Collection Highlights
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
Date:
ca. 1793
Object Number:
1928.18
Medium:
White marble
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Jack Straws New Edition
Object Number:
2000.669
Date:
ca. 1895
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 5 in. ( 3.2 x 16.5 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "JACK/ STRAWS/ NEW EDITION/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM * MASS * USA"
Description:
"Jack Straws New Edition" table game with 56 wooden pick-up-sticks in the shape of farm tools and three metal hooks in a paper covered cardboard box; box chromolithographed with an image of a young boy wearing a straw hat and carrying a sheaf of hay; box cover inscribed, "JACK/ STRAWS/ NEW EDITION/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM * MASS * USA".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
