Happy Families Card Games
Paris 2024 Olympics 3
Paris Games mascot Phryge engaged in different sports in a Happy Families-type game.
Parkinson’s Happy Families
Parkinson’s Happy Families published by Parkinson’s of Doncaster, confectioners established in the early nineteenth century.
Pekka-peli
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by Simon Wintle
‘Pekka’, an additional card in the set, is an ethically-incorrect golly look-alike card, embodying the caricature of foreign heritage without a status or family structure. In other countries the game is often known as ‘Old Maid’, ‘Black Peter’, ‘Petter-spel’ or ‘Schwarzer Peter’.
Politically Incorrect Happy Families
A Happy Families set with many differences from a conventional one.
Reshuffle
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by Simon Wintle
“Reshuffle” by Reetta Hiltunen, Finland, is a playing card installation stemming from the traditional Finnish children's card game Pekka-game or Funny Families.
Round the World Families
Round the World Families published by the London Missionary Society, c.1945.
Round the World Happy Families
Round the World Happy Families by Chiefton Products Ltd of Bristol, c.1950s.
Tower Press children’s card games
A series of card games for children published by Tower Press during the 1950s which evoke the optimism and love of fun of that era.
Wereldvlucht Kwartet
Published in 1933, this game celebrated the burgeoning passenger services by air around the world. Spears Weltflug Quartette was produced in German, Dutch and English versions.
Wills’s Happy Families game
Wills’s “Happy Families” cards were issued by the Imperial Tobacco Company (of Great Britain and Ireland) Limited in around 1930.