A Peep at the Circus

Classification: 
Date: 
1887
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Container (box): 2 1/4 × 10 1/4 × 12 1/4 in. (5.7 × 26 × 31.1 cm)
Description: 
"A Peep at the Circus" set of two eighteen paper covered cardboard picture puzzles, one of a clown dressed in a red and white stiped and blue and white star suit with a conical hat having tea at a table with an elephant, the other is of a horse trainer and two horses in a paper covered wood and cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with the elphant puzzle image and the inscription, "A PEEP/ At THE/ CIRCUS PICTURE/ PUZZLE/ [DISSECTED]/ COPYRIGHTED 1887 BY McLOUGHLIN BRO'S NEW-YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.246
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "A PEEP/ At THE/ CIRCUS PICTURE/ PUZZLE/ [DISSECTED]/ COPYRIGHTED 1887 BY McLOUGHLIN BRO'S NEW-YORK"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1887
eMuseum Object ID: 
44041
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Game of Playing Department Store

Classification: 
Date: 
1898
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 15 in. ( 3.8 x 57.2 x 38.1 cm )
Description: 
"The Game of Playing Department Store" board game with fifty-two circular counters yellow on one side and black on the other and forty-two round cards representing money with denominations between ten cents and five dollars stored under a flap on the right side of the paper covered cardboard game board; board applied to the top of the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard and wood box; board chromolithographed with fourteen store departments divided as triangles around a star in the center meant to hold an indicator, each department, including China, Grocery, Toys, candy, etc., has examples of the goods they sell and their prices; box cover chromolithographed with nine children playing department store, with used boots, fabric and jars of food set up on crates and a barrel; box cover lithographed, "THE GAME OF/ PLAYING/ DEPARTMENT/ STORE/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK"; instructions printed on the underside of the box cover.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.715
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE GAME OF/ PLAYING/ DEPARTMENT/ STORE/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK"
Gallery Label: 
The box cover and gameboard of The Game of Playing Department Store demonstrate the bold, vivid chromolithography characteristic of the best 19th-century board games. Inspired by a recent American innovation -- shopping emporiums selling a wide variety of goods under one roof -- the game encouraged players to accumulate the greatest quantity of goods while spending their money as economically as possible.
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: 
1898
eMuseum Object ID: 
44040
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Rival Policemen

Classification: 
Date: 
1896
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/2 x 20 7/8 x 12 1/4 in. ( 3.8 x 53 x 31.1 cm )
Description: 
"Rival Policemen: A New Comic Game" board game with a lead policeman playing piece, a wooden dice cup, one wooden playing piece and a paper covered game board applied over the tp of the bottom half of the wood and cardboard box; flap at bottom of board lifts to reveal playing implements; board chromolithographed with a grid of gold streets representing city blocks with buildings and parks in each; box cover lithographed with three policemen chasing a crook carring a rolled bed mat and a sack; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "RIVAL/ POLICEMEN/ A NEW COMIC GAME/ Copyrighted 1896/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ New York"; directions printed on the underside of the box cover.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.711
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "RIVAL/ POLICEMEN/ A NEW COMIC GAME/ Copyrighted 1896/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ New York"
Gallery Label: 
With the vivid graphics and oversize box typical of McLoughlin Brothers' best work, Rival Policemen is highly coveted by today's board game collectors. Players representing rival police forces compete to capture the greatest number of crooks roaming the city's streets. Rival Policemen was inspired by a tense period in New York City's history when a state-controlled police force and the city's police worked simultaneously -- but not necessarily cooperatively -- to protect the city.
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: 
1896
eMuseum Object ID: 
44039
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Cash: Honesty is the Best Policy

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/8 x 14 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 36.2 x 21 cm )
Description: 
"Cash: Honesty is the Best Policy" board game with four wooden playing pieces, a cardboard spinner with a metal arrow and the dirctions printed below and a chromolithographed cardboard board in a paper covered cardboard box; chromolithographed board with a grid of multicolored numbered squares, some with directions, all around a rectangle with a boy carrying a package and a boy walking away from a cashier's window; cover lithographed with a boy carrying a package with women examining fabric at a counter in the background; box lithographed with the inscription, "CASH/ HONESTY/ IS THE/ BEST/ POLICY/ MANUFACTURED BY/ J. H. SINGER/ NEW YORK, U.S.A.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.758
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "CASH/ HONESTY/ IS THE/ BEST/ POLICY/ MANUFACTURED BY/ J. H. SINGER/ NEW YORK, U.S.A."
Gallery Label: 
The simple game of Cash provided those who could afford the $1.50 game with the opportunity to climb the ladder from errand boy to millionaire.
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: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
44038
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Newport Yacht Race

