Carrom and Drueke Games
Ludington, Michigan
The Carrom Company was organized in 1889 and has provided over a century of entertainment for
young and old alike. From games of strategy and skill to games of just plain fun, Carrom was a
part of American family life for our grandparents and will be around for our grandchildren in the
years to come.
In 1990 Carrom purchased the Drueke Company and moved its manufacturing operation from Grand Rapids, Michigan,
to Ludington. Drueke is well known for its quality chess, cribbage, backgammon and other board games.
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Drueke Chess Sets
In the early 20th century, all chess sets sold in the United States were manufactured in Europe. With the
outbreak of World War I in 1914, the supply of chess sets to the United States ceased.
That is when William F. Drueke (founder of The Drueke Company) started supplying Marshall Fields' store in
Chicago with wooden chess sets and chess pieces. At that time, Grand Rapids was famous worldwide for
its skilled wood turners, hand carvers and craftsman wood workers.
Drueke is now known as the quality game manufacturer in the United States using nothing but the
finest walnut, maple and aspen for its products. Their chess board is their oldest product now being
manufactured. In addition, they are the only manufacturer today of a complete line of round wooden poker chip racks.
Their product line also includes clay poker chips, wood checkers, travel backgammon and travel chess sets.
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Drueke Travel Cribbage
Drueke Poker Chip Racks
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Uncle Goose ABC Blocks
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Made in Grand Rapids, Michigan with safe brightly colored American made inks.
The blocks are made from basswood which is grown around the Great Lakes. Basswood is ideal for
making blocks because it’s light-weight, light-colored and odor-free. The basswood they use is farmed
for manufacturing on industry owned land.
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Classic Wooden ABC Blocks
Uncle Goose ABC blocks are a generous 1 3/4" (44mm) cubed and patterned after blocks from the
turn-of-the-century, this set of 28 alphabet blocks is finely crafted and colorfully painted with non-toxic inks.
Each block features a unique animal picture, a number or math symbol, and four letters (two embossed)
for a total of four complete alphabets.
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Bugs Alphabet Blocks
Bugs ABC blocks include 28 multi-color insects (Bugs), two complete uppercase alphabets,
two complete lowercase alphabets - with a few extra vowels just for fun.
Numbers one through ten, plus, minus and equals...and if that's not enough...
they even included 14 insect related graphic patterns (honeycomb, insect wing, grass...).
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