CombinationTiddledy Winks
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, bone, felt
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 9 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 23.5 x 31.8 cm )
Description:
"Combination Tiddledy Winks" table game with 30 bone playing pieces, two felt mats, a wooden cup, and a cardboard target with numbered holes cut out and two kittens lithographed on one side and a target printed on the other in a paper covered cardboard box; box top chromolithographed with an image of two kittens behind a pot into which winks are falling; box cover inscribed, "COMBINATION/ TIDDLEDY/ WINKS/ 7748/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.581
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "COMBINATION/ TIDDLEDY/ WINKS/ 7748/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK".
Gallery Label:
Tiddledy Winks, first patented in England in 1889 and marketed to an adult audience, captivated Americans during the 1890s. The game's general concept is flicking a game piece (wink) with another instrument (tiddledy or squidger) to make the wink fly into the air. The modern spelling, tiddlywinks, came into use during the 1950s.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
44275
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lotto
Classification:
Date:
1895
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 10 3/4 x 10 in. ( 5.7 x 27.3 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
"Lotto" a 'bingo'-type of game with twenty-four printed cards, box with 47 glass markers, 13 round wooden counters and 90 wooden pieces each marked with a different number from 1 to 90 in a cloth bag in a paper covered cardboard and wood box; each card printed with three rows of nine rectangles, each having five numbers printed on them; box cover printed with the image of two girls behind falling "Lotto" cards, counters, and chips and inscribed, "LOTTO/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK"; instuctions printed on the inside of the cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.469
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "LOTTO/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
44274
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lotto
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 10 in. ( 3.8 x 26.7 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
"Lotto" a 'bingo'-type of game with twenty-four printed cards, box with 63 glass markers, five round cardboard counters and 78 wooden pieces each marked with a different number from 1 to 90 (missing 12) in a paper covered cardboard and wood box; each card printed with three rows of nine rectangles, each having five numbers printed on them; box cover printed with the image of a family playing "Lotto" around a parlor table and inscribed, "LOTTO/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK."; instuctions printed on the inside of the cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.474
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "LOTTO/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK."
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
44273
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lotto
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 6 3/8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 16.2 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
"Lotto" a 'bingo'-type of game with twelve printed cards and eighty-seven wooden pieces each marked with a different number from 1 to 90 (missing 1, 61, 78) and 144 cardboard counters in a paper covered cardboard box; each card printed with three rows of nine rectangles, each having five numbers printed on them; box cover printed with the image of a woman wearing a bonnet over a lotto card and inscribed, "LOT/ TO/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.473
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "LOT/ TO/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
44272
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fine Parlor Croquet
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Wood, metal, paper
Dimensions:
box: 2 3/4 x 11 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. ( 7 x 29.2 x 15.6 cm )
Description:
"Fine Parlor Croquet" table game with four metal table clamps, four wooden goal posts, four wooden mallets, three wooden balls and six metal wickets with wooden stands (two extra sets of stands) in a wooden box with a sliding lid; paper label applied to the lid with a chromolithographed image of a dog with a mallet in his mouth and a medallion image of two children playing table croquet; label inscribed, "FINE/ Parlor Croquet/ USED ON ANY TABLE/ R BLISS Co".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.377
Marks:
lithographed: on the label: "FINE/ Parlor Croquet/ USED ON ANY TABLE/ R BLISS Co"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
44271
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pillow-Dex Tennis
Classification:
Date:
1897
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper, cord
Dimensions:
box: 1 3/4 x 16 1/4 x 6 5/8 in. ( 4.4 x 41.3 x 16.8 cm )
Description:
"Pillow-Dex Tennis" table game with a set of paper instructions, an envelope to hold balloons, two wooden rackets stung with waxed cord and a white cord net that makes the dividing line in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a man and a woman playing pillow-dex with the net strung between to chairs ina parlor with an older couple looking on; box cover inscribed, "Pillow-Dex/ Tennis/ TRADE MARK/ Healthful Fun/ for INDOORS or/ OUTDOORS./ Copyright 1897 by/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM MASS USA/ Contains, RACKETS, NET,/ PILLOW-DEX BALLS AND RULES./ Patent Applied for."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.431
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "Pillow-Dex/ Tennis/ TRADE MARK/ Healthful Fun/ for INDOORS or/ OUTDOORS./ Copyright 1897 by/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM MASS USA/ Contains, RACKETS, NET,/ PILLOW-DEX BALLS AND RULES./ Patent Applied for."
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1897
eMuseum Object ID:
44270
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spin It
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1926
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 7 3/4 x 11 in. ( 3.5 x 19.7 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
"Spin It" board game with two wooden tops and ared and gray target board with the instructions printed on the bottom in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with two children playing "Spin it"; box cover inscribed, "SPIN IT/ 4198/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS., U.S.A."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.552
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "SPIN IT/ 4198/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS., U.S.A."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1926
eMuseum Object ID:
44269
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Sociable Telephone
Classification:
Date:
1902
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 8 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 21.3 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
"The Sociable Telephone" card game with wooden telephone recievers attached with a piece of cord, a sheet of uncut cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a woman holding a telephone earpiece to het ear; box cover inscribed, "THE/ SOCIABLE/ TELEPHONE/ A GAME/ FOR THE/ SMART SET".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.734
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ SOCIABLE/ TELEPHONE/ A GAME/ FOR THE/ SMART SET"
Gallery Label:
Towards the end of the 19th century, Americans were preoccupied with questions of proper social behavior and enjoyed numerous games providing structured social interaction. In the Sociable Telephone, players connected by a "telephone" (two wooden blocks connected by string) pose questions which must be answered with the humorous sentences on the game cards.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1902
eMuseum Object ID:
44268
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jack the Giant Killer
Classification:
Date:
1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 10 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. ( 2.9 x 26 x 50.2 cm )
Description:
"Jack the Giant Killer" board game with a paper instruction booklet and a cardboard board inset in the lower half of the paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with an image of Jack in blue tights, a red tunic and blue cape carrying a gold sword below an image of two-headed giants head being pulled down a mountain on a cart; box cover inscribed, "JACK/ THE/ GIANT/ KILLER/ A NEW GAME/ COPYRIGHTED 1890/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK"; board has a red and yellow path around "King Arthur's kingdom" where jack must slay four giants including, "Galligantus", "Stormant", "Thunderbolt", and "Burlando".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.350
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "JACK/ THE/ GIANT/ KILLER/ A NEW GAME/ COPYRIGHTED 1890/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK"
Gallery Label:
Fairy tale and nursery rhyme games were a popular form of entertainment with the youngest board game players. Jack the Giant Killer is based on the classic fairy tale set during the time of King Arthur, when fearsome giants roamed the lands. The idea of the little man defeating the big one was popular in a nation committed to democratic championing of underdogs.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
44267
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tug of War
Classification:
Date:
1898
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 19 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 49.5 x 26 cm )
Description:
"Tug of War" board game with a paper board applied to the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of children playing "Tug of War", the girls against the boys; box cover inscribed, "TUG OF WAR/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY CHAFFEE & SELCHOW, NEW YORK."; board chromolithographed with a figure-8 shaped path around two medallions with girls and boys playing tug of war, center spaced inscribed, "HOME".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.369
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "TUG OF WAR/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY CHAFFEE & SELCHOW, NEW YORK."
lithographed i: n the center of the board: "HOME"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
44266
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.



















