Playing Cards in Postcards ~ Postcard Museum by Emotions Greeting Cards

The Playing Card which is over 600 years old, has been the subject matter for hundreds of Postcards from Humorous, Birthday, War, Singers, Dancers, Animals, Sports, Lovers and more. They have been painted by famous artists as well as unknowns and have been published by a variety of Printing Houses, including actual Playing Card manufacturer's such as Thomas De La Rue and Charles Goodall and Sons. Enjoy your journey through our Galley of Playing Card Themed Postcards. Click on the thumbnails to view cards actual size.

	Dead Game Sports Circa: 1905 Artist: Harry Murray Published by A. C. Bosselman Co. N.Y., USA
	Cats Playing Cards In The Snow Circa: 1900's Mfg. Unknown Artist: JUB Published in Paris Series #3700
	Interrupted Solitaire Circa: 1906 Artist: Alonzo Kimball Published by Chas. Scribners & Sons
	Cheerio! Royal Flush Circa: Early 1900's Published by BC Made In U.S.A Series 790
	Pig and Cards Circa: 1901 Mfg. H.H.I.W. Series Nr. 280-S
	The Cheat This painting has been used in many postcards, here an example of two. Circa: 1903 The Cheat Michelangelo De Caravaggio Black and White Numbered SVD #811 Dresden Color Numbered #12 Publisher: Granberg, Stockholm
	Cowboys playing cards Circa: 1890 Mfg. Unknown
	Vacation Greetings Circa: 1916 Mfg. Unknown
	Easy Money Circa: 1913 Published by J.I. Austen Co., Chicago Series No. 315
	Dog and Cats Playing Cards Circa: 1910 Distributed by. E.M. Priebat Co. N.Y., USA
	"Feu de cartes" Circa: 1899 Published by Lehnert & Landrock (L. & L.)
	Arabic Women Playing Cards Circa: Early 1900's Mfg. Unknown
	A Full House Beats Four of a Kind! No cards shown, but a reference to a card hand. Circa: 1942 Published by Neat Kropp Co.
	Men Playing Cards Circa:1914 Mfg. Unknown
	Skeletons Playing Cards Circa: 1906 Published by H H Tammen Series No. 838 The card reads: We come into this world naked and are bare. Go through it with sorrow and care, go out of it we know not where, but if we thoroughbreds here, we will be thoroughbreds there.
	French and English Soldier Playing Cards Circa: 1917 Published La Pensee France Series #58
	WWI Soldiers Playing Cards Circa: 1917 Hand Tinted Postcard Published by Postal Card and Novelty Co., N.Y. Series #1360-20
	Halloween Card Hand Circa: 1909 Published by John Winsch Series H16
	The Game of Life Circa: 1908 Published by M.T. Sheahan Boston U.S.A.
	Five of Clubs Fishing Scene Circa: 1907 Mfg. Unknown
	Cat Playing Cards Circa: 1913 Artist: Eugenie Valter Published by The International Art Publishing Co. Series #3561
	Birthday Card Hand Circa: 1920 Published the Ho-Biel Novelty U.S.A.
	Lovers Playing Cards Circa: 1903 Artist: Clarence F. Underwood Publisher: Richard, St. Petersburg , Russia
	Five of Hearts Feeding Chickens Circa: 1908 Mfg. Unknown
	Knave of Hearts Circa: 1904 Published by Stewart & Woolf, London E.C. Printed in Bavaria "Write On" Series # 138
	Queen of Diamonds Circa: 1907 Artist: Joseph Francis Brown Published by The National Art Co.
	Lovers Playing Cards Two versions of the same painting, this image was used by many Postcard Publishers Circa: 1900 Artist: Clarence F. Underwood Published by Richard, St. Petersburg , Russia
	Three Men Playing Poker with a very Politically Incorrect Poem! Circa: 1939 Series # 1240 Poem Copyright O. J. Rice 1939 Published by C.T. Art - Colortone, Sanborn Souvenir Co. Denver, Colorado U.S.A. The poem reads: Three men were playing Poker, In the Western cattle land, A cowboy, and an Indian, And a pigtail Chinaman. The Chink, he held three aces, The cowboy held a gun, And the Indian held an inquest, At the setting of the sun.
	Queen of Clubs Circa: 1904 Published by Stewart & Woolf, London E.C. Printed in Bavaria "Write On" Series # 138
