The Good Old Game of Proverbs

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/8 x 6 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 16.8 x 13 cm )
Description: 
"The Good Old Game of Proverbs" card game with 95 pink cards each printed with a proverb such as, "Wilful waste makes woeful want." and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed wiht an image of a seated woman reading a book; box cover inscribed, "THE GOOD/ OLD/ GAME OF/ PROVERBS/ PUBLISHED BY/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM,/ MASS. U.S.A."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.544
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE GOOD/ OLD/ GAME OF/ PROVERBS/ PUBLISHED BY/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM,/ MASS. U.S.A."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
43999
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Game of Words and Sentences

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1885
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 5/8 x 5 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 4.1 x 14.6 x 12.1 cm )
Description: 
"Game of Words and Sentences" table game with 288 cardboard tiles printed with letters in a paper-covered wood box; box cover has a chromolithographed image of a man and a woman in a medallion surrounded by flowering branches; underside of cover printed "POOL" within decorative border; box inscribed, "GAME OF/ WORDS/ AND/ SENTENCES/ MILTON BRADLEY & CO., Springfield, Mass."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.642
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ WORDS/ AND/ SENTENCES/ MILTON BRADLEY & CO., Springfield, Mass."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1885
eMuseum Object ID: 
43998
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Country Fair

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1891
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 16.5 x 12.1 cm )
Description: 
"The County Fair" card game with 15 salesmen and merchandise cards with sales people such as "The Excitable Produce Dealer" and "Cigar Peddler", 22 shopper cards including "Farmer" and "Pretty Girl", and 17 money cards in a paper covered cardboard box; cover chromolithographed with an image of a man and three boys in front of a tent flying an American flag; box inscribed, "THE COUNTY FAIR/ Published By/ PARKER BROTHERS/ Salem, Mass."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.647
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE COUNTY FAIR/ Published By/ PARKER BROTHERS/ Salem, Mass."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1891
eMuseum Object ID: 
43997
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Commerce

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 4 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 11.7 x 15.9 cm )
Description: 
"Commerce" card game consisting of 46 cards, with different commodities printed on each including oats, corn, cotton, sugar, etc. in cardboard box covered in paper; instruction booklet; cover illustration (in various colors) of a woman holding cards in one hand and the other raised above her head; box cover inscribed, "COMMERCE/ PUBLISHED BT THE J. OTTMANN LITH. CO. N. Y.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.760
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "COMMERCE/ PUBLISHED BT THE J. OTTMANN LITH. CO. N. Y."
Gallery Label: 
In the card game Commerce, the aim of the players is to collect all the cards of a certain commodity by yelling bids to the other players in an attempt to corner the market. Players do not take turns, but rather win their cards by out-yelling the other players. These actions resemble the frenzied trading pit in D.W. Griffiths' famous film, A Corner in Wheat (1909).
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: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
43996
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Game of Store

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 4 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 10.8 x 13.3 cm )
Description: 
"The Game of Store" card game consisting of 17 merchandise cards, with different illustrations (pumpkin, ham, pair of shoes, etc.) with name, amount, and price of food printed underneath; 29 cardboard tokens with values printed on obverse in cardboard box covered in paper; instruction booklet; cover illustration (in various colors) of storekeeper behind counter and a girl making a purchase; box cover inscribed, "GAME OF/ STORE/ MANUFACTURED BY/ J.H. SINGER/ NEW YORK, U.S.A.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.759
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ STORE/ MANUFACTURED BY/ J.H. SINGER/ NEW YORK, U.S.A."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
43995
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The North Atlantic Squadron Picture Puzzle

Classification: 
Date: 
1898
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. ( 4.4 x 48.9 x 22.2 cm )
Description: 
"The North Atlantic Squadron Picture Puzzle" picture puzzle with fifty paper covered cardboard pieces of the American North Atlantic Fleet with eighteen steam ships at sail on the ocean; puzzle inscribed, "NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET/ PURITAIN/ TERROR/ AMPHITRITE/ INDIANA/ NEWPORT/ IOWA/ HELENA/ CINCINNATI/ DETROIT/ NASHVILLE/ WILMINGTON/ CASTINE/ CUSHING/ WINSLOW/ ERICSSON/ DUPONT/ PORTER/ FOOTE./ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY F. D. MAHER/ ADMIRAL SAMPSON"; box cover has the identical image on it and the inscription, "THE/ NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON/ PICTURE PUZZLE./ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY F. D. MAHER".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.292
Marks: 
lithographed: on the puzzle: "NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET/ PURITAIN/ TERROR/ AMPHITRITE/ INDIANA/ NEWPORT/ IOWA/ HELENA/ CINCINNATI/ DETROIT/ NASHVILLE/ WILMINGTON/ CASTINE/ CUSHING/ WINSLOW/ ERICSSON/ DUPONT/ PORTER/ FOOTE./ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY F. D. MAHER/ ADMIR
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1898
eMuseum Object ID: 
43975
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The White Squadron Picture Puzzle: U.S. Cruiser No. 12 "Pirate"

