The Game of Old Maid

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1932
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. ( 1.9 x 6.4 x 9.8 cm )
Description: 
"The Game of Old Maid" card game with 43 chromolithographed paper playing cards, an instruction card and an advertising card in a paper covered cardboard box; chromolithographed cards in pairs with characters such as "Azz I. Said" and "Tuffy Yegg" printed on each including three black characters and a single old maid; box stamped with the silhouette of an old woman with glasses; box cover inscribed, "The GAME of/ OLD/ MAID/ 3009/ MADE IN U.S.A."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.628
Marks: 
stamped: on the box cover: "The GAME of/ OLD/ MAID/ 3009/ MADE IN U.S.A."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1932
eMuseum Object ID: 
42397
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Game of Old Maid

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 8.9 x 11.4 cm ) each card: 3 x 2 in. ( 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description: 
"Old Maid Game" card game with 35 chromolithographed paper playing cards and an instruction card in a paper covered cardboard box; cards printed in pairs with characters such as "Wicked Boy" and "Cruel Cat" printed on each, and a single old maid; box chromolithographed with an old maid holding a small dog and a cane; box cover inscribed, "OLD/ MAID/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ Incorporated/ NEW YORK/ 376A".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.634
Marks: 
lithgraphed: on the box cover: "OLD/ MAID/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ Incorporated/ NEW YORK/ 376A"
Inscriptions: 

pencil: on back of box: "St. Patrick's Day / 1919"

Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
42396
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Game of Old Maid

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 x 4 5/8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 11.7 x 9.5 cm ) each card: 3 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 9.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description: 
"The Game of Old Maid" card game with 35 chromolithographed paper playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; cards printed in pairs with caricatures such as "Goose Jockey" and "Bertie Batty" printed on each, and a single old maid; box chromolithographed with two medallion portraits, one of an old man and one of an old woman holding a cat; box cover inscribed, "GAME of/ OLD/ MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROS, N.Y".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.640
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME of/ OLD/ MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROS, N.Y"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
42395
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Game of Dont's and Old Maid

Classification: 
Date: 
1905
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 7/8 x 5 x 4 in. ( 2.2 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm )
Description: 
"The Game of Dont's and Old Maid" card game with 48 chromolithographed paper playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; cards printed in pairs with caricatures of individuals exhibiting bad behaviors or "Donts" such as "Don't Be A Flirt", "Don't Be A Bachelor", "Don't Be Proud", etc.; box chromolithographed with a bust of a woman on a "Romance Novel"; box cover inscribed, "THE/ GAME of/ DONT'S/ AND/ OLD MAID/ Banner/ Series/ 4180/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.639
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ GAME of/ DONT'S/ AND/ OLD MAID/ Banner/ Series/ 4180/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Gallery Label: 
Card games have been popular family entertainment for centuries. Old Maid, a Victorian favorite, was based on the notion that remaining unmarried was a woman's worst fate.
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: 
1905
eMuseum Object ID: 
42393
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Railroad Old Maid

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 x 5 1/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 13 x 10.8 cm ) each card: 3 1/8 x 2 in. ( 7.9 x 5.1 cm )
Description: 
"Railroad Old Maid" card game with 31 chromolithographed paper playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; cards printed in pairs with caricatures of couples printed on each, the single old maid is an elderly woman holding a parrot; box chromolithographed with an image of an old woman carrying a case and a birdcage waving at a train crossing a bridge; box cover inscribed, "RAILROAD/ OLD MAID".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.638
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "RAILROAD/ OLD MAID"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
42392
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Grandmama's Improved Geographical Game

