Brewery Advertising
Australian Brewery Advertising
Australian Brewery Advertising
Sands & McDougall made a lot of special advertising decks in the 1920s and 30s, particularly a series of the various beer brands produced by Carlton & United Breweries. They have the brand marked on each of the aces, a special jester joker common to the series, and a copy of the label on the back. Rest of the deck is standard.
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Above: all images courtesy John Daniels.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
View ArticlesCurator 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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