Collection Highlights
Astor House
Date:
ca.1853-1859
Object Number:
PR.020.65.1
Medium:
Wood Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Contack
Object Number:
2001.181
Date:
1939
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/16 x 3 1/2 x 1 in. ( 11 x 8.9 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Contack board game comprised of 37 game pieces; each piece has a triangular shape with a number at each corner; 1 instruction booklet; cover lid "A FASCINATING GAME/CONTACK/TRADE MARK PATENT PENDING/COPYRIGHT 1939/PARKER BROTHERS, INC./SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS/NEW YORK, CHICAGO, LONDON/ MADE IN U.S.A./CONTACK/ EXCITING FUN"; an image of a theatre mask and a star on the front lid; colors are red, blue, white and pink.
Credit Line:
Gift of Trudy & Howard Kaplan
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
