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Covered Bridge Playing Cards

The Daily Jeffersonian

The only way the eight of diamonds and the ace of hearts could look
better to area residents is if the cards completed a full-house to take
home millions of dollars at the World Series of Poker
These cards won’t win anyone any money, but they will be priceless to
people who want a piece of history.
Real Souvenir Playing Cards is releasing a new deck of playing cards
that features covered bridges from Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. The
deck features two area bridges, the Indian Camp bridge in Guernsey
County (the eight of diamonds) and the Parrish bridge in Noble County
(the ace of hearts).
The cards will be available July 31 at a price of $8 per pack.
As the covered bridges wear and are replaced with more modern bridges,
history buffs have a chance to preserve the memory of these pieces of
American history.
All 54 cards will feature a full-color image, historical facts and
information on the faces, according to Newt’s Playing Cards Owner James
Esteph.
“Most souvenir playing cards today will have a unique photo on the back,
but they have normal faces,” Esteph said. “Using normal faces on the
decks has become a cheap way for publishers to get around what used to
be a wonderful collectible.”
Esteph is a playing card collector himself, and the idea was simple.
“It’d be cool to have covered bridge playing cards,” he said.
Photographer Bill Miller of “Wish I Was There Photography” had the duty
of capturing the images. Miller’s past work includes photos he took of
Ohio’s barns during the states bicentennial.
Esteph said Miller did more than merely take a picture of a bridge.
“He captures the bridge and the feeling around the bridge,” Esteph said.
Esteph said there some tough decisions had to be made when choosing
which bridges to use. The one  factor all of the bridges have in common
is that they are all used to cross active waterways.
With plenty of bridges not making it in to the first edition of the
decks, keep an eye out for a second edition possibly as early as next
year.
And what better deck of cards to play a game of bridge with.
Go to www.coveredbridgeplayingcards.com for more information.

By Douglas M. Kafury