Classification: 
Date: 
1887
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 x 6 1/4 x 4 3/8 in. ( 2.5 x 15.9 x 11.1 cm ) each card: 1 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. ( 3.2 x 6 cm )
Description: 
"Grandmama's Improved Geographical Game" card game with 118 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 group of seated children around a puppet theatre with an Egyptian backdrop; cover inscribed, "GRANDMAMA'S/ IMPROVED/ GEOGRAPHICAL/ GAME/ AROUND/ THE WORLD/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS./ N.Y."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.620
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/ AROUND/ THE WORLD/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS./
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1887
eMuseum Object ID: 
42390
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Post Office Game

Classification: 
Date: 
1897
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard. paper, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 x 26 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. ( 5.1 x 67.9 x 43.8 cm )
Description: 
"Post Office Game" board game with six paper letters, two dice cups and board applied to the top of the bottom half of a paper covered wood and cardboard box; cardboard box top nailed to the wooden aprons with metal reinforcements at the corners; board is a lithographed map of lower Manhattan with the streets and major sites labeled, including the Brooklyn Bridge, Soth Ferry, Washington Square, etc.; cardboard drawer holds the playing cards and die cups; box cover lithographed with a mailman delivering letters to a woman and a medallion image of a U.S. Post Office; Board inscribed, "THE POST OFFICE/ Game/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM MASS/ U S A/ COPYRIGHT/ 1897/ By Parker Brothers"; directions printed on the underside of the box cover.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.719
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE POST OFFICE/ Game/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM MASS/ U S A/ COPYRIGHT/ 1897/ By Parker Brothers"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1897
eMuseum Object ID: 
42388
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Troublesome Donkeys

Classification: 
Date: 
1898
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, paper, lead, linen
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 21 3/4 x 12 7/8 in. ( 2.5 x 55.2 x 32.7 cm )
Description: 
"The Troublesome Donkeys" board game with cardboard spinner, four lead "Simple Simon" on donkey figures in a linen pouch and a board set into the bottom of the box; board lithographed with a country landscape and a twisting path of red and gold circles with stops at a "Blacksmith Shop", "Harness Store", etc.; box cover lithographed with an image of "Simple Simon riding a donkey and a clown being thrown from a donkey's back; board inscribed, "the/ TROUBLESOME/ DONKEYS/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK"; instructions on the underside of the box cover.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.398
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "the/ TROUBLESOME/ DONKEYS/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1898
eMuseum Object ID: 
42384
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Game of Mail Express and Accommodation or Interstate Commerce

Classification: 
Date: 
1895
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 5/8 x 22 3/8 x 14 7/8 in. ( 4.1 x 56.8 x 37.8 cm )
Description: 
"Game of Mail Express and Accommodation or Interstate Commerce" with three cardboard playing piece lithographed with an image of a train engine and set into a wooden stand, a dice cup, two die, and eighteen playing cards; board applied to the top of the lower half of the paper covered cardboard and wooden box; board printed with a map of the United States; cover lithographed with a central image of men unloading sacks from a train and surrounded by an image of a postman, a train crossing a bridge, a train rounding a corner, a horse drawn mail wagon and a train running at full speed; box inscribed, "Game of/ MAIL EXPRESS/ AND/ ACCOMMODATION/ or INTERSTATE COMMERCE/ Paptent applied for Copyrighted 1895 by McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.396
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "Game of/ MAIL EXPRESS/ AND/ ACCOMMODATION/ or INTERSTATE COMMERCE/ Paptent applied for Copyrighted 1895 by McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1895
eMuseum Object ID: 
42383
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Madame Le Normand's Cards of Fortune

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1882
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 x 5 x 4 in. ( 2.5 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm )
Description: 
"Madame Le Normand's Cards of Fortune" card game with 36 playing cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a woman crouching, wearing a yellow dress and a red peaked hat, with an owl on her shoulder and a black cat at her side; box cover inscribed, "MADAME/ LE NORMAND's/ MYSTIC/ CARDS of FORTUNE./ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ N.Y.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.304
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "MADAME/ LE NORMAND's/ MYSTIC/ CARDS of FORTUNE./ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ N.Y."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1882
eMuseum Object ID: 
42369
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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