French for Fun, A New Instructive and Amusing Card Game
Card Game
1930s (published)
1930s (published)
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The 19th-century practice of teaching French with cards continued well into the 20th century. The use of pictures was probably more satisfying for the players and made the process of learning a foreign language easier. This card game has 32 cards divided into sets of four. It is played in the same way as Happy Families. The aim is to collect ‘families’ of four types of food that go together, according to what meal one might be eating.
Object details
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| Title | French for Fun, A New Instructive and Amusing Card Game (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Chromolithographed card |
| Brief description | Educational card game, French For Fun, published in England by John Jaques & Son Ltd in the 1930s |
| Physical description | Design: chromolithographs; printed in mid blue showing an illustration of a clown |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs M. Tomalin |
| Object history | An example of a card is "Ce qu'il me faut pur le diner" "DES ENTREMETS", "aussi, du rôte, du consommé des légumes" and an illustration of strawberries and cream. Jaques, publishers of Counties of England, used these rules which are the same as Happy Families Games & Puzzles, CGG, 1991 |
| Historical context | Rewards: see rules Forfeits: see rules No. of Players: any Equipment required: 60 cards arranged in 15 sets of four, each set having a sentence and the list of items required to make it up and an individual illustration card slipcase, covered with dark blue paper, pictorial label showing title, maker, and game being played. |
| Summary | The 19th-century practice of teaching French with cards continued well into the 20th century. The use of pictures was probably more satisfying for the players and made the process of learning a foreign language easier. This card game has 32 cards divided into sets of four. It is played in the same way as Happy Families. The aim is to collect ‘families’ of four types of food that go together, according to what meal one might be eating. |
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| Accession number | MISC.853-1986 |
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| Record created | March 4, 2000 |
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