Grandmama's Arithmetical Game
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1887
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 15.9 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
"Grandmama's Arithmetical Game" card game with 119 cards and an instruction and answer booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; each numbered card is printed with a question; answers are printed in a booklet; booklet inscribed, "DIRECTIONS and ANSWERS/ TO/ GRANDMA'S/ GAME of ARITHMETIC/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., Manufacturers,/ NEW YORK."; box cover lithographed with an old woman with her arm around a young girl and a small boy writing numbers on a chalk board; cover inscribed, "GRANDMAMA'S/ ARITHMETICAL/ GAME./ IMPROVED/ McLOUHGLIN BROS. N.Y.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.613
Marks:
printed: on the instruction booklet: "DIRECTIONS and ANSWERS/ TO/ GRANDMA'S/ GAME of ARITHMETIC/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., Manufacturers,/ NEW YORK."
lithographed: on the box cover: "GRANDMAMA'S/ ARITHMETICAL/ GAME./ IMPROVED/ McLOUHGLIN BROS. N.Y.".
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
42724
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Grandmama's Geographical Game
Classification:
Date:
1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 11.4 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
"Grandmama's Improved Geographical Game" card game with 115 cards and an instruction and answer booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; each numbered card is printed with a question; answers are printed in a booklet with an image of an old woman printed on the pink paper cover; booklet inscribed, "DIRECTIONS and ANSWERS / TO/ GRANDMA'S/ GAME of GEOGRAPHY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., manufacturers,/ NEW YORK"; box cover lithographed with a little girl holding a book and looking at a map; cover inscribed, "GRANDMAMA'S/ IMPROVED/ GEOGRAPHICAL/ GAME/ COPYRIGHT 1900/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., N.Y."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.763
Marks:
printed: on the instruction booklet: "DIRECTIONS and ANSWERS / TO/ GRANDMA'S/ GAME of GEOGRAPHY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., manufacturers,/ NEW YORK"
lithographed: on the box cover: "GRANDMAMA'S/ IMPROVED/ GEOGRAPHICAL/ GAME/ COPYRIGHT 1900/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., N.Y
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
42723
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Grandmama's Geographical Game
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1910
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/8 x 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 15.9 x 21 cm )
Description:
"Grandmama's Geographical Game" card game with 119 cards and an instruction and answer booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; each numbered card is printed with a question; answers are printed in a booklet; booklet inscribed, "GRANDMA'S/ GEOGRAPHICAL GAME/ DIRECTIONS/ AND/ ANSWERS/ Milton Bradley Company,/ Springfield, Massachusetts/ "Makers of the World's Best Games'"; box cover lithographed with a a little girl holding a book and looking at a globe; cover inscribed, "GRANDMA'S/ GEOGRAPHICAL/ GAME/ MADE IN USA/ 4830/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS. U.S.A.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.612
Marks:
printed: on the instruction booklet: "GRANDMA'S/ GEOGRAPHICAL GAME/ DIRECTIONS/ AND/ ANSWERS/ Milton Bradley Company,/ Springfield, Massachusetts/ "Makers of the World's Best Games'"
lithographed: on the box cover: "GRANDMA'S/ GEOGRAPHICAL/ GAME/ MADE IN
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:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
42722
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
100 Soldiers on Parade
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Each (figure): 6 in. × 2 in. × 3/4 in. (15.2 × 5.1 × 1.9 cm)
Container (box): 1 1/2 × 12 5/8 × 21 3/4 in. (3.8 ×
Description:
"100 Soldiers on Parade" paper soldier set in a box with fifty paper soldiers including: Rough Riders with blanket rolls, British grenadiers with bear-skin hats, early West Point cadets, Scottish Highlanders in kilts with rifles, American foot soldiers from the Revolutionary War, and French Zouaves; each figure nailed to wooden stands; box cover lithographed with four rows of marching solders and inscribed, "100/ SOLDIERS/ ON/ PARADE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ New York."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.481
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "100/ SOLDIERS/ ON/ PARADE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ New York"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
42717
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of Fish Pond
Classification:
Date:
1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/4 x 21 1/2 x 13 in. ( 3.2 x 54.6 x 33 cm )
Description:
"Game of Fish Pond" board game in a paper covered wooden box with an illustration on cover consisting of a fishing basket, a boy and a dog fishing in a river and three children holding fishing lines, border of fish; board sits in the bottom of the box and is decorated with scene of a pond containing lily pads, frogs, and fish, with 45 slits cut out in rows; 24 cardboard fish of various colors, with metal grommets to be caught by, and with their names printed on one side ("BASS", "SHAD") and numbers on the other; 4 wooden poles with string threaded through holes at end, with metal hooks at end of line; instructions printed on inside of cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.588
Marks:
lithographed: BROS./ NEW YORK/ PATENTED JAN. 28th 1890"
Gallery Label:
The Game of Fish Pond, a children's dexterity game, was introduced by McLoughlin Brothers in the 1880s. Fish Pond achieved instant success and was reissued in numerous and increasingly elaborate variations over the succeeding decades.
