Regional Costumes Playing Cards with scenic aces, made by Müller, c.1890. The local costumes are different at each end.

Packs with conventional courts and scenic aces were already being produced extensively by card makers in Belgium, Austria, Holland and France for the newly fashionable tourism business. The aces would depict geographical or historical scenes. This Swiss Regional Costume pack can be seen as an early form of tourist souvenir which subsequently developed into the photographic souvenir pack.

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