College Football Game
Classification:
Date:
1897
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 13 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. ( 1.9 x 34.3 x 54 cm )
Description:
"College Football Game" board game in a paper covered cardboard box with a paper covered cardboard gameboard and four cardboard and wooden teetotems; on the cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustrations of two teams of boys playing football with stands in the background and two illustrations of carriages; box cover inscribed, "COLLEGE/ FOOT BALL/ GAME"; board with the same illustrations as the box around a grid representing a football field labeled "GOAL" at each end and "CENTRE" twice on the center line; lithographed across the bottom of the gameboard, "COPYRIGHTED 1897, BY H.D. VAN NOSTRAND, NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.374
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "COLLEGE/ FOOT BALL/ GAME"
lithographed: on the board, in the center: "GOAL" at each end and "CENTRE" twice on the center line
lithographed: across the bottom of the board: "COPYRIGHTED 1897, BY H.D. VAN NOSTRAND, NEW YOR
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1897
eMuseum Object ID:
44155
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Parlor Football Game
Classification:
Date:
1891
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 19 1/2 x 10 3/8 in. ( 3.2 x 49.5 x 26.4 cm )
Description:
"Parlor Football Game" board game in a paper covered cardboard and wood box with a paper gameboard applied to the bottom half of the box, two cardboard and metal spinners, and nine wooden playing pieces; on the cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of two teams of men playing football with stands in the background; box cover inscribed, "PARLOR/ FOOTBALL/ GAME/ COPYRIGHTED/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK"; board a multicolored grid of squares and circles.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.326
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "PARLOR/ FOOTBALL/ GAME/ COPYRIGHTED/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
44154
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of Baseball
Classification:
Date:
1886
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, metal, wood
Dimensions:
box: 1 3/4 x 17 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 43.8 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
"Game of Baseball" board game in a paper covered cardboard and wood box with a paper covered cardboard bi-fold gameboard, two cardboard and metal spinners, a paper instruction sheet, two paper score cards and seven metal playing pieces in the form of baseball players on round metal bases; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of two teams of men playing baseball, with a man in the upper left corner in a red and white uniform pitching; box cover inscribed, "GAME OF/ BASE-BALL/ Copyrighted 1886 by/ McLoughlin Bro's/ New York"; board represents a baseball diamond with two spinners in opposite corners.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.331
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ BASE-BALL/ Copyrighted 1886 by/ McLoughlin Bro's/ New York"
Gallery Label:
The Liman Collection includes four different versions of baseball board games reflecting Victorians' passion for the nation's favorite sport. Game of Base-ball, a later version of a game designed by McLoughlin in the 1850s, includes painted metal game pieces in the form of baseball players.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1886
eMuseum Object ID:
44153
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Professional Game of Baseball
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, bone
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. ( 4.4 x 20.6 x 20.6 cm )
Description:
"The Professional Game of Baseball" board game in a paper covered cardboard box with a gameboard, two wooden dice cups, a pair of bone die and sixteen wooden playing pieces; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration in a medallion of two men playing baseball, one as the batter and the other as the catcher, batter dressed in a blue shirt and red pants and a red cap, and the catcher all in white; box cover inscribed, "THE/ Professional Game of/ BASEBALL/ PUBLISHED BY/ Parker Bros./ SALEM, MASS."; board represents a baseball diamond with each position indicated with a man, and stands at the bottom; directions applied to the interior of the box cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.344
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ Professional Game of/ BASEBALL/ PUBLISHED BY/ Parker Bros./ SALEM, MASS."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
44152
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of Pussy and Three Mice
Classification:
Date:
1890
Medium:
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 19 3/4 x 10 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 50.2 x 25.7 cm )
Description:
"Game of Pussy and Three Mice" board game with board in the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard and wood box; box cover chromolithographed with three personified mice, a female in an oversized bonnet and two males, one playing a flute, the other with a monocle on a park bench with a personified female cat in a red dress lurking behind a tree; box cover inscribed, "GAME OF/ PUSSY/ AND THE/ THREE/ MICE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK./ COPYRIGHT 1890"; board chromolithographed with a path of squares around the outer edge; in the center are two medallion portraits of personified cats a portrait of a mouse in Elizabethan dress and a scene of three mice carrying food; board inscribed, "GAME/ OF/ PUSSY/ AND THE THREE/ MICE/ McLOUGHLIN, BROS, NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.328
