Collection Highlights
Minaret Turkish Cigarettes
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.111.AMER.MIN
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Luce Center
Anagrams: The New Popular Spelling Game
Object Number:
2000.458
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 5.1 x 13.3 x 9.5 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "JOLLYWISE/ Anagrams/ THE NEW/ POPULAR/ SPELLING GAME./ THE/ JOLLY WISE GAMES/ ALWAYS PLAY WELL./ PAPTENT APPLIED FOR/ THE MARTIN CO."
Description:
"Anagrams: The New Popular Spelling Game" table game with six wooden spelling cubes printed with a letter and two syllables on each side and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box has a chromolithographed image of six cubes; box inscribed, "JOLLYWISE/ Anagrams/ THE NEW/ POPULAR/ SPELLING GAME./ THE/ JOLLY WISE GAMES/ ALWAYS PLAY WELL./ PATENT APPLIED FOR/ THE MARTIN CO.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
