Card game
The Chad Valley Co. Ltd.
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
circa 1950 - circa 1959
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
Box - 103 mm (length); 76 mm (width); 20 mm (height), Each card - 94 mm (length); 65 mm (width)
Place of origin
Harborne
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 669600
Summary
A card game entitled 'Happy Families' in its original cardboard box (1950s). It consists of forty colour printed cards, each of which has a colour illustration in the centre and a description of the person below i.e. 'Mr Tar; the Sailor', Robert Sweet the Sweetman's Son'. There is also a card with black printed instructions on it. The box has a blue cardboard base with plain cardboard interior. The separate lid has a black and grey striped boarder on the sides and a colour printed illustration on the top of a boy holding a card with a black cat on it on a yellow background. Either side of the boy are the words 'Happy Families' in two vertical columns. Manufacturer details appear below. Total number of items is 43.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr and Mrs P. Andrews in January 1988.
Makers and roles
The Chad Valley Co. Ltd., printer and publisher