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Children’s Card Games (38)

December 20th, 2008 · 5 Comments

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And here’s another specimen of “Black Peter”: a Danish one this time.  In this one, players match black and white sketches of couples from different countries.  I’ve chosen to post the cover this time, since I thought you’d like a splash of color.

(Posted by Doug Skinner) 

Tags: Card Games · Ephemera

5 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Richard O'Connor // Dec 22, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    Had I known sooner that Doug Skinner had a “blog”, I would’ve have spent all my internet time going blind.

  • 2 mamie // Dec 22, 2008 at 6:03 pm

    He’s very classy looking!

  • 3 Gail // Dec 22, 2008 at 9:35 pm

    he looks like a jazz age dandy. the house and (is it a broom over his left shoulder?) don’t really “go” with him.

  • 4 Doug // Dec 30, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    He does seem rather dandyish for a chimney sweep. But then, he’s no ordinary sweep…

  • 5 name Children’s Card Games (189) // Feb 19, 2013 at 9:50 pm

    […] Peter” is a popular game in Eastern Europe; here are three other examples.  This one was published by Grafika-Grafoprint, in Zagreb, Croatia, as “Crni […]