Children's Card Games
The games we play mirror the world we live in, like popular art. There was a time when friends and family played indoor games by the fireside and enjoyed countless hours of pleasure and amusement. Children don’t play card games so much because they prefer computer games, the ultimate excitement. Antique and vintage card games offer documentary evidence, as well as nostalgic memories, of the social interaction, fashions and stereotypes of bygone days and are a study in social anthropology.
Märchen-Quartett
Märchen-Quartett (Fairy Tales) illustrated by J. P. Werth and published by J. W. Spear & Söhne, c.1915.
Märchenquartett
Fairy Tales quartet designed by Annemarie Gramberg, published by Vereinigte Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkarten-Fabriken AG, 1955.
Mary Whitmore Jones and her Chastleton Patience Board
Mary Whitmore Jones and her Chastleton Patience Board by Tony Hall.
Mauclair Dacier Familles
This “Jeu de Sept Familles” was produced by Mauclair Dacier in the late 19th century.
Mickey and the Beanstalk
Mickey and the Beanstalk card game devised by Ern Shaw for Pepys Games, 1947.
Mickey’s Fun Fair
Mickey’s Fun Fair published by Pepys Games in collaboration with Walt Disney, 1939.