Grand Canyon
1911 (US6g)
Harbor
1921 (US6g)
Harvard
1907-1908 (US6f, US6g)
Harvest Moon
1914 (US6g)
Heinie
1908 (US6g)
Helen
1914 (US6g)
Holland
1903 (US6e)
Holly
1903 (US6e)
Homeward
1916 (US6g)
Homeward
1916 (US6g)
The Honeymoon
1911 (US6g)
Hopeful
1910 (US6g)
The Hunt
1901 (US6e)
Imperial
1904 (US6e)
Imperial
1904 (US6e)
In Days of Old
1906 (US6f)
In Old Madrid
1906 (US6f)
Into Cover
1904-1905 (US6e, US6f)
Iroquois
1908 (US6f, US6g)
Jane
1913 (US6g)
Janice (1917) 2 Known
Janice
1917 (US6g)
Jerry
1907 (US6f)
Julia Marlowe
1907 (US6f)
June
1912 (US6g)
Kaatje
1903 (US6e)
The Kill
1904 (US6e)
King Edward VII
1901-1903 (US6e)
King Edward VII
1901-1903 (US6e)
King Edward VII
1901-1903 (US6e)
Kite Time
1903 (US6e)
Knuckle Down
1906 (US6f)
La France
1908 (US6f, US6g)
La France
1908 (US6f, US6g)
Laughing Water
1907-1910s (US6f, US6g)
Laughing Water
1907-1910s (US6f, US6g)
Laughing Water
1907-1910s (US6f, US6g)
Liberty
1917 (US6g)
Liberty
1917 (US6g)
Lily
1904 (US6e)
Lily
1904 (US6e)
Lily of the Valley
1904 (US6e)
Lily of the Valley
1904 (US6e)
Lincoln-Student
1909 (US6g)
Louis XVI Tapestry
1910 (US6g)
Majestic
1904 (US6e)
Majestic
1904 (US6e)
Marcia
1913 (US6g)
Marion
1911 (US6g)
Martha Washington
1901 (US6c)
Martha Washington
1906 (US6f)
Martha Washington
1906 (US6f)
The Meet
1904-1905 (US6e, US6f)
Michigan
1907-1908 (US6f, US6g)
Military
1904 (US6e)
Military
1904 (US6e)
Military
1904 (US6e)
The Mill
1899-1901 (US6c, US6e)
The Mill
1899-1901 (US6c, US6e)
The Minuet
1901 (US6e)
Minuet
1907 (US6f)
Miss Demure
1907 (US6f)
Mistletoe
1903 (US6e)
Mistletoe
1903 (US6e)
Mistletoe
1903 (US6e)
Mona Lisa
1914 (US6g)
Moon Fairy
1899-1907 (US6c, US6e, US6f)
Moon Fairy
1899-1907 (US6c, US6e, US6f)
Moon Fairy
1899-1907 (US6c, US6e, US6f)
Moon Fairy
1899-1907 (US6c, US6e, US6f)
Moon Fairy
1899-1907 (US6c, US6e, US6f)
Moon Fairy
1899-1907 (US6c, US6e, US6f)
Moon Fairy
1899-1907 (US6c, US6e, US6f)
Moonbeams
1909 (US6g)
Moonlight
1906 (US6f)
Moonlight
1906 (US6f)
Moonlight
1906 (US6f)
Moorish
1903 (US6e)
Morning Dip
1912 (US6g)
Mother’s Love
1911 (US6g)
Mountaineer
1905 (US6f)
Mountaineer
1905 (US6f)
Mountaineer
1905 (US6f)
Music
1913 (US6g)
Music Hath Charms
1902 (US6e)
Music Hath Charms
1902 (US6e)
Naples
1903 (US6e)
Napoleon Bonaparte
1901-1902 (US6c, US6e)
Night
1910 (US6g)
Norma
1909 (US6g)
Nymph
1907-1908 (US6f)
Oaks and Elms
1914 (US6g)
Oasis
1908 (US6g)
October
1912 (US6g)
October
1910s (US6g)
Old Mill
1911 (US6g)
The Old Old Story
1906 (US6f)
The Old Old Story
1906 (US6f)
The Only Pebble
1906 (US6f)
The Only Pebble
1906 (US6f)
