These pages are a collection of odd pictures
and trivia about llamas.
(They are not for sale, they are simply for your entertainment.)
Trading Cards
This card was issued in the UK by Nestle Ltd. (chocolate) in 1934.
It is card number 123 from from a set of 144 cards entitled
“Pictorial World Atlas” and was intended to be glued into a special album.
The front of the card shows an artist drawn representation of
“Llamas as a means of Transport”.
This card is from an assortment of animal cards
all stamped “National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C.”
on the front of each card.
They appear to have originally been black and white photos
that were hand colored and then mass printed.
This card was issued in the UK
by Barratt & Co. Ltd. in 1954.
It is from a set of 50 cards entitled
“Wild Animals by George Cansdale”.
The front of the card shows an artist drawn
representation of a llama and baby.
This card was issued by Harden Bros. Ltd. in 1960.
It is from a series of 50 cards entitled “Animals of the World”.
The card was given as a free premium with the purchase
of packages of “Doctor Ceylon” tea.
These cards were given away by Orr’s bread probably in the 1940s.
The cards show some beautiful color artwork of wild animals on the fronts with some text about them on the backs as well as a recipe.
Adkin and Sons issued this cigarette card
showing and alpaca as one of a series
titled “Wild Animals of the World” in 1923.
Millhof issued this card in 1929
as part of a series titled
“Zoological Studies”.
This card was issued in the UK by R. & J. Hill Ltd. in 1924
and was given as a free premium with the purchase
of a pack of twenty “Hill’s” cigarettes. It shows a sepia
photo-style artist drawn representation of an alpaca.
This card was issued
by Arm and Hammer.
John Dwight & Co. also
used the same illustration.
This card was issued in the UK
by B. Morris & Sons Ltd. in 1932.
It is card number six from a set of twenty-five cards
entitled “Whipsnade Zoo”.
“Life at Whipsnade Zoo”
showing a llama with young.
The back side of this card reads:
“Life at Whipsnade Zoo”
LLAMA WITH YOUNG
The llama, a relative of the camels, is a native of Peru, where it has been kept in large numbers as a domestic animal from early times. This mother and young one, photographed at Whipsnade Zoo, eye the cameraman with a haughty stare and an aspect of dignity which would never lead one to suspect them capable of rudeness, yet the llama when annoyed is apt to show it resentment in a most unpleasant manner, namely by spitting at the spectator! This couple, however, look far too nice to indulge in such ill-mannered behaviour.
Thanks to John K. Smith of Whangarei, New Zealand
who also sent us the above card plus these two cards from Reetstma Zigarettan, published in Germany in 1932.
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