Card game
Pepys Series games
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1939
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
Box - 123 mm (length); 100 mm (width); 20 mm (height), Each card - 90 mm (length); 60 mm (width)
Place of origin
9-12 Bow Street
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 669608
Summary
A card game entitled 'Mickey's Fun Fair Card Game' (1939). The game consists of 88 colour printed playing card size cards each with an illustration of a Disney character, their name and either a number or the letter M in the top left and bottom right-hand corner. On the reverse of each card is a red illustration of Daffy Duck and red text reading 'By Permission of Walt-Disney, Mickey Mouse Ltd'. There is one points card which has the number 6 and the 'club' symbol in the top left and bottom right-hand corners and '1','2' and 'X' in a vertical line down the centre of the card. The original cardboard box is rectangular in shape and opens at the top with a flap. On the reverse are stuck to extra colour printed cards of Mickey and Mini Mouse and Horace Horsecollar and on the front on a blue background are white illustrations on a blue background showing Disney characters and the title 'Mickey's Fun Fair Card Game'. Total number of items is 90.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr and Mrs P. Andrews in January 1988.
Makers and roles
Pepys Series games, maker Pepys Games, publisher