Oriental
1912 (US6g)
Pansy
1909 (US6g)
Parisian
1904 (US6e)
Peace
1910 (US6g)
Peace
1910 (US6g)
Peaceful Vale
1901 (US6e)
Pennsylvania
1907-1908 (US6f, US6g)
Petite
1907 (US6f)
Petite
1907 (US6f)
Petite
1907 (US6f)
Petite
1907 (US6f)
Petite
1907 (US6f)
Pierrette
1912 (US6g)
Playmates
1906 (US6f)
Pocahantas
1906 (US6f)
Pocahontas
1906 (US6f)
Poetry
1918 (US6g)
Polly
1909 (US6g)
Polly
1909 (US6g)
The Pool
1915 (US6g)
Prince of Wales
1901 (US6e)
Princess of Wales
1901 (US6e)
Princeton
1907-1908 (US6f, US6g)
Priscilla
1900 (US6e)
Priscilla
1900 (US6e)
Priscilla
1900 (US6e)
Queen
1915 (US6g)
Queen Alexandra
1901 (US6e)
Reflections
1914 (US6g)
Rembrandt
1914 (US6g)
Reveries
1909 (US6g)
The Ripples
1920 (US6g)
Rookwood
1899-1901 (US6c, US6e)
Rookwood
1899-1901 (US6c, US6e)
Rookwood
1899-1901 (US6c, US6e)
Rookwood
1907 (US6f)
Rookwood
1907 (US6f)
Rose
1905 (US6f)
Rose
1905 (US6f)
Rose
1905 (US6f)
Rose
1905 (US6f)
Roses
1915 (US6g)
Rotterdam Delft
1899-1901 (US6c)
Rotterdam Delft
1899-1901 (US6c)
Rowdy
1913 (US6g)
Rube
1901 (US6c, US6e)
Rube
1901 (US6c, US6e)
Rube
1901 (US6c, US6e)
Rube
1901 (US6c, US6e)
The Run
1904-1905 (US6e, US6f)
Rural Life
1910 (US6g)
Ruth
1912 (US6g)
Shamrock
1904 (US6e)
Shamrock
1904 (US6e)
Shooting The Rapids
1910 (US6g)
Shooting the Rapids
1910 (US6g)
Shooting the Rapids
1910 (US6g)
The Shower
1904 (US6e)
The Silvery Moon
1911 (US6g)
Sitting Bull
1901 (US6c, US6e)
Sitting Bull
1901 (US6c, US6e)
Solitude
1920 (US6g)
South Seas
1913 (US6g)
Spanish
1904 (US6e)
Spinning Wheel
1899 (US6c)
Spinning Wheel
1899 (US6c)
Spinning Wheel
1899 (US6c)
Spinning Wheel
1913 (US6g)
Spring
1903 (US6e)
Spring
1903 (US6e)
Steady
1921 (US6g)
Still Alarm
1905 (US6f)
Storm Clouds
1913 (US6g)
Stung
1913 (US6g)
Stung
1913 (US6g)
Summer
1905 (US6f)
Summer
1905 (US6f)
Sundown
1907 (US6f)
Sundown
1907 (US6f)
Sunrise
1911 (US6g)
Tambourine
1903 (US6e)
Toboggan
1903 (US6e)
Toboggan
1903 (US6e)
The Trail
1909 (US6g)
The Trooper
1915 (US6g)
Valendam
1914 (US6g)
Venetian Lagoon
1913 (US6g)
Venice
1912 (US6g)
Village Blacksmith
1905 (US6f)
Viola
1914 (US6g)
Violet
1899 (US6c)
Violet
1899 Catalog Photo (US6c)
Violet
1904 (US6e)
Violet
1904 (US6e)
Violet
1904 (US6e)
Virginia
1911 (US6g)
Volendam
1914 (US6g)
Wanda’s Wooing
1913 (US6g)
The Widow
1909 (US6g)
Winter
1915 (US6g)
Winter
1915 (US6g)
Woodland
1912 (US6g)
Woodland
1912 (US6g)
Yacht
1900 (US6c)
Yacht
1900 (US6c)
Yacht
1903 (US6e)
Yale
1907-1908 (US6f, US6g)
Yankee Girl
1910 (US6g)
Yankee Girl
1910 (US6g)
Yes or No
1911 (US6g)
Yes or No
1911 (US6g)
Youth
1916 (US6g)