Playing Cards from Mexico
9: Standard English Cards From Latin America: Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela
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by Ken Lodge
A continuation of the survey of designs used in Central and South America.
Acapulco Souvenir
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by Simon Wintle
Acapulco Souvenir playing cards designed and printed by Foliproa S.A., Mexico.
Advertising Playing-Cards by La Cubana, S.A, Mexico c.1960
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by Simon Wintle
Advertising Playing-Cards by La Cubana, S.A. (Fabrica de Naipes El Aguila), Mexico, c.1960.
Aeronaves de Mexico
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by Simon Wintle
Special pack for Aeronaves de Mexico S.A., designed by Ramón Valdiosera Berman, mid-1960s.
Anonymous Mexican Playing Cards c.1825
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by Simon Wintle
Anonymous Mexican playing cards, finely engraved and coloured on good card stock, first quarter of the 1800s.
As Vencedores
Two colourful Mexican packs by an anonymous manufacturer titled “As Vencedores” on the ace of coins, designed in the Mexican style, based on the Spanish ‘Castilian’ pattern.
Asha Industries’ Castilian pattern
Colourful Spanish (Castilian) pattern cards made by Asha Industries in India for Mexico.
Baraja Cuauhtémoc
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by Simon Wintle
Baraja Cuauhtémoc published by Treviño Narro, Monterrey, Mexico Original artwork by P. X. Santaella featuring Aztec and other important pre-Columbian cultures.
Baraja Hispanoamericana
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by Simon Wintle
“Baraja Hispanoamericana” published by Asescoin, with artwork by Ortuño, illustrates memorable people from the discovery, colonisation and subsequent liberation of Hispanic America
Baraja Maya
Original designs inspired by Mayan art and culture published by Fernando Güemes, Mexico.
Baraja Taurina Toranzo
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by Simon Wintle
Baraja Taurina Mexicana Toranzo with paintings by Antonio Navarrete, 2003
Bartolo Borrego, Mexico
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by Simon Wintle
40-card Spanish-suited woodblock and stencil pack made in Mexico by Bartolo Borrego, 1836.
Battles in Mexico, 1847
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by Simon Wintle
Uncut proof sheet with Mexican Battle scenes on the aces and portraits of American generals on the court cards.
Bridge advertising playing cards by La Cubana
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by Simon Wintle
Bridge advertising playing cards for Morganite Carbon, manufactured by La Cubana, S.A., Tulipan 108, Mexico 4, D.F., c.1980s.
