Cards of Fortune
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 5/8 x 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. ( 1.6 x 10.5 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
"Cards of Fortune" card game with 15 playing cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with woman with a red hood and three playing cards; box cover inscribed, "CARDS OF/ FORTUNE/ J. H. SINGER, NEW YORK, U.S.A.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.502
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "CARDS OF/ FORTUNE/ J. H. SINGER, NEW YORK, U.S.A."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43347
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Madame Morrow's Fortune Telling Cards
Classification:
Date:
1886
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 15.9 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
"Madame Morrow's Fortune Telling Cards" card game with 36 playing cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a seated woman surrounded by a group of dwarfs; box cover inscribed, "MADAME MORROW'S/ FORTUNE TELLING/ CARDS".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.307
Marks:
lithogrphed: on the box cover: "MADAME MORROW'S/ FORTUNE TELLING/ 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:
1886
eMuseum Object ID:
43346
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Black Cat Fortune Telling Game
Classification:
Date:
1897
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 16.5 x 13 cm )
Description:
"The Black Cat Fortune Telling Game" card game with 24 cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; four sets of six cards each related to a suit (hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs) with images of cats on that side and fortunes printed on the reverse; box cover lithographed with an image of a black cat; cover inscribed, "THE/ BLACK/ CAT/ Fortune Telling/ GAME/ Parker Brothers/ SALEM, MASS. U.S.A./ COPYRIGHT 1897".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.301
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ BLACK/ CAT/ Fortune Telling/ GAME/ Parker Brothers/ SALEM, MASS. U.S.A./ COPYRIGHT 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:
43345
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Jolly Game of Old Maid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/8 x 6 1/2 x 5 in. ( 2.9 x 16.5 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
"The Jolly Game of Old Maid" card game with 37 chromolithographed paper playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; chromolithographed cards in pairs with characters such as "Phelim O'Phat" and "Hasty Puden" printed on each and a single old maid; box chromolithographed with an old woman drinking tea in a parlor with a medallion portrait of a cat in the lower right corner; box cover inscribed, "THE JOLLY GAME/ OF/ OLD/ MAID/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM MASS USA."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.630
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE JOLLY GAME/ OF/ OLD/ MAID/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM MASS USA"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43312
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Game of Old Maid as Played by Mother Goose
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1892
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 16.5 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Old Maid as Played by Mother Goose" card game with 35 chromolithographed paper playing cards, an instruction sheet and an advertising card in a paper covered cardboard box; chromolithographed cards in pairs with two halves of a nursery rhyme on the paired cards and a single old maid; box lithographed with an image of Mother Goose flying on the back of the goose with five children below; box cover inscribed, "The GAME of/ OLD MAID/ as/ played by/ Mother Goose./ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.631
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The GAME of/ OLD MAID/ as/ played by/ Mother Goose./ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1892
eMuseum Object ID:
43311
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Old Maid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 6 x 7 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 15.2 x 18.4 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Old Maid" card game with 29 printed paper playing cards and an instruction card; cards printed in pairs with caricatures such as "Spotless Cop" and "Baxter Brown" printed on each and a single old maid; box cover printed with an image of a woman with roses in her hair holding a card with the image of a man on it; box cover inscribed, "OLD/ MAID/ 4116/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS. U.S.A."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.633
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "OLD/ MAID/ 4116/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS. U.S.A."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
43310
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mother Goose's Party or the Merry Game of Old Maid
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1887
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 6 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 16.2 x 11.4 cm )
each card: 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 8.9 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
"Mother Goose's Party or the Merry Game of Old Maid" card game with 43 chromolithographed paper playing cards and an instruction card in a paper covered cardboard box; chromolithographed cards in pairs with vignettes from nursery rhymes printed on each including "Old King Cole", "Little Jack Horner", etc. and a single old maid; box chromolithographed with a witch, an old lady and personified animals playing cards; box cover inscribed, "MOTHER GOOSE'S PARTY/ OR THE/ MERRY/ GAME OF/ OLD MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N. Y."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.629
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "MOTHER GOOSE'S PARTY/ OR THE/ MERRY/ GAME OF/ OLD MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N. Y."
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:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
43309
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Noddles Astray: Eight Merry Games
Classification:
Date:
1884
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 7 7/8 in. ( 2.5 x 20 cm )
Description:
"Noddles Astray: Eight Merry Games" card games with 52 printed paper playing cards and an instruction booklet; cards printed in pairs with caricatures of heads and bodies such as "Venus Flytrap" and "Dutch Onion" printed on each; box with caricatures of a man and woman and the inscription, "NODDLES ASTRAY/ EIGHT MERRY GAMES/ COPYRIGHTED 1884 BY McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS. N. Y.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.575
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "NODDLES ASTRAY/ EIGHT MERRY GAMES/ COPYRIGHTED 1884 BY McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS. N. Y."
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:
1884
eMuseum Object ID:
43244
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Little Workers Picture Cubes
Classification:
Date:
1901
Medium:
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions:
Container (box): 3 × 8 1/2 × 11 1/8 in. (7.6 × 21.6 × 28.3 cm)
Description:
"Little Workers Picture Cubes" a set of twelve picture puzzle blocks with images of children playing at adult jobs making up six puzzles on each side of the cube blocks and six lithographed images of the finished puzzles in a paper covered cardboard and wooden box; puzzles include "The Jeweler" with two girls examining the contents of a jewelry box; "The Pastry Cooks" with two girls, one rolling dough the other looking on; "The Optician" with a boy and girl trying on oversized glases; "The Shoemaker" with a boy making a pair of doll shoes for a girl and boy; "The Barber" with a boy cutting the hair of a smaller boy while a third looks on; and "Building a Doll House" with a boy making a doll house as a girl looks on; box cover lithographed with the above "Doll house" image and inscribed, "LITTLE/ WORKERS/ PICTURE/ CUBES/ COPYRIGHT/ 1901/ by McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.238
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "LITTLE/ WORKERS/ PICTURE/ CUBES/ COPYRIGHT/ 1901/ by McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1901
eMuseum Object ID:
43242
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Brownie Blocks
Classification:
Date:
1891
Medium:
Wood, carboard, paper
Dimensions:
Each (block): 2 5/8 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (6.7 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm)
Description:
Set of twenty picture puzzle blocks with Palmer Cox's "Brownies" or elves on each of the six puzzles; puzzles include "Snowballing", Brownies having a snowball fight in a park, "Skating" with brownies skating on a pond with one who has fallen through the ice and a building in the background flying a Japanese flag, "Hauling the Yule Log" with brownies hauling trees on sleds, "The Dance" with brownies dancing in pairs and groups to a brownie band, "Blindman's Bluff" with brownies blindfolding and chasing each other and "The Christmas Dinner" with two long tables of brownies eating, serving and carving a turkey; box cover lithographed with sixteen brownies playing on the inscribed title, "THE/ BROWNIE/ BLOCKS/ Manufactured/ by McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK/ COPYRIGHTED/ 1891/ by/ PALMER COX.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.252
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ BROWNIE/ BLOCKS/ Manufactured/ by McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK/ COPYRIGHTED/ 1891/ by/ PALMER COX."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
43240
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.




















