Transparent Slate
Classification:
Date:
1873
Medium:
Wood, glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 1.3 x 10.2 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
"Transparent slate" drawing slate with a wood frame and a glass top; print of "Whiting and his Cat" inside the slate.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.461
Marks:
printed: on the interior print: "WHITING/ AND HIS CAT/ 4 XPLANATION/ C/ OTHER SIDE/ By S. Lloyd, author of Pony Puzzle, Trick Mules, etc., Box 98, Elizabeth, N. J./ Entered according to Act of Congress, the the year 1873, with the Librarian of Congress."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1873
eMuseum Object ID:
44109
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The T. A. Snider Diamond Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Box: 1/4 x 4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 0.6 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm )
Overall (puzzle completed): 6 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. (17.5 x 17.1 cm)
Description:
"The T. A. Snider Diamond Puzzle" advertising puzzle with ten pieces in a trapezoidal cardboard box; each chromolithographed puzzle piece has an advertisement for a Snider product including soup, catsup, and chili sauce; box cover printed, "THE/ T. A. SNIDER/ DIAMOND/ PUZZLE/ CINCINNATI, O./ DIRECTIONS./ Place the enclosed ten/ cards, printed side/ up, so as to form/ a perfect/ square./ On receipt of Ten Cents/ a duplicate of this puzzle will be/ sent post paid to any address./ THE T. A. SNIDER/ PRESERVE CO./ Cincinatti, O./ USA".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.707
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ T. A. SNIDER/ DIAMOND/ PUZZLE/ CINCINNATI, O./ DIRECTIONS./ Place the enclosed ten/ cards, printed side/ up, so as to form/ a perfect/ square./ On receipt of Ten Cents/ a duplicate of this puzzle will be/ sent post pa
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
44108
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Magic Dots for Little Tots
Classification:
Date:
1907
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 11.4 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
"Magic Dots for Little Tots" table game with 9 geometric and floral perforated templates, 315 multicolored cardboard dots to place in each template and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a girl with pink bows in her hair playing with her magic dot set; box cover inscribed, "MAGIC/ DOTS/ for/ LITTLE/ TOTS/ 4482/ MILTON BRADLEY CO. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. PATENTED DEC. 17-1907."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.315
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "MAGIC/ DOTS/ for/ LITTLE/ TOTS/ 4482/ MILTON BRADLEY CO. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. PATENTED DEC. 17-1907."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1907
eMuseum Object ID:
44107
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Gems of Art
Classification:
Date:
1880
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 2.2 x 15.9 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
"Gems of Art" card game with 48 playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of a statue of Diana and the faun; box cover inscribed, "GEMS OF ART/ A NEW INSTRUCTIVE/ AND/ ENTERTAINING GAME/ FIVE ENTIRELY NEW/ GAMES CAN BE/ PLAYED WITH THESE CARDS/ PUBLISHED BY/ SELCHOW & RIGHTER, N.Y./ COPYRIGHT 1880 BY C. G. HARGER. JR."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.402
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GEMS OF ART/ A NEW INSTRUCTIVE/ AND/ ENTERTAINING GAME/ FIVE ENTIRELY NEW/ GAMES CAN BE/ PLAYED WITH THESE CARDS/ PUBLISHED BY/ SELCHOW & RIGHTER, N.Y./ COPYRIGHT 1880 BY C. G. HARGER. JR."
