Educational Playing Cards & Games
Myriorama
Myriorama of Italian scenery, 1824.

Chad Valley Co. Ltd
Chad Valley Co. Ltd (incorporating Johnson Brothers (Harborne) Ltd, the long-established UK brand bought by Woolworths in 1988 and now sold at Argos.

Andere Zeiten - Andere Kleider
‘History of fashion’ cultural quartet game designed by Erika Werner-Nestler, 1954.

XIXth Century
The XIXth Century published by John Jaques & Son, c.1875.

Geschichte des Buchgewerbes
Geschichte des Buchgewerbes illustrated by Ludwig Winkler, published by Verlag für Lehrmittel Pößneck.

So Fängt Es An
“So Fängt Es An” beautifully illustrated by M. Neugebauer, published by Helingsche Verlagsanstalt, c.1950.

French for Fun
French for Fun instructive card game published by John Jaques & Son Ltd., c.1930s

Eurotrotter
Eurotrotter by La Ducale, c.1980s.

Counties of Britain
Counties of Britain by John Jaques & Son Ltd. c.1930.

Countries of Empire
“Countries of Empire” published by John Jaques & Son Ltd, c.1930s.

Anma US Armed Forces
Anma US Armed Forces, 1942.

Bedeutende Erfindungen im Alltag
‘Significant Inventions in Everyday Life’ quartet game published by Verlag für Lehrmittel, Pössneck, 1979.

Musikinstrumente
Musikinstrumente quartet game published by Verlag für Lehrmittel, Pössneck, 1984.

Botany Quartetts
Botany card game published by Houlston and Wright & Henry Greenwood, c.1860.

Neerlands Glorie
Neerlands Glorie Kwartetspel published by Hausemann & Hötte N.V, Amsterdam, 1945.

Rainbow
Rainbow card game and colour mixing guide printed by Goodall & Sons for Robert Johnson, c.1920.

Happy Guides
Happy Guides by James Brown & Son (Glasgow) Ltd. around 1910/1915.

Wie Wird das Wetter
Wie Wird das Wetter, a Black Peter game about the weather created by Gunter Eckhardt, published by Rudolf Forkel,1952.

Educación Vial
Educación Vial (Road Safety) card game published by H. Fournier, 1995.

Fancy Dress Ball
Spear’s “Fancy Dress Ball” card game with children dressed in period costumes, 1930s.

Welsh Language Playing Cards
Welsh Language Playing Cards designed by Richard Ruston-Burgess, made in Wales, 2020.

Historische Verkehrswege
“Historische Verkehrswege” quartet game published by Verlag für Lehrmittel Pössneck, 1988.

Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s Fables playing cards by I. Kirk, c.1759.

Deutsche Geschichte
German History Quartet published by Otto Maier Verlag Ravensburg, c.1930-35.

Musical Snap
Musical Snap by C.W. Faulkner & Co., c.1900.

Atouts de la Vie
“Atouts de la Vie” wartime card game created by Madame Lucien Willemetz, c.1940.

Pantheon or Heathen Mythology
Pantheon or Heathen Mythology cards for instruction of youth, c.1770.

Roman Empire
Roman Empire playing cards designed by G. Wyatt for Green Board Game Co Ltd., 2011.

National Geographic: Weird But True
National Geographic: “Weird But True” kids fun fact playing cards, 2014.

The Royal Historical Game of Cards
The Royal Historical Game of Cards invented by Jane Roberts and published by Robert Hardwicke, c.1840.

Skits
Skits, an instructive card game which sharpens the wits, c.1900.

Desperanto
Desperanto language game by Qui Vive Ltd, c.1990.

Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi: an early Jaques game described as ‘scripture recreation for the young’ with events in the Bible, c.1875.

Weights and Measures
“Weights and Measures” card game by John Jaques & Son, Ltd., c.1910, a reminder of some of our more archaic units of measurement.

Hide & Seek with the Kings & Queens of England
Hide & Seek with the Kings & Queens of England by John Jaques & Son, c.1875.

Geographical Playing Cards, c.1682
Geographical playing cards sold by Henry Brome, second edition, c.1682.

Counties of England 4th Series
Jaques' Counties of England card game, 4th Series (Southern Counties), c.1910.

Jeu de la Géographie
“Jeu de Géographie” educational playing cards etched by Stefano Della Bella (1610-1664) and published by Henry le Gras, c.1644.

Scouting
Scouting, a card game about boy scouts, appeared in 1955.

Forrest Cards, c.1750s
Hand-coloured Forrest Cards produced for “Young Gentlemen & Ladys who are Lovers of Ingenuity”, c.1750s.

Fair Play cross cultural playing cards
“Fair Play” cross cultural playing cards illustrated by Canadian artist Stephen B. MacInnes.

Children’s Vocabulary Cards
Thai Children’s Colour Vocabulary Cards promoting Ovaltine chocolate malt drink, 2016

Round Europe
Round Europe card game by Pepys, 1958.

Nap
Nap card games published by Multum in Parvo Ltd, London, c.1900

Fish Playing Cards
Fish Playing Cards by Bamboo (Parksons Press).

Squadron Scramble
“Squadron Scramble” card games for identifying military planes, Whitman Publishing Co., Racine, Wisconsin, 1942.

Temple Press War Planes
“War Planes” playing cards for aircraft recognition published by Temple Press Limited, c.1940.

Strange People
“Strange People” card game produced by the Fireside Game Co., Cincinnati, 1895.

Nationalities
“Nationalities”, the people of many nations, published by the Fireside Game Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, c.1897.

Caledonian Airways “European Phrases”
“European Phrase” playing cards produced for Caledonian Airways, 1994.

Arms of English Peers
The Arms of English Peers playing cards were first published in 1686. Heraldry, or a knowledge of the arms and blazons of royalty was an important part of a respectable education.
