Life's Mishaps: A Merry Game and Domino Rex

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1880
Medium: 
Wood, paper, cardboard, bone
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 3/4 x 7 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. ( 4.4 x 18.1 x 35.9 cm )
Description: 
"Life's Mishaps: A Merry Game and Domino Rex" board game with a hinged box that opens like a book with two boards on the interior; both sides with numbered medallions in the center labeled "DOMINO REX" and black and white checkerboards with domino marks on some of the black squares in the remaining areas; box opens to a circular board with "Life's Mishaps" chromolithographed on the reverse, circular path leading toward the center with 47 spaces, some of the spaces have images of a man having trouble with a series of tasks; game board slides into cardboard sleeve with a chromolithographed label with an image of a man running away from a chained dog inside the inscription, "LIFE'S MISHAPS/ A/ MERRY GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW-YORK"; playing pieces include thirty-six wooden playing pieces, a paper instruction booklet and six bone counters.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.675
Marks: 
lithographed: on the label: "LIFE'S MISHAPS/ A/ MERRY GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW-YORK"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
43970
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Game of Old Maid

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 7/8 x 5 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 2.2 x 13.7 x 10.8 cm )
Description: 
The Game of Old Maid" card game with 35 printed paper playing cards and an instruction card; cards printed in pairs with caricatures such as "Dandy Dick" and "Goose Jockey" printed on each and a single old maid; box cover chromolithographed with an image of an old maid seated having tea with a parrot behind her; box inscribed, "THE/ GAME of/ OLD MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., New York."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.626
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ GAME of/ OLD MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., New York."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
43969
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Grandmama's Improved Geographical Game

Classification: 
Date: 
1887
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 x 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 15.9 x 11.4 cm ) each card: 1 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description: 
"Grandmama's Improved Geographical Game" card game with 118 cards and an instruction and answer booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; each numbered card is printed with a question; answers are printed in a booklet with an image of an old woman printed on the pink paper cover; booklet inscribed, "DIRECTIONS and ANSWERS / TO/ GRANDMA'S/ GAME of GEOGRAPHY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., manufacturers,/ NEW YORK"; box cover lithographed with a group of seated children around a puppet theatre with an Egyptian backdrop; cover inscribed, "GRANDMAMA'S/ IMPROVED/ GEOGRAPHICAL/ GAME/ AROUND/ THE WORLD/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS./ N.Y."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.607
Marks: 
printed: on the instruction booklet: "DIRECTIONS and ANSWERS / TO/ GRANDMA'S/ GAME of GEOGRAPHY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., manufacturers,/ NEW YORK" lithographed: on the box cover: "GRANDMAMA'S/ IMPROVED/ GEOGRAPHICAL/ GAME/ AROUND/ THE WORLD/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS./
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1887
eMuseum Object ID: 
43968
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Game of Trip 'Round the World

Classification: 
Date: 
1897
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood, lead
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 5/8 x 22 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. ( 4.1 x 57.2 x 41.3 cm )
Description: 
"Game of Trip Around the World" board game with five lead yachts and three wooden dice cups in a paper covered cardboard game board applied across the top of the bottom half of the box; game board with a flap on the right sit that lifts to store playing pieces; board chromolithographed with a map of the world with a red path around the world starting in New York and ending in London, gold medals around the edge of the board with flags representing countries along the route; box cover with an image of Venice, Italy in the upper right corner and an image of three children riding a sea turtle on a beach with a steamship in the background in the lower left corner; box cover inscribed, "GAME OF/ TRIP/ ROUND/ THE/ WORLD/ Copyright 1897 by/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N.Y."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.376
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ TRIP/ ROUND/ THE/ WORLD/ Copyright 1897 by/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N.Y."
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: 
43967
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Horseless Carriage Race

