List of Argentinian Playing Card Manufacturers
List of Argentinian Playing Card Manufacturers from the 19th and 20th centuries.
LIST OF ARGENTINIAN PLAYING CARD MANUFACTURERS
from the 19th and 20th Centuries
Manufacturer / Fabricante |
Approx datespan
|
M.J. Gandarillas y Socios |
1815-1817 |
José Maria Quercia y Possi | 1815-16 |
Fray Solano García | 1816 |
Eugenio Molina |
1818-?? |
Eugenio Balbastro |
1819-?? |
Carlos Varangot |
1831 |
Carlos Minetto & Cia |
c.1880-1890 |
M. Girbano |
1890-1900 |
Francisco Girbau & Cia |
1890-1930 |
c.1890-95 |
|
Martin Sanchez y Cia |
c.1900 |
La Primitiva, Fabrica de Naipes |
1878- |
Cia General de Fósforos |
1889-1929 |
Cia Gral Fabril Financiera (formerly
Cia Gral Fósforos) |
1929-c.1975 |
F.X. Schmid Argentina |
c.1975-1980 |
Joker S.A.I.C. (formerly distributors, successors to
B. Domec, early cards made by
F.X.Schmid) |
1977-present |
Alvarez Holmberg y Cia |
c.1950-1970 |
Fourvel, Luis A. & Cia |
c.1930-1960 |
Partido Peronista (Dupuy) |
1951 |
Conrado & Carlos Camilloni |
c.1940-1950 |
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Flaiban & Camilloni Lda |
1936-42 |
E. Flaiban S.R.L.
|
1943-1952 |
Paisanito S.R.L (Sucesores de E. Flaiban S.R.L.) |
1952-3 |
E. Flaiban S.A.C.I.
|
1952-1970 |
Franco, E. P. |
1942-1955 |
Chemmes, Eduardo Antonio |
1950-1960 |
Bedaumine Hnos |
c.1950-1960 |
Mario Colombo |
1940-c.1970 |
Della Penna, Carlos |
c.1940-1978 |
G. Berger |
1935-195? |
Casa Escasany |
1930s-40s |
Apeles S.A. |
1950s |
Nascal S.R.L. |
c.1960-80 |
Cappellano Hnos Orestes A. Cappellano, S.R.L. Orestes A Cappellano de Jorge C. Oneto Cappellano S.A. |
c.1920-35
c.1935-60
c.1965-85 |
1960-1980 |
|
Justo Rodero |
c.1930-69 |
c.1975-1985 |
|
Naipes Castilla |
c.1980-1985 |
Offset Sacerdoti, S.A. |
1941 - present |
Obsequios Empresarios Argentinos |
1965-present |
Juegos Victoria (Jugetes Royal) |
c.1965-75 |
Adans S.A. (Artes Gráficas) |
1982 |
Editorial Gráfica Flores |
c.1975-90 |
Igor L. M. Domicelj |
c.1945-55 |
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|
Fabrica de Naipes VIGOR S.R.L. |
1955-c.1975 |
Virgo S.C.A. |
c.1975-80 |
Gráfica 2001 - Naipes La Española Fantasio (formerly Vigor S.A.) |
1998-present |
Plastigal Juegos S.R.L. (distributors for Gráfica 2001) |
1999-2001 |
1940s onwards |
|
1970s |
|
1970s |
|
Cromg S.A. |
1970s |
1983-95 |
|
1980s |
|
c.1975-present |
|
1980s |
|
c.2000 |
|
1998 |
|
c.2000 |
|
c.1960-1998 |
|
Distigráfica S.R.L. |
1997-2005 |
1998-2007 |
|
Arco Iris Producciónes Gráficas |
1999 |
Editorial Perfil |
1999-2000 |
Plastirama Co. |
|
Artes Gráficas Reywal S.R.L. |
1989 - present |
El Tripero (imprenta) |
1998 |
Bahía Graf (imprenta) |
??-present |
Industrias Gráficas Pesout S.A. |
c.1990-present |
Feroleto (Los Remos) |
2002-?? |
1994-present |
|
1992-present |
IMPORTERS
Since the end of the monopoly of the Real Fábrica de Naipes de Macharaviaya (Spain) in 1815, there have been a number of importing agents, as well as manufacturers from other countries, who have imported playing cards into Latin America. Cardmakers in the U.S.A. for instance (particularly Dougherty and the U.S.P.C.Co) have tended to care for their minority populations, particularly the Latin-American ones. Belgian cardmakers have exported cards to South America since the mid-19th century; these had a distinctive style of their own. ![]() Above: No.35 Squeezers