Vac-tric Electric Vacuum Cleaners
Vac-tric Electric Vacuum Cleaner playing cards manufactured by De la Rue, 1930s.
The Vactric company was formed in 1924 to manufacture electric vacuum cleaners. These Vactric advertising playing cards were manufactured, with four special aces showing various vacuum cleaners, by De la Rue in the 1930s.
Above: Vac-tric Electric Vacuum Cleaner playing cards manufactured by De la Rue, 1930s. The box, which gives an address in North London, came in pink or pale blue. Image courtesy Matt Probert.
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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