Classification: 
Date: 
1900
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, paper, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 21 1/4 x 12 7/8 in. ( 2.5 x 54 x 32.7 cm )
Description: 
"The Horseless Carrige Race" board game with two lead cars, a cardboard spinner with a metal arrow and a paper gameboard applied to the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard box; board chromolithographed with a map of the U.S., southern Canada and northern Mexico with major cities such as New York, New Orleans, Mexico City, Los Angeles and Quebec depicted with a path of automobiles around the map; box cover with an image of a man and a woman riding in an early automobile with Niagra Falls, two bicyclists and automobiles in the background; box cover inscribed "THE HORSELESS CARRIAGE/ RACE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK/ COPYRIGHT 1900/ by McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.299
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE HORSELESS CARRIAGE/ RACE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK/ COPYRIGHT 1900/ by McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK".
Gallery Label: 
Just before the turn of the 20th century, a noisy new mode of transportation entered the American streetscape. The automobile, also known as the "horseless carriage," fascinated restless Americans, allowing them to travel and experience their nation at "top" speed.
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: 
43966
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Spedem Auto Race Game

Classification: 
Date: 
1929
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, metal, wood
Dimensions: 
Open (board): 17 5/8 × 17 1/4 in. (44.8 × 43.8 cm)
Description: 
"Spedem Auto Race Game" board game with a bi-fold paper covered cardboard game board and separate playing pieces box; playing pieces include a paper covered cardboard dice cup, six wooden die with the sides marked, "B/ D/ P/ S/ F/ M", six metal cars labeled, "DODGE", "FORD", "PAIGE", "STUTZ", "BUICK" and "MAX" and 12 handwritten cards numbered 1 through 6; board chromolithographed with a U-shaped six lane race track around a green with cars, men and three buildings; board inscribed, "SPE/ DEM/ AUTO RACE/ SPE/ DEM/ AUTO RACE/ START/ FINISH/ BLOW-OUT LOSE ONE THROW/ ACCIDENT RETURN TO START/ ALL-FAIR INCORPORATED CHURCHVILLE, N. Y. MADE IN U.S.A./ PATENTED APRIL 20, 1922"; label on the reverse of the board with a race car and the inscription, "AN ALL-FAIR GAME/ SPE/ DEM/ AUTO RACE/ GAME/ COPYRIGHT 1929 BY ALL-FAIR INCORPORATED CHURCHVILLE, N. Y. MADE IN U.S.A."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.513
Marks: 
lithographed: on the board: "SPE/ DEM/ AUTO RACE/ SPE/ DEM/ AUTO RACE/ START/ FINISH/ BLOW-OUT LOSE ONE THROW/ ACCIDENT RETURN TO START/ ALL-FAIR INCORPORATED CHURCHVILLE, N. Y. MADE IN U.S.A./ PATENTED APRIL 20, 1922" lithographed: on the board label: "
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1929
eMuseum Object ID: 
43965
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Around the World with Nellie Bly

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1910
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/8 x 16 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 42.2 x 42.2 cm )
Description: 
"Game of Round the World with Nellie Bly" board game with board, spinner, four turned wooden playing pieces and a paper instruction booklet in paper covered cardboard and wood box; board with a multicolored 73 step circular spiral path detailing a trip around the world starting and finishing in New York, center of board with image of lower manhattan, Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty, four corners printed with Nellie Bly, Jules Verne, a train and a steam ship; board inscribed, "NELLIE BLY/ THE WORLD'S GLOBE CIRCLER/ GOOD BY PHINEAS!/ JULES VERNE/ SPEEDING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC./ OVER A MILE A MINUTE./ ALL RECORDS BROKEN."; box cover with and image of Nellie Bly standing on a globe with an image of Venice in the background and an airplane above; box cover inscribed, "ROUND the WORLD/ with NELLIE BLY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ Incorporated/ NEW YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.447
Marks: 
lithographed: on the board: "NELLIE BLY/ THE WORLD'S GLOBE CIRCLER/ GOOD BY PHINEAS!/ JULES VERNE/ SPEEDING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC./ OVER A MILE A MINUTE./ ALL RECORDS BROKEN." lithographed: on the box cover: "ROUND the WORLD/ with NELLIE BLY/ McLOUGHLIN BR
Gallery Label: 
This game is based on the adventures of Nellie Bly, the pseudonym of Elizabeth Cochrane, an American journalist who travelled around the world in an attempt to break the record created by the fictional Phineas Fogg in Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days." The New York "World" thought up the enterprise and kept its readers informed with daily articles on her adventure. She sailed from New York on November 14, 1889 and completed her journey in 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes and 14 seconds
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
43964
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Round the World with Nellie Bly

