Playing Cards from Argentina
Servicio de Hidrografía Naval
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by Simon Wintle
125th anniversary of the Argentine Naval Hydrographic Service, 2004.
Side Car
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by Simon Wintle
Luis Fourvel's standard English style Naipes Side Car, with the distinctive motorcycle Joker were published over several decades.
Souvenir Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Argentina publishes many tourist souvenir packs, usually with colour pictures on each card, and with either Spanish suit signs, or else Anglo-american ones, in each corner.
Squeezers No.35
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by Simon Wintle
By 1877 the New York Consolidated Card Co's "Squeezers" were a great success on account of the indices in the corners which enabled the cards to be fanned.
Standard playing cards manufactured by Joker S.A.
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by Simon Wintle
Standard playing cards manufactured by Joker S.A.
Tarjetas de la Felicidad
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by Simon Wintle
“Tarjetas de la Felicidad” containing positive mental affirmations by Lauro Trevisan, Buenos Aires (Argentina) c.2001
Tarocco Piedmontese by Fabrica de Naipes La Primitiva, Bs Aires
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by Simon Wintle
Tarocco Piedmontese by Fabrica de Naipes La Primitiva, Defensa 125, Buenos Aires c.1890.
Tarocco Piedmontese, Buenos Aires c.1900
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by Simon Wintle
Tarocco Piedmontese by Fabrica de Naipes La Primitiva, Moreno 248, Buenos Aires c.1900
Taroquis ‘Obelisco’
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by Simon Wintle
78-card 'Taroquis Marca Obelisco' published by Mario Colombo, Buenos Aires, during the 1950s, 60s & 70s, in the style known as "Tarocco Piemontese" which had been developed by Italian cardmakers during the nineteenth century.
Tarots Egipcios Kier
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by Simon Wintle
The “Tarots Egipcios” was first published by Editorial Kier S.A. in c.1971 with Spanish titles, with a booklet (also in Spanish) explaining the cabbalistic meanings of the cards.
Torcacita, c.1945-65
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by Simon Wintle
Naipes Naipes Torcacita, c.1945-65. Spanish-suited playing cards made by Orestes A. Cappellano; several examples from between c.1945-70.
Truco “Únicos”
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by Simon Wintle
Naipes Truco “Únicos” with caricatures of national celebrities designed by Gerardo N. Perez, 2006.
VELCAP c.1940s
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by Simon Wintle
Naipes VELCAP playing cards by Orestes A. Cappellano, playing card manufacturers, Buenos Aires, Argentina, c.1940s
VELCAP circular, c.1980
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by Simon Wintle
VELCAP circular playing cards made by Cappellano S.A., c.1980.
