Billy the Buck, 48 Cards, 1952

File — Box: CFC Fables Cards Box 1

Identifier: CFC2018.0283.1-48

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.

From plates to stamps, from cards to whiskey decanters, from toys to posters, you'll find just about anything you can imagine here. Please explore all that is to offer here in my fables Catalogue of Objects.

This is the largest online catalog of fable related objects on the internet. Many are from Aesop's Fables but you will find La Fontaine, Velazquez and Krylov also represented in this collection.

Dates

1952

Extent

48 Cards : 48 numbered cards in the complete set "Adventures of Billy the Buck." Granose Foods Limited, Watford, Herts. © R. & H.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The dealer came up with this surprising offer when I asked for fables. This is a set he played with his children (or when he was a child?). Their method was to shuffle the cards and see how the story developed this time. This is really an exciting adventure story rather than a fable. The images are simple paintings of chases, escapes, fights, hunts, and rescues. The back of each card is identical except for the individual card's number in the series of 48. The back advertises an album that contains "the thrilling story relating to this series." After the dealer's explanation, I am actually disappointed that there is supposed to be just one story that the cards are to illustrate.