My list of card makers and brands used in my research.
EAST COAST PATTERN
American Playing Card NYC ca 1876 VEM
Andrew Dougherty 1850
Andrew Dougherty 1855
Andrew Dougherty 1859
Andrew Dougherty Marguerite Brand 1914
Andrew Dougherty Multiple Brands (American Whist League, Indicator, Outing, Tally Ho and Moon Pinochle)
Andrew Dougherty 1883 Spanish American Deck
Andrew Dougherty Triplicate Deck 1878 & 1890
Continental Card Company (Samuel Hart/NYCC?)
Caterson & Brotz
Coughtry & Dougherty
Caleb Bartlett
Congress Card Manufactory (Hewet)
Civil War Illuminated, “U.S. Card Manufactory” by Coughtry & Dougherty
Excelsior Playing Card NYC ca 1890
Samuel Hart’s Consolidated Card Company Squeezers 1870s
Huestis & Levy
Samuel Hart Mogul Brand similar to Lawrence & Cohen NY8
John J Levy “American Manufacture NY” ca. 1868
John J Levy Heathen Chinee Joker ca 1871
John J Levy 1845
Knickerbocher Albany, NY
Lewis I Cohen 1840-1860
Lewis I Cohen 1840-1860 Second Version
Lewis I Cohen 1863-1871 Similar to Samuel Hart Mogul Brand
Lewis I Cohen 1864
Lewis Cohen 1863-1865 Double-Ended
Lewis I Cohen Illuminated
Margaret F. Milward
New York Consolidated Card Company American Manufacture Brand
New York Consolidated Card Company NY46
New York Consolidated Card Company Mascotte Brand CA 1890
New York Card Factory (Samuel Hart?)
New York Consolidated Card Company Triton No.42 Brand
Double ended deck for "Jones & Company", c.1865-1870, by Lawrence & Cohen
designed by Owen Jones (London); Hochman NY11, NY12
Perfection Playing Card
Russell Playing Card
Sterling Card Company 24 Vesey St, NYC after 1876 U37
Samuel Hart & Company circa 1870
Union Card Company NYC
Victor E Mauger (1870s with Goodall)
Victor E Mauger Illuminated U19a
Willis R Russell
WESTERN PATTERN
Aluminum Manufacturing Co.
American Bank Note
American Playing Cards Kalamazoo, Michigan
Samuel Cupples’s Eagle Brand
Card Fabrique
Cincinnati Playing Card Company
Eagle Steamboat
Globe Playing Card Middletown, Ohio
Hart’s Squeezers 1885 NYCC NY50
Independent Card Corporation Johnstown, PA
Kalamazoo Playing Card Company (After the Russell merger it appears)
Kalamazoo Playing Card Company Smart Set Brand
National Card Company of Indianapolis, IN Early Brands
North American Card Company Chicago, IL
Paper Fabrique Eagle Brand
Russell & Morgan Early Wide Decks
Russell & Morgan 606
Russell & Morgan Steamboat
Standard Playing Card Company
Telbax
United States Playing Card Company (Early Brands)
ENGLISH MAKERS
De La Rue edition 1865-1870s
De La Rue edition 1865-1875
Goodall Standard Deck after 1860
Reynolds & Sons 1862
American Playing Card NYC ca 1876 VEM
Andrew Dougherty 1850
Andrew Dougherty 1855
Andrew Dougherty 1859
Andrew Dougherty Marguerite Brand 1914
Andrew Dougherty Multiple Brands (American Whist League, Indicator, Outing, Tally Ho and Moon Pinochle)
Andrew Dougherty 1883 Spanish American Deck
Andrew Dougherty Triplicate Deck 1878 & 1890
Continental Card Company (Samuel Hart/NYCC?)
Caterson & Brotz
Coughtry & Dougherty
Caleb Bartlett
Congress Card Manufactory (Hewet)
Civil War Illuminated, “U.S. Card Manufactory” by Coughtry & Dougherty
Excelsior Playing Card NYC ca 1890
Samuel Hart’s Consolidated Card Company Squeezers 1870s
Huestis & Levy
Samuel Hart Mogul Brand similar to Lawrence & Cohen NY8
John J Levy “American Manufacture NY” ca. 1868
John J Levy Heathen Chinee Joker ca 1871
John J Levy 1845
Knickerbocher Albany, NY
Lewis I Cohen 1840-1860
Lewis I Cohen 1840-1860 Second Version
Lewis I Cohen 1863-1871 Similar to Samuel Hart Mogul Brand
Lewis I Cohen 1864
Lewis Cohen 1863-1865 Double-Ended
Lewis I Cohen Illuminated
Margaret F. Milward
New York Consolidated Card Company American Manufacture Brand
New York Consolidated Card Company NY46
New York Consolidated Card Company Mascotte Brand CA 1890
New York Card Factory (Samuel Hart?)
New York Consolidated Card Company Triton No.42 Brand
Double ended deck for "Jones & Company", c.1865-1870, by Lawrence & Cohen
designed by Owen Jones (London); Hochman NY11, NY12
Perfection Playing Card
Russell Playing Card
Sterling Card Company 24 Vesey St, NYC after 1876 U37
Samuel Hart & Company circa 1870
Union Card Company NYC
Victor E Mauger (1870s with Goodall)
Victor E Mauger Illuminated U19a
Willis R Russell
WESTERN PATTERN
Aluminum Manufacturing Co.
American Bank Note
American Playing Cards Kalamazoo, Michigan
Samuel Cupples’s Eagle Brand
Card Fabrique
Cincinnati Playing Card Company
Eagle Steamboat
Globe Playing Card Middletown, Ohio
Hart’s Squeezers 1885 NYCC NY50
Independent Card Corporation Johnstown, PA
Kalamazoo Playing Card Company (After the Russell merger it appears)
Kalamazoo Playing Card Company Smart Set Brand
National Card Company of Indianapolis, IN Early Brands
North American Card Company Chicago, IL
Paper Fabrique Eagle Brand
Russell & Morgan Early Wide Decks
Russell & Morgan 606
Russell & Morgan Steamboat
Standard Playing Card Company
Telbax
United States Playing Card Company (Early Brands)
ENGLISH MAKERS
De La Rue edition 1865-1870s
De La Rue edition 1865-1875
Goodall Standard Deck after 1860
Reynolds & Sons 1862