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Children’s Card Games (108)

September 2nd, 2010 · 4 Comments

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“The Cheerful Game of Porky the Pig” was one of three games in the set “Children’s Hour,” a 1946 offering from Parker Brothers.  The others were “Peanut the Elephant” and “ABC Fishing.”

Porky had no connection with the familiar character from Warner Brothers; I suspect there were numerous pigs called Porky over the years.  The deck featured a variety of animals and objects, all chosen to encourage the players to make noise.  Noise is fun; I like the crisp black, yellow, and red color scheme too.

(Posted by Doug Skinner.)

Tags: Card Games · Ephemera · Liminal Graphics

4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Lisa // Sep 2, 2010 at 1:39 pm

    It’s lovely!

  • 2 Angela // Sep 2, 2010 at 2:10 pm

    I love his cute little legs.

  • 3 Gail // Sep 2, 2010 at 8:34 pm

    he’s a happy drooler with a happy face in his crotch. A real “swinger”

  • 4 name Children’s Card Games (181) // Aug 10, 2012 at 5:59 pm

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