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, metal, paper
Dimensions: 
Container (box): 1/2 × 8 3/4 × 16 1/2 in. (1.3 × 22.2 × 41.9 cm)
Description: 
Board game with box, gameboard, instruction booklet, and spinner; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of woman (Nellie Bly) in brown and blue checked traveling suit with brown hair tucked under blue cap with carpetbag (or portmanteau) standing on path in front of landscape including snow-capped mountains, body of water, and telegraph poles; on board, spaces arranged in a spiral, marked with each day and various instructions, with central circle depicting Manhattan Island; illustration of Nellie Bly at top left corner and Jules Verne at top right corner; square cardboard spinner in various colors with metal arrow to be spun, marked with numbers.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
1992.12.17
Marks: 
printed: on cover of box: "ROUND THE/WORLD/With/NELLIE BLY./A NOVEL AND FASCINATING GAME WITH PLENTY/OF EXCITEMENT ON LAND AND SEA." printed: on cover of box: "MCLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK." printed: on cover of box: "COPYRIGHT 1890 BY J.A. CROZIER." prin
Gallery Label: 
This game is based on the adventures of Nellie Bly, the pseudonym of Elizabeth Cochrane, an American journalist who travelled around the world in an attempt to break the record created by the fictional Phineas Fogg in Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eight Days." The New York "World" thought up the enterprise and kept its readers informed with daily articles on her adventure. She sailed from New York on November 14, 1889 and completed her journey in 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes and 14 seconds.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
43963
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Mystic Cubes or the Spelling Bee Game

Classification: 
Date: 
1891
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 3/8 x 7 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. ( 6 x 18.1 x 11.7 cm )
Description: 
"Mystic Cubes or the Spelling Bee Game" table game with seven wooden spelling cubes covered with paper and printed with a letter on each side and two wooden cups wrapped in black paper in a paper covered cardboard box; box has a chromolithographed image of a boy seated on a cannon shooting lettered cubes; box inscribed, "MYSTIC/ CUBES/ OR THE/ SPELLING BEE GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK./ COPYRIGHTED 1891".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.684
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "MYSTIC/ CUBES/ OR THE/ SPELLING BEE GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK./ COPYRIGHTED 1891"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1891
eMuseum Object ID: 
43962
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Premium Game Logomachy or War of Wars

Classification: 
Date: 
1875
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 2.2 x 7 x 9.5 cm )
Description: 
"The Premium Game Logomachy or War of Words" card game with 55 playing cards printed with birds and a letter from the alphabet on one side in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover printed with a boy climbing a pole with a crowd below; box cover inscription, "Entered according to Act of Congress,/ in the year 1875, by F. A. WRIGHT, in the Office of the/ Librarian of Congress, at Washington./ PRICE/ 50/ Cents./ PREMIUM/ GAME/ LOGOMACHY/ OR/ WAR OF WORDS/ Published by F. A. WRIGHT, Cincinnati."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.678
Marks: 
printed: on the box cover: "Entered according to Act of Congress,/ in the year 1875, by F. A. WRIGHT, in the Office of the/ Librarian of Congress, at Washington./ PRICE/ 50/ Cents./ PREMIUM/ GAME/ LOGOMACHY/ OR/ WAR OF WORDS/ Published by F. A. WRIGHT, Ci
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1875
eMuseum Object ID: 
43956
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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