Goody Two Shoes Spelling Game

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1880
Medium: 
Wood, paper, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. ( 6.4 x 24.1 x 20.6 cm )
Description: 
"Goody Two Shoes Spelling Game" wooden box with two metal hook and eye closures; box cover with an applied paper label with a chromolithographed image of a group of six children playing with the "Spelling Game" and the inscription, "GOODY TWO SHOES/ SPELLING GAME/ READING MADE EASY/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS N.Y."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.309
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "GOODY TWO SHOES/ SPELLING GAME/ READING MADE EASY/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS N.Y."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
44012
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Brownie's Scroll Puzzles: Skating and Snowballing

Classification: 
Date: 
1891
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 7/8 x 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( 4.8 x 33.7 x 26.7 cm )
Description: 
"The Brownie's Scroll Puzzles: Skating and Snowballing" set of two twenty-four paper covered cardboard piece picture puzzles with Palmer Cox's "Brownies" or elves in each; puzzles titled "Snowballing", Brownies having a snowball fight in a park and "Skating" with brownies skating on a pond with one who has fallen through the ice and a building in the background flying a New York City parks' flag; box cover lithographed with half of each puzzle divided by a blue banner; box cover inscribed "THE/ BROWNIE/ SCROLL PUZZLES./ SKATING &/ SNOWBALLING/ MANUFACTURED BY/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S/ NEW-YORK/ COPYRIGHTED/ 1891 by/ PALMER COX."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.248
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ BROWNIE/ SCROLL PUZZLES./ SKATING &/ SNOWBALLING/ MANUFACTURED BY/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S/ NEW-YORK/ COPYRIGHTED/ 1891 by/ PALMER COX."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1891
eMuseum Object ID: 
44011
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Game of Naval War

Classification: 
Date: 
1898
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 13 x 21 1/2 in. ( 33 x 54.6 cm )
Description: 
"The Game of Naval War" paper covered cardboard box top with a chromolithographed image of a naval battle with a gun deck in the foreground with crew members dying and ships in the background sinking and burning and two American ships coming to the rescue; cover inscribed, "THE/ GAME/ OF/ NAVAL WAR/ COPYRIGHT 1898/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY F. D. MAHER."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.290
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ GAME/ OF/ NAVAL WAR/ COPYRIGHT 1898/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY F. D. MAHER."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1898
eMuseum Object ID: 
44010
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bradley's Toy Village Fire Deparment Set

Classification: 
Date: 
1909
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. ( 1.9 x 22.2 x 29.8 cm )
Description: 
Miniature cardboard village in a box with five complete buildings including "Uncle Tom's Cabin", "Post Office", "Blacksmith's Shop", "Fire Department" and a house, two paper figures and a foldout town map; box cover lithographed with an image of a boy and girl playing with a village set on the floor of a porch while a mother holding a toddler looks on; box inscribed, "Bradley's/ TOY VILLAGE/ Fire Department Set/ 4420/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.441
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "Bradley's/ TOY VILLAGE/ Fire Department Set/ 4420/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1909
eMuseum Object ID: 
44009
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Game of Commercial Traveler

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1895
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/8 x 8 5/8 x 14 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 21.9 x 37.1 cm )
Description: 
"The Game of Commercial Traveler" board game with four turned wooden playing pieces, a cardboard spinner with a metal arrow and a paper board applied to the bottom half of a paper covered box; board lithographed with a map of the U.S. below the great lakes with train track paths; box cover chromlithographed with a man shopping; box cover inscribed, "The Game of/ Commercial/ Traveler/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.439
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "The Game of/ Commercial/ Traveler/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1895
eMuseum Object ID: 
44008
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Game of To the North Pole By Airship

