Collection Highlights
Minaret Turkish Cigarettes
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.111.AMER.MIN
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Excursion to Coney Island
Object Number:
2000.750
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Cardboard
Dimensions:
box: 5 x 3 5/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 12.7 x 9.2 x 3.8 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the cover: "EXCURSION TO/ CONEY ISLAND/ MILTON BRADLEY & CO./ SPRINGFIELD/ MASS."
Description:
Cardboard card game in a box with instruction booklet and 192 playing cards; box cover with black and white lithographed image of a crowd strolling and swimming at the beach with an inset image of a woman wearing a hat with ostrich feathers; cover inscribed, "EXCURSION TO/ CONEY ISLAND/ MILTON BRADLEY & CO./ SPRINGFIELD/ MASS."
Gallery Label:
The resort of Coney Island, connected to the rest of Brooklyn by several railroads, had attracted a multitude of leisure-seekers to its beaches and amusements by the late 19th century. Excursion to Coney Island is a variant of the Peter Coddle games.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
