Lingo Pix
Lingo Pix Tourist Picture Cards by TM Cards, India, 2006
Lingo Pix Tourist Picture Cards by TM Cards, India, 2006. The four suits carry pictures related to different topics: spades = places; hearts = food and drink; clubs = miscellaneous and diamonds = essentials while the two jokers carry key phrases in ten major languages. See the Box►
Above: Lingo Pix Tourist Picture Cards by TM Cards, India, 2006. 52 cards + 2 jokers in box. Images courtesy Matt Probert.
By Matt Probert
Member since March 02, 2012
I have adored playing cards since before I was seven years old, and was brought up on packs of Waddington's No 1. As a child I was fascinated by the pictures of the court cards.
Over the next fifty years I was seduced by the artwork in Piatnik's packs and became a collector of playing cards.
Seeking more information about various unidentified packs I discovered the World of Playing Cards website and became an enthusiastic contributor researching and documenting different packs of cards.
I describe my self as a playing card archaeologist, using detective work to identify and date obscure packs of cards discovered in old houses, flea markets and car boot sales.
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