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:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
44106
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wyhoo: A Game for Old and Young
Classification:
Date:
1906
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. ( 2.9 x 15.9 x 22.2 cm )
Description:
"Wyhoo: A Game for Old and Young" card game with 10 sets of numbered cards 1 through 10 and 10 "Wyhoo" cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an elf riding a grasshopper; box cover inscribed, "WYHOO/ A GAME/ FOR/ Old and/ Young/ EASY TO LEARN/ NOVEL AND AMUSING./ 4049/ MILTON BRADLEY CO. SPRINGFIELD, MASS."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.701
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "WYHOO/ A GAME/ FOR/ Old and/ Young/ EASY TO LEARN/ NOVEL AND AMUSING./ 4049/ MILTON BRADLEY CO. SPRINGFIELD, MASS."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1906
eMuseum Object ID:
44105
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of Luck
Classification:
Date:
1909
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 14 x 17.1 cm )
Description:
"Game of Luck" card game with ten chromolithographed playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of two hobos walking on train tracks; box cover inscribed, "GAME OF/ LUCK/ MILTON BRADLEY CO. SPRINFIELD, MASS."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.670
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ LUCK/ MILTON BRADLEY CO. SPRINFIELD, MASS."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1909
eMuseum Object ID:
44104
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pit: Exciting Fun for Everyone
Classification:
Date:
1919
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 5 3/8 x 4 in. ( 2.5 x 13.7 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
"Pit: Exciting Fun for Everyone" card game with an instruction sheet and 65 playing cards with backs showing a large steamship, tugboat and a train at a wharf, faces show a trading pit and are printed with seven commodities and a bull and a bear in a paper covered cardboard box; box inscribed, "PIT/ TRADE MARK/ REGISTERED U.S. PATENT OFFICE/ AND IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES/ Exciting Fun for Everyone/ PARKER BROTHERS/ INCORPORATED/ SALEM, MASS., NEW YORK, LONDON".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.401
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "PIT/ TRADE MARK/ REGISTERED U.S. PATENT OFFICE/ AND IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES/ Exciting Fun for Everyone/ PARKER BROTHERS/ INCORPORATED/ SALEM, MASS., NEW YORK, LONDON"
Gallery Label:
Introduced in 1904, the lively trading game Pit simulates the ups and downs, desperate deals, and nonstop action of an actual trading floor. Speculation in such important commodities as corn and gold made and lost fortunes for traders competing in the capital of capitalism, New York.
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:
1919
eMuseum Object ID:
44102
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Twenty-five Soldiers on Parade
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Container (box): 1 1/4 × 11 × 9 1/2 in. (3.2 × 27.9 × 24.1 cm)
Description:
"25 Soldiers on Parade" paper soldier set in a box with fourteen paper soldiers in Prussian costume; each figure nailed to wooden stands; box cover lithographed with two rows of marching solders and inscribed, "25/ SOLDIERS/ ON/ PARADE/ SET No. 3./ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ New York."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.478
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "25/ SOLDIERS/ ON/ PARADE/ SET No. 3./ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ New York."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
44076
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
A. D. T. Messenger Boy
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1910
Medium:
Cardoard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 15 1/8 x 16 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 38.4 x 41.9 cm )
Description:
"A. D. T. Messenger Boy" board game consisting of paper covered cardboard board, four wooden game pieces in a paper covered cardboard box with cover illustration of boy in blue uniform and cap handing a piece of paper to a man at a desk; box cover inscribed, "A D T Messenger/ Boy/ A/ GAME/ 4033 MADE In U.S.A. MILTON BRADLEY Co., SPRINGFIELD, MASS"; board a spiral of circles divided by messenger boys, with some circles marked with description or instruction, such as "ABILITY Go To Clerk," with an illustration of "The President" seated at a desk in the center.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.338
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "A D T Messenger/ Boy/ A/ GAME/ 4033 MADE In U.S.A. MILTON BRADLEY Co., SPRINGFIELD, MASS"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
44075
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The News Boy Game
Classification:
Date:
1895
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 19 x 19 cm )
Description:
Board game with four wooden playing pieces, a cardboard spinner with a metal arrow and a paper board applied to the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard box; chromolithographed board with a winding path of red and blue circles leading from the 'Newsboys Home" to the 'Book and Stationary store"; cover lithographed with images of a boy running behind a three people with an armload of papers, and a boy hawking papers over a newspaper labeled "The Times"; box lithographed with the inscription, "THE/ NEWS/ BOY/ GAME/ COPYRIGHT 1895 BY PARKER BROTHERS, SALEM, MASS., U.S.A.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.336
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ NEWS/ BOY/ GAME/ COPYRIGHT 1895 BY PARKER BROTHERS, SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."
Inscriptions:
In pencil: underside of board: "Loren Ward/ Naples/ N.Y." and "R.J.D. #26"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
44074
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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