Notched Construction Cards
Two Notched Construction Card Sets by Shackman & Co, N.Y. 1970s.
“Early Americana” Notched Construction Card Set
Above: Early Americana Notched Construction Card Set produced by Shackman & Co., 54 notched cards so that simple or complex constructions are possible, plus extra card. Also published by Merrimack Publishing Co. with different box & backs, printed in Hong Kong, c.1960s or 70s.
Alice in Wonderland Notched Card Set
Reproduced from the original antique set by Thomas de la Rue featuring John Tenniel illustrations and published by Merrimack Publishing Corp c.1970s. Merrimack published a range of paper products including repro Victorian children's books, colouring books, paper dolls, party decorations etc. They also published several repro decks: a Whitman Fortune Telling deck, Lenormand deck, repro Cotta Transformation decks, etc. You used to be able to buy them at Shackman's.
Above: Alice in Wonderland Notched Card Construction & Building Set produced by Shackman's for Merrimack Publishing Corp., reproduced from the original antique set featuring John Tenniel illustrations and published by Thomas De La Rue c.1900 see here►
Established in 1898 Shackman & Co had an online website and mail order business selling novelty toys and reproductions of antique and vintage toys and paper ephemera that operated out of Michigan until 2018. The last post on their Facebook page was in January 2018 and the website is now defunct see here►
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