Winthrop Pepsamar playing cards box

Pepsamar advertising playing cards, c.1975

Pepsamar advertising playing cards, c.1975 Pepsamar advertising playing-cards Winthrop Pepsamar advertising playing cards

Above: standard Anglo-American style advertising playing cards made in Peru by Litográfica del Perú, c.1975, for Sydney Ross S.A. / Winthrop Pepsamar indigestion remedy. The Ace of Spades is reminiscent of an Ace by USPCC, and has the mongram 'DD' in the centre of a sun motif. The Joker depicts a jester riding a penny-farthing bicycle. Litográfica del Perú, S.A. also produced advertising playing cards for Festal digestion remedy.