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Theresia Kalivoda (*1828 c-✝︎1864)
active in Graz 1858 c-1864


Biography Details
*182 c Josef Kaliwoda in Großanitscha/Nagykanizsa (later a baker and real estate owner)
+1828 c wife Theresia Pichler in Perlak (Prelog, Croatia)
oo 1847-01-25 dated playing cards
*1851 Eugen (later a manufacturer of ovens and stoves
*1855-✝︎1855 Hugo Josef Oskar
*1856-✝︎1856 Josefa Maria
1858 Bancruptcy
1858 c Theresia establishes a playing card factory; Anton Herrl jun. is managing director
*1860c Emmerich
1862 privilege granted
✝︎1864-04-01 in Graz
1865 factory handed over to Heinrich Pichler

Remark:
Apparently, Josef Kaliwoda was a wealthy citizen who didn't practice a trade but, in the style of an entrepreneur, bought Herrl's business at a bargain price, hoping for a profit. For unknown reasons, he acquired the business for his wife. He certainly had no knowledge of the intricacies of playing card manufacturing — nor did his wife, the daughter of an ironmonger. Therefore, Anton Herrl was hired as manager and foreman.


Sample Cards

Theatre Whist
(private collection)

Theatre Whist
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Theatre Whist
(World Web Playing Card Museum d06670)

Theatre Whist
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Feine doppelköpfige Deutsche No. 18
(Auction Dorotheum Vienna, 2014-12-16, lot 315)

Doppeldeutsche
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