Bicycle® Clear Playing Cards | FDNY Engine 9 5-Panel

A collaboration with Bicycle: a clear, waterproof deck.

Bicycle playing cards were launched in 1885 by a printing firm founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1867.

During the Second World War its maker hid escape maps inside decks sent to prisoners of war.

A collaboration with the FDNY, for Engine 9 and Ladder 6.

The Fire Department of the City of New York became a paid force in 1865; its roots go back to 1648.

Its first paid unit, Engine Company No. 1, started at 4 Centre Street, Manhattan, on July 31, 1865.
Engine 9 shares its firehouse, at 75 Canal Street in Manhattan, with Ladder 6.