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2016 • May
Astronaut
Astronaut card game published by Pepys Series (Castell Bros) celebrating the arrival of space travel, 1960s
Housewives Tarot
Retro-style ‘Housewives Tarot’ designed by Paul Kepple & Jude Buffum, published by Quirk Books, 2004.
Guru Ganjifa
Sunish Chabba is working on an initiative to revive traditional Ganjifa, the card game most popular 17th Century India.
Nationalities
“Nationalities”, the people of many nations, published by the Fireside Game Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, c.1897.
Corsaires et Flibustiers
“Corsaires et Flibustiers” playing cards created by G. Delluc and published by Éditions Philibert, Paris, 1958.
Paris Scenes
“Paris Story” playing cards published by Éditions Philibert, c.1957, showing photographic scenes of Paris.
Game of Nations
The “Game of Nations” depicting caricatures of traditional costumes manufactured by McLoughlin Brothers, USA 1890s.
British American Tobacco patience
Patience deck for British American Tobacco printed by Speelkaartenfabriek Nederland c.1940
Mother Goose’s Party, or Merry Game of Old Maid
Mother Goose’s Party, or Merry Game of Old Maid, McLoughlin Bros., Inc., USA, 1887.
Doctor Busby
The Game of “Doctor Busby” published by Parker Brothers, Salem, Massachusetts, USA, c.1890.
1900 Jeu de Cartes
‘Jeu de Cartes 1900’ designed by Marie Christine Schira in the Art Nouveau or Jugendstil style, 1979.
Snap by Woolley & Co
‘Cries of London Snap’ by Woolley & Co Ltd, c.1905 with cheerful figures of street vendors.