Classification: 
Date: 
1892
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 5/8 x 12 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. ( 4.1 x 32.4 x 24.4 cm )
Description: 
"The White Squadron Picture Puzzle: U.S. Cruiser No. 12 "Pirate"" picture puzzle with forty paper covered cardboard pieces depicting the steam cruiser "Pirate" with three smokestacks at sea; box cover chromolithographed with the identical image and the inscription, "THE/ WHITE SQUADRON/ PICTURE PUZZLES./ U. S. CRUISER No. 12, "PIRATE"/ Copyrighted/ 1892/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S/ NEW YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.293
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ WHITE SQUADRON/ PICTURE PUZZLES./ U. S. CRUISER No. 12, "PIRATE"/ Copyrighted/ 1892/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S/ NEW YORK".
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1892
eMuseum Object ID: 
43974
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Natural History Jingles

Classification: 
Date: 
1880
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/8 x 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 23.5 x 18.4 cm )
Description: 
"Natural History Jingles" fifteen picture puzzles in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover illustrated with medallion portraits of a lion, a bird and a butterfly; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "NATURAL HISTORY/ JINGLES WHEN ARRANGED LIKE THESE/ IN THEIR NATURE CAN BUT PLEASE;/ NONE WHO PURCHASE THEM WILL MEET/ GAME OR PUZZLE MORE COMPLETE;/ LET THE RHYMES BE PLACED AMONG/ EASY LESSONS FOR THE YOUNG;/ SOME MAY WELL BE LEARNED AND SUNG./ LYMAN/ & CURTISS/ NEW-YORK/ COPYRIGHT, 1880, BY SEYMOUR LYMAN./ PAT. APPLIED FOR"; sixty-six rectangular cardboard strips making fifteen puzzles with animal representations such as a lion, wolf and parrot.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.418
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "NATURAL HISTORY/ JINGLES WHEN ARRANGED LIKE THESE/ IN THEIR NATURE CAN BUT PLEASE;/ NONE WHO PURCHASE THEM WILL MEET/ GAME OR PUZZLE MORE COMPLETE;/ LET THE RHYMES BE PLACED AMONG/ EASY LESSONS FOR THE YOUNG;/ SOME MAY WE
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
43973
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Locomotive Scroll Puzzle

Classification: 
Date: 
1898
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 x 12 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 32.4 x 26.7 cm )
Description: 
"The Locomotive Scroll Puzzle" thirty-two piece paper covered cardboard picture puzzle of a locomotive engine pulling out of a train station pulling a coal car behind with a signal man in the foreground; box cover chromolithographed with a differnet image of a train with three men in railroad uniforms in front and the inscription, "LOCOMOTIVE/ SCROLL/ PUZZLE/ Copyrighted 1898/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK./ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S/ NEW YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.366
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "LOCOMOTIVE/ SCROLL/ PUZZLE/ Copyrighted 1898/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK./ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S/ NEW YORK."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1898
eMuseum Object ID: 
43972
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Game of Mail Express or Accommodation

Classification: 
Date: 
1895
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, paper, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/4 x 22 5/8 x 15 in. ( 3.2 x 57.5 x 38.1 cm )
Description: 
"Game of Mail Express or Accommodation" board game with four lead train playing pieces, and thirty-one playing cards; paper board applied to the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard and wooden box; board printed with a map of the United States; cover lithographed with men shoveling snow off the tracks so a train can go by; box inscribed, "GAME OF/ MAIL, EXPRESS/ OR/ ACCOMMODATION/ COPYRIGHTED 1895 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.720
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ MAIL, EXPRESS/ OR/ ACCOMMODATION/ COPYRIGHTED 1895 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1895
eMuseum Object ID: 
43971
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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