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ PUSSY/ AND THE/ THREE/ MICE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK./ COPYRIGHT 1890"
lithographed: on the board: "GAME/ OF/ PUSSY/ AND THE THREE/ MICE/ McLOUGHLIN, BROS, NEW YORK."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
44149
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Board Game Old Maid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 8 x 12 3/4 in. ( 1.9 x 20.3 x 32.4 cm )
Description:
"The Board Game of Old Maid" board game with board in the bottom half of a paper covered cardboard box; four wooden playing pieces and a carboard spinner with a metal arrow; box chromolithographed with a personified image of an old female cat in a bonnet, carrying a umbrella and a hat box labeled, "MISS/ ALLA LONE" and a personified male cat approaching; box cover inscribed, "The BOARD GAME/ OLD MAID/ PARKER BROTHERS,/ SALEM, MASS. U.S.A."; board with a winding blue and pink path of rectangles broken by cartouches printed with instructions such as, "Rushes matters. Go to Proposal" and "Papa says no Go back to Proposal"; at end of path are two hearts labled "Yes" and "No".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.637
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The BOARD GAME/ OLD MAID/ PARKER BROTHERS,/ SALEM, MASS. U.S.A."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
44148
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Fortune Teller
Classification:
Date:
1905
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, metal
Dimensions:
box: 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 19 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
"The Fortune Teller" table game with a chromolithographed image of a female gypsy fortune teller holding a metal rod on an easel with a spinning disk behind with three lithographed rings of playing cards; paper instruction and explanation booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with the same gypsy fortune teller as on the easel; box cover inscribed, "THE/ Fortune/ Teller/ A/ NOVEL/ AND/ Exciting/ GAME/ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ SPRINGFIELD, MASS/ 4303".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.306
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ Fortune/ Teller/ A/ NOVEL/ AND/ Exciting/ GAME/ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ SPRINGFIELD, MASS/ 4303"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1905
eMuseum Object ID:
44147
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dominoes
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1875
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 6 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 16.8 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Warner's Safe Yeast Domino Advertising game with 23 wooden domino tiles in a wooden box with a sliding lid; lid printed, "Compliments of your Grocer/ WARNER'S SAFE YEAST/ ALWAYS KEPT IN STOCK./ THE BEST; THE STRONGEST/ BUY OF YOUR DRUGGIST/ Warner's Safe Remedies, / ALSO/ Warner's Log Cabin Remedies,/ LOG CABIN SARSAPARILLA./ THE LARGEST BOTTLE THE BEST."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.505
Marks:
printed: on the lid: "Compliments of your Grocer/ WARNER'S SAFE YEAST/ ALWAYS KEPT IN STOCK./ THE BEST; THE STRONGEST/ BUY OF YOUR DRUGGIST/ Warner's Safe Remedies, / ALSO/ Warner's Log Cabin Remedies,/ LOG CABIN SARSAPARILLA./ THE LARGEST BOTTLE THE BEST
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
44146
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Avilude or Game of Birds
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1873
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 6 1/8 x 4 3/8 in. ( 1.9 x 15.6 x 11.1 cm )
Description:
"Avilude or Game of Birds" card game with 65 playing cards with images of birds and two instruction booklets in a paper covered cardboard box with an image of a robin on a branch on the cover; box cover inscribed, "AVILUDE/ OR/ GAME OF BIRDS/ WEST & LEE,/ Worchester, Mass./ PRICE/ Patent Applied for./ 75 CTS."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.673
Marks:
printed: on the box cover: "AVILUDE/ OR/ GAME OF BIRDS/ WEST & LEE,/ Worchester, Mass./ PRICE/ Patent Applied for./ 75 CTS."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1873
eMuseum Object ID:
44145
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The new Game of Cock Robin and His Tragic Death
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 11.4 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
"The new Game of Cock Robin and His Tragic Death" card game with 45 playing cards with 12 chromolithographed picture cards, 33 answer cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with an image of a bird with an arrow in his breast and a medallion image of a bird with a bow and arrow; box cover inscribed, "THE NEW/ GAME OF/ COCK/ ROBIN./ AND HIS/ TRAGICAL/ DEATH/ McLAUGHLIN BROS, N.Y."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.644
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE NEW/ GAME OF/ COCK/ ROBIN./ AND HIS/ TRAGICAL/ DEATH/ McLAUGHLIN BROS, N.Y."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
44144
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
























