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Cheery Families, c.1893

by Rex Pitts (1940-2021)
Apr 19, 2010

Cheery Families card game designed by Richard Doyle and printed by De La Rue & Co., Ltd, c.1893

1893

In 1851 the games manufacturer John Jaques of London (founded in 1795) commissioned a set of drawings from John Tenniel, later Sir John, the chief cartoonist of Punch, for their new game of Happy Families.

1861

Happy Families

by Simon Wintle
Apr 18, 2010

Happy Families is probably one of the most popular card games ever invented, with educational benefits relating to sorting and matching of sets, as well as early literacy and elementary genealogy, flowers or bird identification, etc.

Vic Joc de Cartes

by Simon Wintle
Apr 18, 2010

Vic Joc de Cartes, happy families quartet game, 1990.

1990

Anonymous manufacturers 1

by Simon Wintle
Apr 18, 2010

Argentina has produced a series of anonymous decks, both Spanish-suited and Anglo-American type and children's games.

Vistas del Perú, c.1920s

by Simon Wintle
Apr 16, 2010

Vistas del Perú souvenir deck, made in USA and imported by Edw. E. Muecke, Lima, Peru, c.1920s.

1920

Swiss Album patience

by Simon Wintle
Apr 16, 2010

Swiss Album patience cards manufactured by C. L. Wüst (Frankfurt), c.1900, with a different landscape on the reverse of each card. The court cards depict costumed figures along with shields from the cantons.

1900

Lagos del Sur Souvenir

by Simon Wintle
Apr 16, 2010

Lagos del Sur Souvenir playing cards published by Gráfica S.A., Buenos Aires, c.1980.

1980

República Española Souvenir

by Simon Wintle
Apr 15, 2010

Printed by Hijos de Heraclio Fournier, Vitoria, for the French-speaking tourist market. 52 cards + joker in mock crocodile skin box.

1935

Souvenir Playing Cards

by Simon Wintle
Apr 14, 2010

Tourist souvenir playing cards depict the aesthetic, political, social and economic conceptions of the countries to which they belong. They feature beauty spots, local customs, gastronomy, historic ruins or other attractions.

Cía Chilena de Tabacos

by Simon Wintle
Apr 13, 2010

Anglo-American style pack issued on behalf of the Cía Chilena de Tabacos, c.1930.

1930

Anonymous manufacturers 2

by Simon Wintle
Apr 08, 2010

Argentina has produced a series of anonymous decks, both Spanish-suited and Anglo-American type and children's games.

Hija de B Fournier

by Simon Wintle
Apr 06, 2010

Having started out as Fournier Hermanos, Burgos in 1860, the company remained in the Fournier family undergoing several changes of name and finally becoming Hija de B. Fournier sometime around 1900.