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1891
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 19 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 50.2 x 26.7 cm )
Description: 
"The Newport Yacht Race" board game with two chromolithographed cardboard yacht playing pieces on wooden stands, a cardoard spinner with a metal arrow and a paper game board applied to the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard box; board chromolithographed with a red and gold path from Newport, RI around block Island and back with sailboats and steam ferries on the water and anchors in the four corners; box cover lithographed with five children playing in a beached rowboat in the lower right corner and two racing sailboats in the upper left; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "THE/ NEWPORT YACHT/ RACE/ AN EXCITING GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.294
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ NEWPORT YACHT/ RACE/ AN EXCITING GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1891
eMuseum Object ID: 
44037
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Rambles Through Our Country

Classification: 
Date: 
1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood, canvas
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/8 x 13 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 33.3 x 23.2 cm )
Description: 
"Rambles Through Our Country" board game with a chromolithographed paper on canvas board, six cardboard playing pieces, two cardboard and wooden teetotems (stored in a small circular cardboard box), a paper instruction and playing manual and two advertising booklets in a paper covered cardboard box; board a large multicolored map of the United States with the state flower and industries printed in each, medallion in the upper right corner with the Statue of Liberty; box cover chromolithographed with an image of a waterfall and flowers; lithographed inscription on the box cover, "COPYRIGHT/ BY THE/ AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO./ 1881-1890./ HARTFORD, CONN./ RAMBLES/ THROUGH/ OUR COUNTRY/ AN INSTRUCTIVE/ GEOGRAPHICAL/ GAME/ SCHAEFER & WEISENBACH LITHO. 129 & [?] CROSBY ST. NY"; trains lithographed on the aprons.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.446
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "COPYRIGHT/ BY THE/ AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO./ 1881-1890./ HARTFORD, CONN./ RAMBLES/ THROUGH/ OUR COUNTRY/ AN INSTRUCTIVE/ GEOGRAPHICAL/ GAME/ SCHAEFER & WEISENBACH LITHO. 129 & [?] CROSBY ST. NY"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
44036
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 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 11.4 x 15.9 cm )
Description: 
"Old Fashioned Jack Straws" table game with 57 wooden pick-up-sticks in the shape of farm tools, an instruction sheet and a metal hook with a wooden handle in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with two children in colonial style dress surrounded by pick-up-sticks; box cover lithographed, "OLD FASHIONED/ JACK STRAWS/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS/ NEW YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.653
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "OLD FASHIONED/ JACK STRAWS/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS/ NEW YORK."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1888
eMuseum Object ID: 
44035
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Old Fashioned Jack Straws

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 7 3/4 x 6 in. ( 2.5 x 19.7 x 15.2 cm )
Description: 
"Old Fashioned Jack Straws" table game with 78 wooden pick-up-sticks in the shape of farm tools in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover stamped in gold, "OLD/ FASHIONED/ JACK/ STRAWS/ NEW YORK/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.652
Marks: 
stamped: on the box cover: "OLD/ FASHIONED/ JACK/ STRAWS/ NEW YORK/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS"
Gallery Label: 
In the game of Jack Straws (the Victorian version of today's pick-up sticks), wooden "straws" shaped like farming implements are spread on the table and players try to remove them one-by-one without disturbing the other straws.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
44034
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Jack Straws New Edition

Classification: 
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 )
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
Object Number: 
2000.669
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "JACK/ STRAWS/ NEW EDITION/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM * MASS * USA"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1895
eMuseum Object ID: 
44033
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Uncle Sam's Family

Classification: 
Date: 
1876
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7/8 x 4 1/4 x 6 in. ( 2.2 x 10.8 x 15.2 cm )
Description: 
Card game "Uncle Sam's Family" with 52 playing cards and an instruction card in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with an image of Uncle Sam carrying a gun; box cover inscribed, "UNCLE SAM'S FAMILY/ CHRONICLES OF/ FOR/ 100 YEARS/ NOYES & SNOW/ SUCCRS TO/ West & Lee Game Co./ WORCHESTER, MASS."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.764
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "UNCLE SAM'S FAMILY/ CHRONICLES OF/ FOR/ 100 YEARS/ NOYES & SNOW/ SUCCRS TO/ West & Lee Game Co./ WORCHESTER, MASS."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1876
eMuseum Object ID: 
44032
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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