India: An Oriental Game
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1895
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 16 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 42.2 x 42.2 cm )
Description:
"India: An Oriental Game" board game in a paper covered cardboard and wood box; paper game board applied to the bottom half of the box; parcheesi-style board with a thatched hut and palm trees in a medallion in the center labeled "HOME" and star decorations in the four corners; cover of the box inscribed, "INDIA/ AN ORIENTAL/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS/ New York/ 5238" with an image of a man in a red turban sitting cross-legged on a camel.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.359
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "INDIA/ AN ORIENTAL/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS/ New York/ 5238"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
43790
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Games of Cats and Mice, Gantalope and Lost Diamond
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1875
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper, metal
Description:
"Games of Cats and Mice, Gantalope and Lost Diamond" board game with a hinged box that opens like a book with two boards on the interior; one side is a grid of yellow and purple numbered squares surrounded by a path of green circles labeled "MAIN ROAD" and "HOME" and the other side with an oval path of yellow and maroon squares around four paths labeled "GOAL" that stretch out into arms labeled "HOME"; box opens to a board with paths of green and yellow squares divided by silhouettes of cats around chromolithographed images of mice in a barn; side of box lithographed, "GAMES OF CATS AND MICE/ GANTELOPE and LOST DIAMOND"; game board paper cover from the original sleeve with a chromolithograped label with an image of mice being chased by a cat and the inscription, "GAMES OF/ CATS AND MICE/ GANTLOPE and/ LOST DIAMOND/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S, NEW YORK."; paper instruction booklet, double-arrow spinner on a wooden block, and sixteen wooden playing pieces.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.509
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
43789
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Games of Messenger Boy, Tivoli, and Fox and Geese
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
overall (closed: 2 x 7 1/4 x 15 1/8 in. ( 5.1 x 18.4 x 38.4 cm )
Description:
"Games of Messenger Boy, Tivoli and Fox and Geese" board game with a hinged box that opens like a book with two boards on the interior. One side is a grid with, yellow, peach, red and green spaces. Reverse has a red cross shaped track with a battle scene, a fox, a boy playing a board game and an angry goose in the corners; box opens to a grid board on the exterior with spaces marked with stars, numbers and instructions such as "Dullnee Go back to 1" and "Head of Firm", corners decorated with medallions, bottom two images of the application office, upper two with prisons; side of box lithographed, "MCLOUGHLIN BROS./ MESSENGER BOY"; smaller cardboard box holds 17 playing pieces and a spinner.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.320
Marks:
lithographed: on the side of the box: "McLOUGHLIN BROS./ MESSENGER BOY"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43788
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sliced Objects
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 9 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. ( 3.8 x 23.2 x 20.6 cm )
Description:
"Sliced Objects" puzzle in a paper covered cardboard box, with cover illustration of eight personified frogs playing "Sliced Objects"; box cover inscribed, "SLICED OBJECTS/ PUBLISHED BY E. G. SELCHOW & CO. NEW YORK."; sixty-five strips of cardboard forming twelve different pictures of objects such as a fire engine and a house, with each letter of the complete word printed on each strip, many of the objects such as the bridge are New York City landmarks including High Bridge, Croton Dame, Stevens House, etc.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.425
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "SLICED OBJECTS/ PUBLISHED BY E. G. SELCHOW & CO. NEW YORK."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
43757
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sliced Birds Improved: A Companion to Sliced Animals
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 8 in. ( 3.8 x 24.1 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
"Sliced Birds Improved: A Companion to Sliced Animals" puzzle in a paper covered cardboard box, with cover illustration of three birds in a tree; box cover inscribed, "SLICED BIRDS/ IMPROVED./ A/ COMPANION/ TO/ SLICED ANIMALS/ Published by SELCHOW & RIGHTER, N. Y."; sixty-nine strips of cardboard forming sixteen different pictures of birds such as a quail and a swan, with each letter of the complete word printed on each strip; the object of the game is to match the pictures together by calling upon players for strips; interior of the box cover printed with each image.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.417
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "SLICED BIRDS/ IMPROVED./ A/ COMPANION/ TO/ SLICED ANIMALS/ Published by SELCHOW & RIGHTER, N. Y."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
43756
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cut Up Rink: Fun on Roller Skates
Classification:
Date:
1883-1895
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. ( 3.2 x 19.4 x 24.4 cm )
Description:
