Improved Historical Cards
Classification:
Date:
1884
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 9 3/8 x 6 in. ( 3.8 x 23.8 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Card game "Improved Historical Cards" with 123 playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of a medieval box cover inscribed, "IMPROVED/ HISTORICAL/ CARDS/ Mc. LOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK./ COPYRIGHT/ 1884."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.618
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "IMPROVED/ HISTORICAL/ CARDS/ Mc. LOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK./ COPYRIGHT/ 1884."
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:
1884
eMuseum Object ID:
44062
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Magnetic Jack Straws
Classification:
Date:
1891
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. ( 1.9 x 14 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
"Magnetic Jack Straws" table game with 31 metal wire pick-up-sticks, some with wooden blocks attatched, and three magnetic metal hooks in a paper covered cardboard box; box chromolithographed with a family including a father, mother, grandmother and three children around a parlor table playing Jack Sraws; box cover inscribed, "MAGNETIC/ JACK STRAWS/TRADE MARK REGISTERED./ INTERESTING, UNIQUE, CAPTIVATING TO YOUNG AND OLD/ COPYRIGHT 1891 BY E. I HORSMAN".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.697
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "MAGNETIC/ JACK STRAWS/TRADE MARK REGISTERED./ INTERESTING, UNIQUE, CAPTIVATING TO YOUNG AND OLD/ COPYRIGHT 1891 BY E. I HORSMAN"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
44058
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Old Fashioned Jack Straws
Classification:
Date:
1888
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 x 6 in. ( 2.5 x 22.9 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
"Old Fashioned Jack Straws" table game with 87 wooden pick-up-sticks in the shape of farm tools, 3 wooden balls and a metal hook with a wooden handle in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with three children playing jack straws; box cover lithographed, "OLD FASHIONED/ JACK/ STRAWS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.688
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "OLD FASHIONED/ JACK/ STRAWS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
44057
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
British Soldiers Past and Present
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1894
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
box: 2 1/4 x 13 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. ( 5.7 x 33.7 x 28.6 cm )
Description:
"British Soldiers Past and Present" eight partial picture puzzles of British Soldiers dressed in costumes of eight periods; booklet with completed puzzle pictures and images of individual soldiers and weapons of these periods; box cover and booklet printed with images of four soldiers dressed in costumes fromm 1660, 1750, 1815 and 1894 and the inscription, "BRITISH SOLDIERS/ PAST AND PRESENT/ THEIR DRESS/ AND EQUIPMENT/ FROM 1660/ TO/ DATE/ BY R SIMPKIN/ 1660/ 1750/ 1815/ 1894/ LONDON --FREDERICK WARNE & CO --and NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.297
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "BRITISH SOLDIERS/ PAST AND PRESENT/ THEIR DRESS/ AND EQUIPMENT/ FROM 1660/ TO/ DATE/ BY R SIMPKIN/ 1660/ 1750/ 1815/ 1894/ LONDON --FREDERICK WARNE & CO --and NEW YORK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1894
eMuseum Object ID:
44048
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Clemen's Silent Teacher: Dissected Map of the U.S., State of New York
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
Overall (puzzle completed): 11 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. (28.6 x 47 cm)
Description:
"Clemen's Silent Teacher: Dissected Map of the U.S., State of New York" two-sided picture puzzle with an image of the State of New York on one side broken into counties and the other an advertisment for White Sewing Machines with a personifaction of Liberty holding a laurel wreath in an outstretched and pointing to a "White" sewing maching in a medallion above male personifications of Industry leaning on an anvil and Invention holding a book and a scroll and surrounded by lab equipment, paint supplies and more books with an image of a sewing machine between them; reverse of the puzzle inscribed, "WHITE/ THE BEST IN THE WORLD/ SEWING/ MACHINE/ THE WHITE/ SIMPLICITY, UNSURPASSED/ MANUFACTURED BY THE/ WHITE SEWING MACHINE CO./ CLEVELAND O./ W. J. MORGAN & CO. LITH. CLEVELAND, O."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.256
Marks:
lithographed: on the reverse of the puzzle: "WHITE/ THE BEST IN THE WORLD/ SEWING/ MACHINE/ THE WHITE/ SIMPLICITY, UNSURPASSED/ MANUFACTURED BY THE/ WHITE SEWING MACHINE CO./ CLEVELAND O./ W. J. MORGAN & CO. LITH. CLEVELAND, O."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
44047
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Historical Puzzle Box
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
each (puzzle): 13 x 18 in. (33 x 45.7 cm)
Box (top): 13 1/8 x 18 1/2 in. (33.3 x 47 cm)
Description:
"Historical Puzzle Box" set of two thirty paper covered cardboard piece puzzles, one of a colonial drum and fyfe corp marching to battle and the other an image of a battle between red coated colonial British troops and a colonial Massachussetts regiment carrying pine tree flags with a harbor in the background; box top chromolithographed with the two puzzle images and an image of Washington crossing the Delaware divided by an American bald eagle pearch on a U.S. shield; box top inscribed, "HISTORICAL/ PUZZLE/ BOX/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.364
Marks:
lithographed: on the box top: "HISTORICAL/ PUZZLE/ BOX/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
44046
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Horse Scroll Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
1898
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/8 x 18 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. ( 2.9 x 46.4 x 34.9 cm )
Description:
"The Horse Scroll Puzzle" partial picture puzzle (forty-four paper covered cardboard pieces) of a grey horse and her foal in a paper covered wood and cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with identical image and the inscription, "THE/ HORSE/ SCROLL/ PUZZLE/COPYRIGHT 1898 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.365
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ HORSE/ SCROLL/ PUZZLE/COPYRIGHT 1898 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
44045
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Cow Scroll Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
1898
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/8 x 18 x 13 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 45.7 x 34.6 cm )
Description:
"The Cow Scroll Puzzle" partial picture puzzle (fifty-one paper covered cardboard pieces) of a cow and her calf in front of a hay covered barn in a paper covered wood and cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with identical image and the inscription, "THE/ COW/ SCROLL/ PUZZLE/COPYRIGHT 1898 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.363
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ COW/ SCROLL/ PUZZLE/COPYRIGHT 1898 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
44044
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Automobile Scroll Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
1903
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 46.4 x 34.9 cm )
Description:
"Automobile Scroll Puzzle" with sixty-nine paper covered cardboard puzzle pieces (one missing) of a woman and four children riding in an open, chaufer driven car with luggage piled on top in a paper covered wood and cardboard box; identical puzzle image chromolithographed on the box cover and the inscription, "AUTOMOBILE/ SCROLL PUZZLE/ COPYRIGHT 1903/ by McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.722
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "AUTOMOBILE/ SCROLL PUZZLE/ COPYRIGHT 1903/ by McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1903
eMuseum Object ID:
44043
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Picture puzzles (2)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Each (puzzle, completed): 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
Description:
Two paper covered cardboard puzzles with four rectangular strip pieces each; one puzzle chromolithographed with an image of little red riding hood meeting the wolf on a road with a house in the background and the inscription, "O/ B/ E/ Y/ CAN YOU/ TELL ME/ WHO/ THIS IS?"; second puzzle chromolithographed with an image of Beauty and the Beast with Beauty seated at a dressing table and the inscription, "L/ O/ V/ E/ DID THE/ BEAST/ HARM/ BEAUTY?".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.416
Marks:
lithographed: on one puzzle: "O/ B/ E/ Y/ CAN YOU/ TELL ME/ WHO/ THIS IS?"
lithographed: on the other puzzle: "L/ O/ V/ E/ DID THE/ BEAST/ HARM/ BEAUTY?"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
44042
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.



















