Panama Souvenir 1908
1st edition of Panama Souvenir playing cards published by U.S. Playing Card Co., 1908
1st edition of Panama Souvenir playing cards published by U.S. Playing Card Co., 1908. The cards depict views of the canal being dug out and built by labourers from different countries, or life in Panama under United States rule, inside oval frames tinted a different colour for each suit, with a caption inside a rectangular box beneath each image. The cards have gold edges and the back has a scene of a road lined with royal palm trees.



Above: 1st edition of Panama Souvenir playing cards published by U.S. Playing Card Co., 1908. 52 cards + joker + map card + fact card in slip box.

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.