The Game of Happy Melox Families
Card Game
ca. 1930 (published)
ca. 1930 (published)
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This is a card game and an advertising game. The product is dog food and the game is played in the manner of Happy Families. The 32 cards are divided up into eight sets of the usual four Happy Family characters: Mr, Mrs, Master and Miss. The ones featured in this game are all breeds of dog. All the Masters and Misses are shown engaged in childhood activities such as playing and reading and several toys feature in the pictures.
Object details
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| Title | The Game of Happy Melox Families (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed card |
| Brief description | Boxed card game, Happy Melox Families, published in England about 1930 |
| Physical description | White card box printed in red with the title of the game on the front and the rules on the back. Contains thirty-two cards with pictures of dogs on one side, made up into the usual Happy Family sets of four - Mr, Mrs, Master and Miss. The reverse of all the cards is printed in red and states "Every Happy Family owns a happy dog if fed on Melox and Mixed Marvels 'The Food of Dogs'" |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Presented by W.G. Clarke & Son (1929) Ltd
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs M. Tomalin |
| Summary | This is a card game and an advertising game. The product is dog food and the game is played in the manner of Happy Families. The 32 cards are divided up into eight sets of the usual four Happy Family characters: Mr, Mrs, Master and Miss. The ones featured in this game are all breeds of dog. All the Masters and Misses are shown engaged in childhood activities such as playing and reading and several toys feature in the pictures. |
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| Accession number | MISC.863-1986 |
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| Record created | January 28, 2004 |
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