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:
42700
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The New and Improved Game of Fish Pond
Classification:
Date:
1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 5/8 x 18 x 8 1/2 in. ( 4.1 x 45.7 x 21.6 cm )
Description:
"The New and Improved Game of Fish Pond" board game in a paper covered wooden and cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of three children in a boat, the two girls feed a swan while a boy holds a fishing line; interior of the box decorated with a scene of pond containing lily pads and frogs, with 45 slits cut out in rows; 39 cardboard fish of various colors, with metal grommets to be caught by, and with their names printed on one side ("BASS", "SHAD") and numbers on the other; 4 wooden poles with string threaded through holes at end, with metal hooks at end of line; instructions printed on inside of cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.592
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "NEW? AND? IMPROVED/ FISH POND/ GAME./ McLOUGHLIN BRo'S/ NEW-YORK/ PATENTED JANUARY 28th 1890.""
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
42694
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Game of Guess Again
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 5 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 13 x 17.1 cm )
each card: 3 5/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 9.2 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Card game "The Game of Guess Again" with 36 playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover printed with an image of a small girl blindfolded; box cover inscribed, "The Game of/ GUESS AGAIN/ 4310/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.608
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The Game of/ GUESS AGAIN/ 4310/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK".
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
42693
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Komical Konversation Kards: A Kuriously Kontrived Kaptivating Kuriosity
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1893
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/4 x 5 x 6 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 12.7 x 16.5 cm )
each card: 1 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 4.1 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
"Komikal Konversation Kards" card game with 93 playing cards, an instruction booklet and an advertising card in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with two polychrome medallion portraits of a man and a woman; box cover inscribed, "KOMICAL KONVERSATION KARDS/ A KURIOUSLY/ KONTRIVED/ KAPTIVATING/ KURIOSITY/ PUBLISHED BY/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS. U.S.A."; 45 red playing cards and 48 white playing cards printed with comical questions and answers such as "Do you think the term 'lobster' would apply to any person here?" and "Don't be absurd.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.561
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1893
eMuseum Object ID:
42692
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cats on the Wall
Classification:
Date:
1885-1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
box: 1 5/8 x 23 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. ( 4.1 x 59.1 x 33.7 cm )
Description:
"Cats on the Wall" table shooting gallery in a box with two wooden pistols and three wooden balls; cardboard wall with lithographed bricks and shrubs set into a wooden stand; five pins, printed with images of five different cats on the top half and wooden boards on the lower half, are attached to the wall with fabric at the centers; reverse of the pins printed with numbers in the center of a target; paper covered cardboard box top lithogrphed with five cats on the top of a wall and a personified half moon; box cover inscribed, "CATS ON THE WALL/ McLOUGHIN/ BRO'S/ NEW YORK"; instructions printed on the inside of the box top.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.455
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "CATS ON THE WALL/ McLOUGHIN/ BRO'S/ NEW YORK"
Gallery Label:
In turn-of-the-century cities, wild cats proliferated, feeding on the garbage and rats that the authorities consistently failed to remove. Since alley cats were considered pests, few blinked an eye at the way street kids used them for target practice.
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:
42677
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bulls and Bears: The Great Wall Street Game
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1883
Medium:
Cardboard, wood
Dimensions:
Open (board): 14 in. × 22 in. × 1/8 in. (35.6 × 55.9 × 0.3 cm)
Container (box): 15 1/2 × 12 × 2 in. (39.4 × 30.5
Description:
Board game with box, board, instructions, playing cards, paper money, eighteen wooden playing pieces, and one spinner; box with lithographed image of a bull and a bear dressed as gentlemen carrying canes in front of a bank; box cover inscribed, "BULLS AND BEARS/ the GREAT/ WALL/ ST./ GAME/ PATENTED/ 1883/ McLOUGHLIN BROS NEW-YORK;" rectangular board (folds in three) with blue and red spaces marked "RISE" and "FALL" in a semi-circle above the names of eight stocks and commodities with an image of a bull and a bear shearing a sheep at the top, images of brokers reading stock tape in the bottom corners, and brokers with a bull and a bear in the top corners; labels on outside of board inscribed, "Color Game/ Bulls and Bears.;" 175 playing cards, star-shaped spinner and eighteen natural wooden playing pieces.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.728
Marks:
lithographed: on box cover: "BULLS AND BEARS/ the GREAT/ WALL/ ST./ GAME/ PATENTED/ 1883/ McLOUGHLIN BROS NEW-YORK"
lithographed: board label: "Color Game/ Bulls and Bears."
lithographed: inscriptions on board: "RISE/ FALL/ RISE/ FALL/ RISE/ FALL/ RISE
Gallery Label:
The financial panic of 1873, the worst before 1929, inspired this board game, in which the Bulls and the Bears - the speculators - are depicted fleecing the sheep - the public. The gameboard imagery is derived from cartoons by Joseph Keppler and Frederick Burr Opper satirizing robber barons Jay Gould, W.H. Vanderbilt, and Russell Sage, which appeared in the illustrated weekly magazine "Puck." This is one of the rarest of all nineteenth century American board games.
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:
1883
eMuseum Object ID:
42668
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

















