The Game of Commercial Traveler

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1895
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/8 x 8 5/8 x 14 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 21.9 x 37.1 cm )
Description: 
"The Game of Commercial Traveler" board game with four turned wooden playing pieces, a cardboard spinner with a metal arrow and a paper board applied to the bottom half of a paper covered box; board lithographed with a map of the U.S. below the great lakes with train track paths; box cover chromlithographed with a man shopping; box cover inscribed, "The Game of/ Commercial/ Traveler/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.439
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "The Game of/ Commercial/ Traveler/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1895
eMuseum Object ID: 
44008
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Game of To the North Pole By Airship

Classification: 
Date: 
1897
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 19 1/2 x 10 3/8 in. ( 49.5 x 26.4 cm )
Description: 
"Game of To the North Pole By Airship" board game with the paper covered cardboard box top and the paper covered cardboard game board (no box or playing pieces); board chromolithographed with a map of Alaska extending toward the Nort Pole, which is under a rainbow with four tracks crossing the ocean and through the lanscape, to a grid at the top headed toward the North Pole; box cover chromolithographed with a group of men camped on an iceberg being attacked by to polar bears and an air ship above; box cover inscribed, "TO THE/ NORTH POLE/ by/ AIR SHIP/ COPYRIGHT 1897/ McLoughlin Brothers, New York/ 413".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.397
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "TO THE/ NORTH POLE/ by/ AIR SHIP/ COPYRIGHT 1897/ McLoughlin Brothers, New York/ 413"
Gallery Label: 
To the North Pole by Airship was probably inspired by the failed attempt of Swedish explorer Salomon Andrée to reach the arctic by balloon in 1897.
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: 
44007
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Game of Jolly Tars

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1895
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions: 
Container (box): 7/8 × 9 × 15 in. (2.2 × 22.9 × 38.1 cm)
Description: 
"The Game of Jolly Tars" board game with four turned wooden playing pieces, a cardboard spinner with a metal arrow an apaper board applied to the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard box; board chromolithographed with a grid of blue squares between the northeast coast of the U.S. and the coasts of England and France with boats inbetween; board inscribed, "The Game of/ JOLLY/ TARS"; box cover chromolithographed with three sailors or "tars", one playing guitars, one dancing and another looking on on the deck of a boat with a steamship in the background; box cover inscribed, "The GAME of/ JOLLY/ TARS/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.467
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "The GAME of/ JOLLY/ TARS/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1895
eMuseum Object ID: 
44006
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Railroad Game

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 20 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 52.7 x 26 cm )
Description: 
"The Railroad Game" board game with twelve wooden playing pieces, a cardboard spinner with a metal arrow and a paper board applied to the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard and wood box; board chromolithographed with two winding paths of traintracks that move between four train depots with a landscape and buildings detailed in between; box cover chromolithographed with a train depot with four tracks, two trains are pulling in and two are stopped, one train labeled, "New York Central"; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "The RAILROAD/ GAME/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM MASS/ U.S.A."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.393
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "The RAILROAD/ GAME/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM MASS/ U.S.A."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
44005
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Tourist: A Railroad Game

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/8 x 11 x 7 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 27.9 x 18.1 cm )
Description: 
"The Tourist: A Railroad Game" table game with a paper instuction and tour guide booklet, four route tablets with wooden sticks throught the center, four wooden stands and fifty-seven ticket cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of a trin on tracks and of two passengers seatedinside a train; box cover inscribed, "THE TOURIST./ A RAILROAD GAME./ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ SPRINGFIELD/ MASS."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.433
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE TOURIST./ A RAILROAD GAME./ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ SPRINGFIELD/ MASS."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
44004
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Ben Hur or the Chariot Race

Classification: 
Date: 
1899
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, lead
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 3/4 x 23 3/8 x 16 1/4 in. ( 4.4 x 59.4 x 41.3 cm )
Description: 
"Ben Hur or the Chariot Race" board game with four lead chariot drivers and a pair of wooden dice in a paper covered cardboard box; game board applied across the bottom half of the box with a flap across one side to store the playing implements below; board chromolithographed with an oval race track with four lanes that represents the interior of a Roman arena with chariot drivers around the track and spectators in the stands; box cover chromolithographed with an image of a chariot driver with a winged helmet driving four black horses with another driver and spectators in arena stands in the background; box lithographed with the inscription, "BEN HUR/ OR THE CHARIOT RACE/ COPYRIGHT 1899, BY CHAFFEE & SELCHOW, NEW YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.361
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "BEN HUR/ OR THE CHARIOT RACE/ COPYRIGHT 1899, BY CHAFFEE & SELCHOW, NEW YORK".
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1899
eMuseum Object ID: 
44003
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Good Old Game of Proverbs

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/8 x 6 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 16.8 x 13 cm )
Description: 
"The Good Old Game of Proverbs" card game with 95 pink cards each printed with a proverb such as, "Wilful waste makes woeful want." and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed wiht an image of a seated woman reading a book; box cover inscribed, "THE GOOD/ OLD/ GAME OF/ PROVERBS/ PUBLISHED BY/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM,/ MASS. U.S.A."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.544
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE GOOD/ OLD/ GAME OF/ PROVERBS/ PUBLISHED BY/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM,/ MASS. U.S.A."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
43999
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Game of Words and Sentences

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1885
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 5/8 x 5 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 4.1 x 14.6 x 12.1 cm )
Description: 
"Game of Words and Sentences" table game with 288 cardboard tiles printed with letters in a paper-covered wood box; box cover has a chromolithographed image of a man and a woman in a medallion surrounded by flowering branches; underside of cover printed "POOL" within decorative border; box inscribed, "GAME OF/ WORDS/ AND/ SENTENCES/ MILTON BRADLEY & CO., Springfield, Mass."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.642
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ WORDS/ AND/ SENTENCES/ MILTON BRADLEY & CO., Springfield, Mass."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1885
eMuseum Object ID: 
43998
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Country Fair

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1891
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 16.5 x 12.1 cm )
Description: 
"The County Fair" card game with 15 salesmen and merchandise cards with sales people such as "The Excitable Produce Dealer" and "Cigar Peddler", 22 shopper cards including "Farmer" and "Pretty Girl", and 17 money cards in a paper covered cardboard box; cover chromolithographed with an image of a man and three boys in front of a tent flying an American flag; box inscribed, "THE COUNTY FAIR/ Published By/ PARKER BROTHERS/ Salem, Mass."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.647
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE COUNTY FAIR/ Published By/ PARKER BROTHERS/ Salem, Mass."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1891
eMuseum Object ID: 
43997
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Commerce

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 4 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 11.7 x 15.9 cm )
Description: 
"Commerce" card game consisting of 46 cards, with different commodities printed on each including oats, corn, cotton, sugar, etc. in cardboard box covered in paper; instruction booklet; cover illustration (in various colors) of a woman holding cards in one hand and the other raised above her head; box cover inscribed, "COMMERCE/ PUBLISHED BT THE J. OTTMANN LITH. CO. N. Y.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.760
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "COMMERCE/ PUBLISHED BT THE J. OTTMANN LITH. CO. N. Y."
Gallery Label: 
In the card game Commerce, the aim of the players is to collect all the cards of a certain commodity by yelling bids to the other players in an attempt to corner the market. Players do not take turns, but rather win their cards by out-yelling the other players. These actions resemble the frenzied trading pit in D.W. Griffiths' famous film, A Corner in Wheat (1909).
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: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
43996
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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