Collection Highlights
The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. April 14th 1865
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.60
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fascination
Object Number:
2000.271
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Wood, paper, cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 6 x 6 in. ( 3.5 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "FASCINATION/ Published by/ SELCHOW & RIGHTER, NY"
Description:
"Fascination" skill game with a round wooden board, a top and five wooden marbles in a paper covered cardboard box; board has eight drilled holes around the edge labeled 1 through 8; box cover chromolithographed with a hand spinning a top on the "Fascination" board; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "FASCINATION/ Published by/ SELCHOW & RIGHTER, NY".
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.