	Sailors Playing Cards Circa: 1930 Mfg. Unknown
	Couple Playing Cards Circa: 1908 Mfg. Unknown
	Queen of Spades Circa: Publisher: K.V.i.B. Series No. 12
	Queen of Diamonds Circa: 1907 Mfg. Unknown Series No. 870
	Queen of Hearts Circa: 1907 Mfg. Unknown Series No. 870
	Saharet as the Queen of Clubs Circa: 1901 Mfg. Unknown Real Photo ~ Hand Tinted Postcards Exotic dancer Saharet, danced in Follies Marginay in France - 1901, also danced as Salome, The Dance Of The Seven Vails. There were hundreds of postcards made of Saharet, these depicting playing cards.
	Lina Cavalieri as the Queen of Spades and Queen of Diamonds Lina Cavalieri (1874 - 1934) Cards Circa: 1901 Mfg. Unknown There was a vast variety of early postcards published of Lina Cavalieri, more than any other opera singer. You can find her on nouveau postcards, fantasy postcards, greeting postcards, fashion postcards, real hair postcards, playing card postcards, money postcards, midget postcards, bookmark postcards, opera costume postcards and more! Here are two depicting her as Playing Cards. Lina was known as "the most beautiful woman in the world," it was inevitable that Cavalieri's image would be a popular postcard subject. After she retired from the stage, she managed her cosmetic salons in Paris. In 1914 she published My Secrets of Beauty, which offered "More than 1,000 Valuable Recipes for Preparations Used and Recommended by Mme. Cavalieri Herself. Earlier in 1911, Cavalieri contributed her beauty tips to Femina Magazine in Paris, which resulted in a lengthy and interesting testament to the time and thought she must have put into her own personal care.
	Cléo de Mérode as the Queen of Hearts Cléo de Mérode 1873-1966 Cards Circa: 1901 Mfg. Unknown One of the greatest Parisian beauties, of authentic Austrian nobility, Cléopatre Diane de Mérode was born in Paris began dancing professionally at the age of eleven. Cleo a petite girl was chosen to dance in one of the most prestigious ballets in all of Paris, the "Choryhée. She wore a new hairstyle for this ballet. Parisians fell in love with her new "do" and she became legendary for it. She was judged by readers of The Illustrator, a French paper, as "The Beauty Queen of Paris" In 1881, the French sculptor, Alexandre Falguière, made a nude sculpted figure in her honor. In 1896, at the age of 23, she was picked to dance as "Phrynee" in the Ballet of the Opera of Bordeaux and it was there she caught the eye of Leopold II, King of Belgium. It didn't take long for the King's admiration of her to spread among the Parisians. Cleo de Merode became the joke of Paris and was dubbed "Cleopold". Though she protested, the rumor of the favorite royal remained attached to her name for the rest of her life. She left Paris, but continued to dance internationally in Hamburg, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Budapest, and New York. She was also the first female to dance with a male dance partner in the Russian Ballet. Finally in 1915, at the age of 42, Cleo de Merode returned to Paris. She received many offers to dance again, but with the Comic Opera. This was considered the bottom of the dance chain in Paris. Embarrassed and outraged, she left immediately, moving to her place of birth, Biarritz, and never returning to Paris again. Cléo did not stop dancing though. She continued to perform, through the Red Cross, for the wounded troops of World War I, wishing to uplift the spirits of those who defended her country. She remained in Biarritz, her hometown, until her death in 1966.
	To see and learn more about the Art and The History of Playing Cards, visit The World of Playing Cards at http://www.wopc.co.uk

Museum Home ~ Visit our Greeting Card Galleries where we proudly exhibit over 1000 Vintage Cards.