The Game of American History

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/8 x 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 2.9 x 21 x 14 cm )
Description: 
Card game "The Game of American History" with 58 playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with an American bald eagle perched on a U.S. shield surround with four medallions; in the medallions are images of John Smith tied to a tree beside Native-Americans dancing around a fire, Columbus holding a flag on a beach, the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac, and a dead British soldier in the center of a dirt road; box cover inscribed, "The Game of/ AMERICAN/ HISTORY/ Published/ BY PARKER BROTHERS/ Salem, Mass."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.767
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "The Game of/ AMERICAN/ HISTORY/ Published/ BY PARKER BROTHERS/ Salem, Mass."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
44031
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hidden Titles: Fun for Parties

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1910
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/8 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 16.5 x 13 cm )
Description: 
"Hidden Titles: Fun for Parties" card game with an instruction sheet and 30 cards representing geographical titles in lithographed pictures in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a geometric design in pastel colors; box cover inscribed, "FUN FOR PARTIES/ HIDDEN/ TITLES/ PARKER BROTHERS/ INCORPORATED/ SALEM, MASS., NEW YORK/ LONDON".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.546
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "FUN FOR PARTIES/ HIDDEN/ TITLES/ PARKER BROTHERS/ INCORPORATED/ SALEM, MASS., NEW YORK/ LONDON".
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
44030
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

What's His Name?

Classification: 
Date: 
1902
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. ( 2.2 x 11.4 x 14.6 cm )
Description: 
"What's His Name?" card game with instruction booklet, advertisting sheet and 25 playing cards printed with questions about famous men in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with two women and a man plying a card game in a medallion surrounded by flowers; box cover inscribed, "WHAT'S/ HIS NAME?/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U. S. A."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.540
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "WHAT'S/ HIS NAME?/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U. S. A."
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: 
1902
eMuseum Object ID: 
44029
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Choice Thoughts from Longfellow

Classification: 
Date: 
1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 12.1 x 9.5 cm )
Description: 
"Choice Thoughts from Longfellow" card game with a direction booklet, a sheet with a list of poems and 95 cards with quotations from Longfellow's poems on each in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a yellow house; box cover inscribed, "CHOICE THOUGHTS/ FROM/ LONGFELLOW".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.521
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "CHOICE THOUGHTS/ FROM/ LONGFELLOW"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
44028
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Gavitt's Stock Exchange

Classification: 
Date: 
1903
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 6.4 x 8.9 cm )
Description: 
"Gavitt's Stock Exchange" card game with 49 playing cards, an instruction card, a patent card and an advertising card in a cardboard box; box covered printed, "Gavitt's/ Stock Exchange/ TRADE MARK/ (G-S-E)/ Copyrighted, 1903. Patented Oct. 12, Dec. 8, 1903 and Sept. 15, 1896, by Harry E. Gavitt. Protected/ in Canada and Great Britain./ The Great/ College and Society/ Card Game./ FUN AND EXCITEMENT FOR/ THE YOUNG AND OLD./ CORNER THE BURLESQUE STOCK MARKET./ This Package Contains One of our Regular/ 50 cent Games of White Cards./ PRICE 35 CENTS/ MANUFACTURED ONLY BY/ W. W. Gavitt Printing and Publishing Co./ Three Buildings. TOPEKA, KANSAS, U.S.A."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.450
Marks: 
printed: on the obverse: "Gavitt's/ Stock Exchange/ TRADE MARK/ (G-S-E)/ Copyrighted, 1903. Patented Oct. 12, Dec. 8, 1903 and Sept. 15, 1896, by Harry E. Gavitt. Protected/ in Canada and Great Britain./ The Great/ College and Society/ Card Game./ FUN AND
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1903
eMuseum Object ID: 
44027
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Brownie's Picnic: A Picture Puzzle

