URUGUAYAN PLAYING CARDS - NAIPES URUGUAYOS

Mini-Naipes FUTBOL -  Children's football player cards
anonymous manufacturer, Montevideo, c.1928

Children's miniature football player cards, Montevideo, c.1928 Mini-naipes fútbol para niños, Montevideo, c.1928

Above: Miniature children's playing cards depicting photographs of football players on the reverse, all with shiny haircuts. Similar mini-packs were published showing popular heroes and celebrities and proverbs and maxims. Cards of this type are examples of playing cards used for educational purposes besides providing entertainment value to young people.