All your questions are answered by these Renfield playing cards (shows face and back of the same card). Also shown are three of their plastic (nice and thick) chips.

As said above, they were NYC liquor importers.

I have a broken deck of cards, so anyone who wants one, I'll send him one (just send stamped/addressed envelope to address below). (I just noticed that the liquor brand names are part of the back design of each card.)

GAMBLING CHIPS AND ITEMS WANTED. I BUY gambling chips (casino, ivory, mother-of-pearl, bone, clay
composition chips, etc.), small gambling equipment (faro, keno, poker, roulette, etc. -- both straight and crooked), old
playing card decks (poker-size -- 2-1/2" wide), gambling paper (gambling supply catalogs, books, movie lobby cards,
cigar box labels, etc.), and other old items which are gambling-related/have gambling images (match safes, lighters,
watches, etc.). All items, except casino chips and catalogs, should be prior to 1945........I do not want: gambling toys;
plastic, paper or plain chips; metal slot tokens; current or recent casino chips; or heavy items like slot
machines........Always looking for new collectors and trades.......... I pay commissions for good leads.............Thank
you........ Robert Eisenstadt, 140 Cadman Plaza West, #26C, Brooklyn NY 11201, (718) 625-3553