VOTE OBAMA

Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Playing Card. Format is approximately 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches. Corners are rounded. Face had a full color front facial image of Obama with the word VOTE at the top and the word Obama at the bottom. The reverse side has the image of Dick Cheney in a Joker's belled hat and neckpiece and the word Joker on the right and left side. Card shows some wear. Political playing cards were introduced in the 17th century providing entertainment by satirizing or deriding current events and leaders. Propaganda cards, Imperial decks, war cards and even educational card games all carry a message which relates to the politics of memory, the means by which events are remembered and recorded, the way history is written and passed on. Historical memory can be used to arouse emotional reactions. Politicards are a deck of playing cards produced each election year in the United States with 54 caricatures depicting political candidates and prominent political figures. The first Politicards deck was produced in 1971 for the 1972 election by the artist Peter Green, the writer Lee Livingston, the businessman Mike Killeen and the designer Norman Friant. By 2016, about 200,000 packs of cards were being sold during each election cycle. Decks were said to have been used at the time by then New York Senator James Buckley and by the ladies of Mamie Eisenhower’s bridge club. Decks of "Politicards" have been produced for election years 1971, 1980, 1984 and 1996 onwards. The 1980 and 1984 edition decks were produced by the Washington, D.C. lobbyist Victor Kamber, who purchased the Politicards name in 1979. In 1996, the name expired and was reclaimed by the original artist Peter Green, who has since produced decks for every election through to 2016. Green's 2016 edition was titled "Politikids" and depicted political figures as children. Condition: Good.

Keywords: Playing Cards, Politics, Ephemera, Barack Obama, Richard Cheney, Dick Cheney, Joker, Satire, Elections

[Book #81515]

Price: $12.50