imported into Argentina by Bertrand Domec, whose details are overprinted on the Ace of Hearts, c.1927. Bertrand Domec had a long-standing relationship with the NYCCC and was their exclusive agent in the River Plate region. Italian, German and French card makers are also known to have manufactured Spanish type packs. Versions of the Spanish Catalan pattern are found today in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Paraguay, Honduras, Uruguay, Venezuela and Peru, whilst the 19th century Cádiz style is found today in Peru, El Salvador and Mexico. The "Castilian" pattern is found in Mexico, Chile, Argentina and El Salvador. Uruguay and Colombia also use the distinctive "Parisian Spanish" pattern. |
|
Importer / Importador |
Approx datespan |
W. Kulka & Quinn, |
1860s |
Fló Hnos. y Cía, |
1901-?? |
Carlos G Balcarce, |
1903 |
Flo. Ries & Cia, |
c.1910-20 |
Casa Jacobo Peuser Ltda, |
1867-1950s |
Julio Laje, |
1930-1960 |
Pedro Desparbez |
c.1900-1903 |
B. Domec (Sucesor de Pedro Desparbez) |
1904- |
Bertrand Domec (Importador) |
c.1906-1926 |
Casa Bertrand Domec (Importadora) |
1926-1930 |
Casa Bertrand Domec de F. Fernández y J. Fagoaga (Sucesores) |
1930-35 |
Casa Bertrand Domec de Fagoaga y Fernández (Sucesores) |
1935-45 |
Casa Bertrand Domec de Fagoaga y Fernández |
1945-50 |
Casa Bertrand Domec de Fagoaga y Compañia (Sucesores) |
1950-70 |
Vicente y Mateos |
c.1955-65 |
Gath & Chaves |
c.1920-30 |
Harrods (Bs Aires) Ltd |
c.1930-50 |
Szulansky Hnos |
c.1960-65 |
Ricardo Sopena |
c.1930 |
A. Di Bacco Importador |
c.1930s |
Donnell & Palmer |
c.1920 |
Palmer & Cia (Sucesor de Donnell & Palmer) |
c.1930 |
Pedro L. Carrera - Importador |
c.1950 |
Eusebio Aparicio - Cooperativa Telefónica |
c.1940 |
![]() ![]() ![]() Above: The agent Bertrand Domec, whose fortunes can be followed through the changes of company name and address, was the exclusive agent of The New York Consolidated Card Company, U.S.A. Brands such as "Squeezers", "Bee-92" and "Congress" were used in Argentina. Records from the Cádiz chamber of commerce confirm that 15,420 packs of cards were exported from Cádiz to Argentina in 1908; 5,860 packs in 1910 and 2,720 packs in 1937. Greater quantities than this were exported to Mexico, the Canary Isles, Cuba, Chile and the Philippines [source: Pérez González, 1995]. |
|
Comas y Ricart, Sebastian, Barcelona |
c.1890-1930s |
Chas. Goodall & Son Ltd, London |
1860s-1920 |
John Waddington Ltd, Leeds & London |
1940s |
A. Dougherty, New York |
1840-1920s |
Consolidated Dougherty Card Co Inc., New York |
1920-1940 |
E.E. Fairchild Corp., Rochester, N.Y. |
1930s |
c.1910-1930 |
|
c.1890-1990 |
|
Hija de B. Fournier, Burgos, Spain |
c.1900-1978 |
H. Fournier, Vitoria, Spain |
1940-2000 |
Biermans, Turnhout, Belgium |
1870s-1930s |
Brepols, Turnhout |
1850s-?? |
Glénisson & Van Genechten, Turnhout |
1860-?? |
Brepols & Dierckx, Turnhout |
1890s |
Piatnik, Vienna, Austria |
1950-1980 |
Müller & Co, Schaffhouse, Switzerland |
c.1850-1998 |
C.L.Wüst, Frankfurt |
c.1910 |
B. Dondorf, Frankfurt am Main |
c.1920s |
A.S.S., Altenberg |
1960-70 |
F.X. Schmid, Münich |
c.1970-85 |
Anonymous, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India |
c.1980-present |
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By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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