Collection Highlights
Snake jug
Date:
1871
Object Number:
1906.6ab
Medium:
Stoneware
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How Silas Popped the Question
Object Number:
2000.677
Date:
ca. 1915
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 6 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 16.8 x 13 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "How/ Silas Popped/ the Question/ A GAME"
Description:
"How Silas Popped the Question" card game with 35 playing cards, an instruction booklet and an advertising card in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a man and a woman seated on a couch; box cover inscribed, "How/ Silas Popped/ the Question/ A GAME"; playing cards printed with comical questions and answers such as "How many false curls have you got?" and "I just dote on pork and beans."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
