Playing Cards: Old Maid, Complete 40 Cards, Nursery Rhyme Characters, Original Box, Fairchild, Vintage 1940s

A complete, expanded edition, Old Maid card game from E. E. Fairchild of Rochester, New York, with 19 matching pairs of nursery rhyme and folk tale characters in its original box. The cards are bright and the box is sturdy, ready for another round of Old Maid.

• Maker: E. E. Fairchild Corp
• Materials: Printed card stock, cardboard box
• Contents: 40 cards - Expanded Edition
• Dimensions: Cards 3.5 inches Tall, 2.25 inches Wide; Box 4 inches Tall, 2.625 inches Wide, 0.625 inches Deep
• Origin: Rochester, New York, USA
• Era: Vintage 1940s
• Condition: Cards are Very Good, clean and bright with slight yellowing, no bent or folded cards. The box is Very Good, with no tears and no writing, and it remains sturdy. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.

The box reads "Old Maid Card Game, Characters from Nursery Rhymes and Folk Tales," and the sides repeat "Old Maid" and "Old Maid Card Game." The pairs include Humpty Dumpty, the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, Little Bo Peep, Jack and Jill and Robin Hood, among other familiar storybook figures. The box includes 19 pairs, the Old Maid card and a How to Play card, 40 cards total.  The back of the cards are red/white and have the Fairchild name.

A charming choice for collectors of vintage children's games and playing cards, for a nursery or playroom shelf, or as a gift for a grandparent who remembers playing it as a child.

E. E. Fairchild's roots go back to the Alderman-Fairchild Company, formed in Rochester in 1900 by Henry Alderman and Elmer E. Fairchild to print paper goods and cardboard boxes. After World War I the firm turned to games and puzzles under its All-Fair brand and printed card decks and games under the Fairco name, making Rochester home to one of the country's larger game manufacturers of its day. Old Maid itself is far older, a matching game that grew popular with American makers in the late nineteenth century.

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