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2012 • February

Selected Year: 2012
Selected Month: February
Total Articles: 4,420

Old Maid

Old Maid

Old Maid by Clifford Toys

Clifford Toys

Clifford Toys

Clifford Toys is a brand name of F. Levy & Co., Ltd, London, sellers of toys and fancy goods.

Huckleberry Hound Booby

Huckleberry Hound Booby

Tower Press “Huckleberry Hound Booby” No 6648, c.1962.

Pantomime Snap

Pantomime Snap

Clifford Series “Pantomime Snap”

Old Maid No.5862

Old Maid No.5862

Tower Press Old Maid No.5862.

Snap Cards

Snap Cards

Clifford Series Snap Cards, c.1950.

Clifford ‘Donkey’ card game

Clifford ‘Donkey’ card game

Clifford ‘Donkey’ card game, c.1948.

Tower Press children’s card games

Tower Press children’s card games

A series of card games for children published by Tower Press during the 1950s which evoke the optimism and love of fun of that era.

Woodland Old Maid

Woodland Old Maid

Woodland Old Maid, a Pepys Card Game illustrated by Racey Helps, first published c.1957.

Snip Snap

Snip Snap

Decimal Snap created by Eric Wagstaff, published by Michael Stanfield Holdings, London 1968.

Tunisia

Tunisia

Playing Cards in Tunisia. Chkobba is one of the most popular card games in Tunisia, mainly played by men in coffee shops but also played at home by men and women alike.

Tower Press Donkey 5863

Tower Press Donkey 5863

Tower Press Donkey 5863.

Change for a Shilling

Change for a Shilling

Change for a Shilling card game by Geo. Wright & Co., London, c.1910-1926.

Wild Flower Sevens

Wild Flower Sevens

Wild Flower Sevens card game by Pepys Games (Castell Bros Ltd), c.1960.

Belisha

Belisha

Belisha, published by Castell Brothers Ltd (Pepys Games) in 1937, was produced with a desire to make a helpful contribution to the national Safety First campaign.

Shakespeare 300th Anniversary

Shakespeare 300th Anniversary

Shakespeare 300th Anniversary playing cards designed by John Leighton (1822-1912).

Victoria Diamond Jubilee

Victoria Diamond Jubilee

Playing cards commemorating Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, manufactured by Chas Goodall & Son, 1897.

Boudoir

Boudoir

“Boudoir” playing cards were introduced by Chas Goodall & Son in 1906 in a new, slimmer size.

Recado de Bastos - Gaucho Scrapbook

Recado de Bastos - Gaucho Scrapbook

Recado de Bastos (‘Gaucho Scrapbook’) Gaucho-themed deck from Argentina, 2006