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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.

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Old Maid

Old Maid

Old Maid card game by Whitman Publishing Co., 1951.

Old Maid

Old Maid

Old Maid card game by Built-Rite toys, Warren Paper Products, Co., c.1960.

Old Maid

Old Maid

“Old Maid” card game manufactured by Chad Valley Co Ltd, mid-1950s.

Old Maid

Old Maid

‘Old Maid’ card game manufactured by Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, c.1920s

Old Maid

Old Maid

Old Maid by Clifford Toys

Old Maid No.5862

Old Maid No.5862

Tower Press Old Maid No.5862.

Oliver Twist Snap

Oliver Twist Snap

Oliver Twist Series Snap card game manufactured by A. Collier, London, c.1890.

Olympia Sport Quartett

Olympia Sport Quartett

Olympia Sport Quartett designed by Siegfried Riediger, 1953.

On Guard

On Guard

On Guard military card game published by J. Jaques & Son, c.1880.

On Spec

On Spec

“On Spec” is a round game based on selling stocks and shares, published by John Jaques & Son, c.1920.

One Penny Games

One Penny Games

One Penny Card Games, 1920s.

One Penny Games 2

One Penny Games 2

One Penny Card Games, 1900-1910, mostly anonymous 'Snap' games and made in Germany.

Oosehe

Oosehe

‘Oosehe’ animal card game published by Woolley & Co, c.1900.

Oppenheimer und Sulzbacher

Oppenheimer und Sulzbacher

Card games produced in Germany by Oppenheimer und Sulzbacher.

Oppo

Oppo

Oppo, a game of opposites, published by J. Jaques & Son, Ltd, c.1920s.

Österreichisches Trachten-quartett

Österreichisches Trachten-quartett

Österreichisches Trachten-quartett Nr.282 published by Ferd Piatnik & Söhne.

Our Kings and Queens

Our Kings and Queens

An historical & educational card game designed and published by Mazawattee Tea Co., Ltd, London, c.1902

Our Pets Snap

Our Pets Snap

“Our Pets Snap” designed by A. E. Kennedy for Faulkner & Co., c.1930s.

Our Ship

Our Ship

The “New Game of Our Ship”, published by Chas Goodall & Son, London, 1896.

Paddington

Paddington

Paddington card game published in UK by Whitman.