Classification: 
Date: 
1897
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 19 1/2 x 10 3/8 in. ( 49.5 x 26.4 cm )
Description: 
"Game of To the North Pole By Airship" board game with the paper covered cardboard box top and the paper covered cardboard game board (no box or playing pieces); board chromolithographed with a map of Alaska extending toward the Nort Pole, which is under a rainbow with four tracks crossing the ocean and through the lanscape, to a grid at the top headed toward the North Pole; box cover chromolithographed with a group of men camped on an iceberg being attacked by to polar bears and an air ship above; box cover inscribed, "TO THE/ NORTH POLE/ by/ AIR SHIP/ COPYRIGHT 1897/ McLoughlin Brothers, New York/ 413".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.397
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "TO THE/ NORTH POLE/ by/ AIR SHIP/ COPYRIGHT 1897/ McLoughlin Brothers, New York/ 413"
Gallery Label: 
To the North Pole by Airship was probably inspired by the failed attempt of Swedish explorer Salomon Andrée to reach the arctic by balloon in 1897.
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: 
1897
eMuseum Object ID: 
44007
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Game of Jolly Tars

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1895
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions: 
Container (box): 7/8 × 9 × 15 in. (2.2 × 22.9 × 38.1 cm)
Description: 
"The Game of Jolly Tars" board game with four turned wooden playing pieces, a cardboard spinner with a metal arrow an apaper board applied to the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard box; board chromolithographed with a grid of blue squares between the northeast coast of the U.S. and the coasts of England and France with boats inbetween; board inscribed, "The Game of/ JOLLY/ TARS"; box cover chromolithographed with three sailors or "tars", one playing guitars, one dancing and another looking on on the deck of a boat with a steamship in the background; box cover inscribed, "The GAME of/ JOLLY/ TARS/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.467
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "The GAME of/ JOLLY/ TARS/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1895
eMuseum Object ID: 
44006
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Railroad Game

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 20 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 52.7 x 26 cm )
Description: 
"The Railroad Game" board game with twelve wooden playing pieces, a cardboard spinner with a metal arrow and a paper board applied to the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard and wood box; board chromolithographed with two winding paths of traintracks that move between four train depots with a landscape and buildings detailed in between; box cover chromolithographed with a train depot with four tracks, two trains are pulling in and two are stopped, one train labeled, "New York Central"; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "The RAILROAD/ GAME/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM MASS/ U.S.A."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.393
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "The RAILROAD/ GAME/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM MASS/ U.S.A."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
44005
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Tourist: A Railroad Game

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/8 x 11 x 7 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 27.9 x 18.1 cm )
Description: 
"The Tourist: A Railroad Game" table game with a paper instuction and tour guide booklet, four route tablets with wooden sticks throught the center, four wooden stands and fifty-seven ticket cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of a trin on tracks and of two passengers seatedinside a train; box cover inscribed, "THE TOURIST./ A RAILROAD GAME./ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ SPRINGFIELD/ MASS."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.433
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE TOURIST./ A RAILROAD GAME./ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ SPRINGFIELD/ MASS."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
44004
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Ben Hur or the Chariot Race

Classification: 
Date: 
1899
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, lead
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 3/4 x 23 3/8 x 16 1/4 in. ( 4.4 x 59.4 x 41.3 cm )
Description: 
"Ben Hur or the Chariot Race" board game with four lead chariot drivers and a pair of wooden dice in a paper covered cardboard box; game board applied across the bottom half of the box with a flap across one side to store the playing implements below; board chromolithographed with an oval race track with four lanes that represents the interior of a Roman arena with chariot drivers around the track and spectators in the stands; box cover chromolithographed with an image of a chariot driver with a winged helmet driving four black horses with another driver and spectators in arena stands in the background; box lithographed with the inscription, "BEN HUR/ OR THE CHARIOT RACE/ COPYRIGHT 1899, BY CHAFFEE & SELCHOW, NEW YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.361
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "BEN HUR/ OR THE CHARIOT RACE/ COPYRIGHT 1899, BY CHAFFEE & SELCHOW, NEW YORK".
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1899
eMuseum Object ID: 
44003
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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