Card game box
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
circa 1940 - circa 1950
Materials
Cardboard and paper
Measurements
21 mm (height); 79 mm (width); 110 mm (length)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671200.6.1
Summary
Half of the box for a card game called Happy Families. The game dates from the 1940's and is made in England. The box is made of cardboard with red shiny paper around the outside and a white paper label stuck on the front depicting a boy in a sailor outfit playing with a toy boat in a wooden tub of water. Above the boy are the word 'Happy Familes'.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Tyler in August 2010.
Marks and inscriptions
Front of the box: 'Happy Families / MADE IN ENGLAND'