"Cut Up Rink: Fun on Roller Skates" picture puzzles in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with caricatures of a soldier and a woman roller skating in an indoor rink; box cover inscribed, "CUT UP/ RINK/ FUN ON ROLLER SKATES/ J.H.S. N.Y."; seven cardboard puzzles cut into four strips each with images entitled, "BOLD/ HOW BRAVE THEY LOOK", "RACE/ HOW FAST THEY GO.", "MEET/ GLAD TO SEE YOU.", "AIRY/ SHE SKATES WITH GRACE.", "HURT/ PRIDE HAD A FALL.", "FAST/ GAZE ON THIS CHILD." and "FALL/ DOWN THEY ALL GO."; each puzzle with caricature figures skating including Native Americans, African Americans and the elderly.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.421
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "CUT UP/ RINK/ FUN ON ROLLER SKATES/ J.H.S. N.Y."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
43755
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sliced Animals Improved or Spelling Made Easy
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/2 x 9 x 7 7/8 in. ( 3.8 x 22.9 x 20 cm )
Description:
"Sliced Animals Improved or Spelling Made Easy" puzzle in a paper covered cardboard box, with cover illustration of five children playing "Sliced Animals"; box cover inscribed, "SLICED ANIMALS IMPROVED/ OR SPELLING MADE EASY./ PUBLISHED BY SLCHOW & RIGHTER, NEW YORK."; seventy strips of cardboard forming sixteen different pictures of animals such as a horse and a zebra, with each letter of the complete word printed on each strip; the object of the game is to match the pictures together by calling upon players for strips; interior of the box cover printed with each image.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.427
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "SLICED ANIMALS IMPROVED/ OR SPELLING MADE EASY./ PUBLISHED BY SLCHOW & RIGHTER, NEW YORK."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
43754
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Picture puzzle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1895
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 5 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 13 x 19 cm )
Description:
"Hood's Rainy Day and Balloon Puzzles" picture puzzle with 34 pieces in a paper covered cardboard box; includes a chromolithographed puzzle of a man driving a "Hood Sarsaparilla" carriage wih two horses in front of the Hood factory with a man holding an umbrella in the foreground and "Hood's Balloon Puzzle" of a family of four looking at a hot air balloon in the background floating over a barn covered in Hood slogans; box cover lithographed with images of the two puzzles and inscribed, "HOOD'S Rainy Day/ and Balloon PUZZLES/ These Puzzles are issued for the patrons of Hood's Sarsaparilla and Can/ be Obtained only by sending to us three of the trade-marks printed/ upon the buff wrappers of Hood's Sarsaparilla./ SPECIAL-Hood's Rainy Day and Balloon Puzzles are copyrighted and any/ infringement upon them will be prosecuted./ C.I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.508
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "HOOD'S Rainy Day/ and Balloon PUZZLES/ These Puzzles are issued for the patrons of Hood's Sarsaparilla and Can/ be Obtained only by sending to us three of the trade-marks printed/ upon the buff wrappers of Hood's Sarsapar
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
43753
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Book of Parlor Games
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1896
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 4 5/8 x 1/8 in. ( 18.1 x 11.7 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
"Hood's Sarsaparilla Book of Parlor Games" children's book with 32 pages of parlor games; chromolithographed image of a girl in a pink dress holding a cat and standing beside a dog on the front cover; front cover printed with the inscription, "Hood's/Sarsaparilla Book of/ PARLOR GAMES/ COPYRIGHTED AND PUBLISHED BY/ C.I. HOOD & CO./ APOTHECARIES./LOWELL, MASS."; back cover chromolithographed with an image of a family playing a parlor game.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.500
Marks:
lithographed: on the front cover: "Hood's/Sarsaparilla Book of/ PARLOR GAMES/ COPYRIGHTED AND PUBLISHED BY/ C.I. HOOD & CO./ APOTHECARIES./LOWELL, MASS."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
43752
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Aunt Louisa's Cube Puzzles: Yankee Doodle
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1888
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 9 7/8 x 11 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 25.1 x 29.2 cm )
Description:
"Aunt Louisa's Cube Puzzles: Yankee Doodle" puzzle blocks in a wooden box with a sliding lid; chromolithographed image of Yankee Doodle in a white top hat, blue coat with stars and red and white striped pants riding a horse down a flight of stairs; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "AUNT LOUISA'S CUBE PUZZLES/ YANKEE DOODLE./ McLoughlin Bros., N.Y."; wooden blocks covered in paper and chromolithographed with six images including the one on the box cover and Yankee Doodle riding a horse through a group of injured and fleeing characterized Native Americans, Yankee Doodle signing the Declaration of Independence of a flag draped table with wigged men standing in the background, Yankee Doodle seated on the steps of the White House blowing cigar smoke a children play on the lawn and a personification Liberty looks on from the doorway, Yankee Doodle on a horse tipping his cap to British soldiers, a unicorn and a lion as the exit the country through a gate labeled "UNITED STATES", and Yankee Doodle riding his horse past cheering crowds.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.714
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "AUNT LOUISA'S CUBE PUZZLES/ YANKEE DOODLE./ McLoughlin Bros., N.Y."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
43751
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.


















