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Vistas del Perú, c.1920s

Published April 16, 2010 Updated July 26, 2022

Vistas del Perú souvenir deck, made in USA and imported by Edw. E. Muecke, Lima, Peru, c.1920s.

1920 Latin America Peru USA Souvenir

Vistas del Perú souvenir deck, made in USA and imported by Edw. E. Muecke, Lima, Peru, c.1920s. Black & white oval photographs on each card present a range of views of Peru, with captions in English and Spanish, including views of the Port of Callao, local Indian people, Franciscan monks, manufacture of ponchos, Peruvian railway lines in the Andes, views of the city of Lima, the Andes mountains, etc. The cards have gold edges and come in a slip case. The reverse features a colour photo of Llamas inside a red & white border.

Vistas del Perú souvenir deck, made in USA and imported by Edw. E. Muecke, Lima, Peru, c.1920s Vistas del Perú souvenir deck, made in USA and imported by Edw. E. Muecke, Lima, Peru, c.1920s Vistas del Perú souvenir deck, made in USA and imported by Edw. E. Muecke, Lima, Peru, c.1920s

Above: Vistas del Perú souvenir deck, made in USA and imported by Edw. E. Muecke, Lima, Peru, c.1920s. 52 cards + joker in slip box.

See also: Recuerdo del Centenario - Vistas de Lima Souvenir of Peru playing cards made by Standard Playing Card Co., Chicago, c.1910.

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Founder 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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