Baraja Infantil made in Cuba
cards from a 40-card children's "Questions and Answers" game. The Spanish suit signs have been changed to tambourines, yo-yos, swords and skittles. Printed lithographically in Cuba, c.1930.
"Questions & Answers" Children’s Playing Cards
Above: cards from a 40-card children's "Questions and Answers" game. The Spanish suit signs have been changed to tambourines, yo-yos, swords and skittles. Printed lithographically in Cuba, c.1930. The reverse is red. [Source: Enrique García Martín, 2001: 86].
See also: Black Peter Cromy Happy Families Hijitus Illustrated Proverbs Jaques' Happy Families Noddy Happy Families rounded-3 Pekka-Peli Peruvian Animals Quartet Reshuffle Walt Disney Zoo Comics
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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