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

Classification: 
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.

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