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    Posted 4 years ago

    dav2no1
    (839 items)

    1960s Arrco Card Shuffler - number 750

    Arrco / Arrow Playing Card Co., 734-54 Mather Street (W Lexington St.), Chicago, IL

    This is a battery operated Arrco card shuffler that belonged to my parents. They would invite friends over for pinochle parties.

    Unlike the manual shuffler both halves of the deck go into the front of the machine. Then you flip the switch on the back and it feeds and shuffles the deck. Then you retrieve the deck from the metal drawer in the back.

    A promotional tie-in with Chicago’s “Century of Progress” World’s Fair in 1933-34 also marked a major point of progress for the city’s Arrow Playing Card Co., as it introduced its new identity as ARRCO.

    Arrow / Arrco started operations in 1927, and while not quite a threat to the established United States Playing Card Co. of Cincinnati (makers of the Bicycle brand), the Chicago upstart eventually gained a loyal following of its own, thanks in no small part to the company’s high-quality card stock and elegant graphics in blue and red.

    This company has a long storied past, to learn more please look up their history.

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    1. Vynil33rpm Vynil33rpm, 4 years ago
      Dave2no1, except for me I was just about to start posting a few playing card things when I saw this
    2. dav2no1 dav2no1, 4 years ago
      V33..I'm trying to steal your thunder! Just kidding...like you, I have a diverse collection, so I like to jump back and forth.
    3. Vynil33rpm Vynil33rpm, 4 years ago
      Mr. Dave2 ,,,I didn’t mean anything by that
      I thought it was a good thing matching items
      the shuffler and I posted some playing-cards
    4. dav2no1 dav2no1, 4 years ago
      It is a good thing. And I do the same. I'll see items and remember that I may have something similar.
    5. AnythingObscure AnythingObscure, 4 years ago
      I'm with y'all -- I too think I have a (manual) model of one of those ARRCO shufflers banging around here somewhere. <lol> IIRC it doesn't work very well anymore, seeming like some of its various little rubber wheels inside have sorta dried themselves out over the decades.

      I definitely remember many Sunday evening visits many years ago to 'Grampa Chester & Gramma Effie's' home (not really relatives, just long time friends of my Mom & Dad) where they'd sit around the kitchen table playing cards for a couple hours (using a similar machine) while us kids would be laying around on their living room floor watching GrampaC's console color TV set. (an impressive thing unto itself then, vs. what we had at home) He certainly enjoyed his big TV too then, replacing it every couple years with the newest/biggest model.

      Thanks for prompting the good memories, to both y'all!! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
    6. dav2no1 dav2no1, 4 years ago
      Great memories thanks for sharing.

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