Classification: 
Date: 
1894
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/4 x 12 3/8 x 10 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 31.4 x 27.3 cm )
Description: 
"The Brownie's Picnic: A Picture Puzzle" picture puzzle with thirty-two paper covered cardboard pieces with "Brownies" or elves picnicing, swinging in a swimming hole, climbing a tree, chasing each other and playing instruments on a bandstand; box cover chromolithographed with a "Brownie" in a top hat and tuxedo, a Brownie holding a loaf of bread, four Brownies arguing and a frame of Brownies chasing one another; box cover inscribed "THE/ BROWNIES'/ PICNIC/ A PICTURE PUZZLE/ COPYRIGHT/ 1894/PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS U.S.A."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.247
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ BROWNIES'/ PICNIC/ A PICTURE PUZZLE/ COPYRIGHT/ 1894/PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS U.S.A."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1894
eMuseum Object ID: 
44017
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Starry Banner ABC and Pretty Picture Blocks

Classification: 
Date: 
1898
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/8 x 16 x 13 in. ( 2.9 x 40.6 x 33 cm )
Description: 
"The Starry Banner ABC and Pretty Picture Blocks"eighteen paper covered cardboard blocks all chromolithographed with letters of the alphabet on the narrow sides, nine blocks printed with children ddressed in period costumes one one side and flowers on the other, nine blocks lithographed with medallion portraits of girls on american flag back grounds on one side ans images of personified animals on the other; paper covered cardboard box with a chromolithographed images of Uncle Sam riding a horse and three blocks on a starry background; box cover chromolithographed with the nscription, "THE/ STARRY BANNER/ ABC/ AND/ PRETTY PICTURE BLOCKS/ COPYRIGHT/ 1898/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.289
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ STARRY BANNER/ ABC/ AND/ PRETTY PICTURE BLOCKS/ COPYRIGHT/ 1898/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1898
eMuseum Object ID: 
44016
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Chopped Up Niggers: Puzzles to Put Together

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1875
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 7/8 x 8 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. ( 4.8 x 22.2 x 27 cm )
Description: 
"Chopped Up Niggers: Puzzles to Put Together" with sixteen paper covered cardboard picture puzzle pieces belonging to two different puzzles; paper covered wooden box chromolithographed with a caricature of an African-American minstrel ringing a bell dressed in a blue jacket and red and white striped pants and shirt with two other figures in the background; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "CHOPPED UP NIGGERS/ PUZZLES/ TO PUT/ TOGETHER/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. PUBLISHERS NEW-YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.389
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "CHOPPED UP NIGGERS/ PUZZLES/ TO PUT/ TOGETHER/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. PUBLISHERS NEW-YORK"
Gallery Label: 
McLoughlin Brothers introduced the blatantly sadistic jigsaw puzzle Chopped Up Niggers in 1874.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1875
eMuseum Object ID: 
44015
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Model Building Blocks

Classification: 
Date: 
1870
Medium: 
Wood, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 3 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. ( 8.3 x 22.2 x 29.2 cm )
Description: 
"Model Building Blocks" set of 53 wooden building blocks, mostly flat and rectangular, some baluster shaped in a wooden box with a paper label appled to the top; label chromolithographed with a boy and a girl building a castle out of blocks; box top lithographed with the inscription, "MODEL/ BUILDING BLOCKS/ PATENTED MARCH 22, 1870/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW-YORK"; paper intruction booklet.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.368
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "MODEL/ BUILDING BLOCKS/ PATENTED MARCH 22, 1870/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW-YORK"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1870
eMuseum Object ID: 
44014
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Birdie Blocks

Classification: 
Date: 
1898
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 5/8 x 11 x 8 1/4 in. ( 4.1 x 27.9 x 21 cm )
Description: 
"Birdie Blocks" eighteen square construction picture blocks with the corners drilled out and a cut in the center of one side; each block with a chromolithographed image of a bird applied to one side of the block and five letters in meddalions applied to the opposite side; twenty-two wooden disks which hold the blocks together; one paper sheet with block configurations printed; cardboard box with a chromolithographed image of three children playing with "Birdie Bloocks" in an oval frame of the blocks on the cover; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "BIRDIE BLOCKS/ PATENTE JAN. 18, 1898".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.249
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "BIRDIE BLOCKS/ PATENTE JAN. 18, 1898"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1898
eMuseum Object ID: 
44013
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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