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Vintage Congress Playing Cards Double Deck Canasta Set | Monticello Design #382

Vintage Congress Playing Cards Double Deck Canasta Set | Monticello Design #382

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The two decks feature matching scenic backs showing Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's historic Virginia home. The number 382 printed below the image is the Congress back design/pattern number.


Beautiful vintage Congress Playing Cards double-deck Canasta set featuring the historic Monticello design (Pattern No. 382). Manufactured by The U.S. Playing Card Company, this premium-quality set includes two matching decks housed in the original presentation case marked Congress Playing Cards, Cel-U-Tone Finish, Canasta Backing. Canasta became enormously popular in America during the late 1940s and 1950s.


Congress was a premium line produced by The U.S. Playing Card Company (USPCC) of Cincinnati, Ohio, the same company that makes Bicycle playing cards.

Congress decks were marketed as luxury playing cards and often featured:

  • High-quality card stock

  • Artistic and scenic backs

  • Bridge and Canasta sets

  • Double-deck presentation cases

  • Gift-quality packaging


Pre-owned vintage condition with age-appropriate wear from use and storage.

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