Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Museum Collections
American Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
The Game of Commercial Traveler
Object Number:
2000.439
Date:
ca. 1895
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 8 5/8 x 14 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 21.9 x 37.1 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The Game of/ Commercial/ Traveler/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"
Description:
"The Game of Commercial Traveler" board game with four turned wooden playing pieces, a cardboard spinner with a metal arrow and a paper board applied to the bottom half of a paper covered box; board lithographed with a map of the U.S. below the great lakes with train track paths; box cover chromlithographed with a man shopping; box cover inscribed, "The Game of/ Commercial/ Traveler/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
