CAN-CAR Canadian Car & Foundry Company Limited, put out this double set of RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police PLAYING CARDS, probably for a special occasion or just an advertising campaign. Both decks are complete and in very good condition. The original box is also in very good condition. A product of The International Playing Card Company of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Made in Canada.
CAN CAR HISTORY: CC&F history goes back to 1897, but the main company was established in 1909 from an amalgamation of several companies and later became part of Hawker Siddeley Canada through the purchase by A.V. Roe Canada in 1957. Today the remaining factories are part of Alstom after its acquisition of Bombardier Transportation completed in 2021.
DID YOU KNOW? Canadian Car and Foundry, also variously known as "Canadian Car & Foundry" or more familiarly as "Can Car", was a manufacturer of buses, railway rolling stock, forestry equipment, and later aircraft for the Canadian market.
