Assorted playing pieces
Classification:
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.709
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
43954
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Game of Snap
Classification:
Date:
1872
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
each card: 3 7/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 9.8 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Snap" card game with 60 lithographed playing cards and an instruction booklet; paper instruction booklet inscribed, "DIRECTIONS/ FOR PLAYING THE/ GAME OF SNAP./ SNOW BROTHERS PUBLISHERS/ WORCHESTER, MASS./ 1872."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.704
Marks:
printed: on the instruction booklet cover: "DIRECTIONS/ FOR PLAYING THE/ GAME OF SNAP./ SNOW BROTHERS PUBLISHERS/ WORCHESTER, MASS./ 1872."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1872
eMuseum Object ID:
43953
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Improved Game of Fish Pond
Classification:
Date:
1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 3 1/8 x 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. ( 7.9 x 47 x 31.8 cm )
Description:
"The Improved Game of Fish Pond" board game in a paper covered wooden box with an illustration on cover consisting of group of 3 men, a woman, and 2 children in sailing boat with white sail on wavy sea, holding fishing lines, with fish leaping out of sea, other boats to each side, and view of far shore; board sits in the bottom of the box and is decorated with scene of a pond containing lily pads, frogs, and other reptiles, with 54 slits cut out in rows; 55 cardboard fish of various colors, with metal grommets to be caught by, and with their names printed on one side ("BASS", "SHAD") and numbers on the other; 6 wooden poles with string threaded through holes at end, with metal hooks at end of line; instructions printed on inside of cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.587
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The/ IMPROVED/ GAME/ OF/ FISH/ POND/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. New York/ PATENTED JANUARY 28th 1890."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43935
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Literary Salad
Classification:
Date:
1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/4 x 6 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. ( 3.2 x 16.8 x 13 cm )
Description:
"Literary Salad: A Game of Quotations" card game with a paper covered cardboard box with cover chromolithographed with a medallion image of a woman in a cap and gown and two torches; cover inscribed, "LITERARY/ SALAD/ A GAME OF/ QUOTATIONS/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ INCORPORATED/ SALEM, MASS.,/ U.S.A."; box contains instruction booklet, advertising sheet and 48 playing cards.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.523
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "LITERARY/ SALAD/ A GAME OF/ QUOTATIONS/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ INCORPORATED/ SALEM, MASS.,/ U.S.A."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43934
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mother Goose Picture Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. ( 2.2 x 20 x 27 cm )
Description:
"Mother Goose Picture Puzzle" two fifteen piece paper covered cardboard picture puzzles one chromolithographed with an image of a woman inside a pumpkin with her head and limbs poking out, a man in a top hat and thigh high gaiters is seated atop the pumpkin and the other with an image of Jack Sprat and his wife at a dinner table; box cover chromolithographed with the pumpkin image; box cover inscribed, "MOTHER/ GOOSE/ PICTURE PUZZLE/ Parker Brothers,/ Salem Mass., U.S.A./ MADE IN SALEM, MASS. USA".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.406
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "MOTHER/ GOOSE/ PICTURE PUZZLE/ Parker Brothers,/ Salem Mass., U.S.A./ MADE IN SALEM, MASS. USA"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43933
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Sectional Steamer & Hose Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. ( 2.5 x 19 x 14.3 cm )
Description:
Chromolithographed image of five horse-drawn fire engines in three rows in a paper cover cardboard box with firemen and a puzzle section printed on the cover; cover inscribed, "The SECTIONAL/ STEAMER &/ HOSE/ MILTON BRADLEY & CO./ SPRINGFIELD MASS"; two chromolithographed picture puzzles of fire vehicles including a fire pumper and a steam engine cut into eleven rectangular strips each.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.388
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The SECTIONAL/ STEAMER &/ HOSE/ MILTON BRADLEY & CO./ SPRINGFIELD MASS"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
43932
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Sawyer Sunday Blocks
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 3 x 8 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. ( 7.6 x 21.6 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
"The Sawyer Sunday Blocks" twenty-four paper covered wooden blocks chromolithographed with forty-eight episodes from the bible story of Joseph in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with the first and the last episode lithographed on the blocks and the inscription, "The/ Sawyer/ Sunday/ BLOCKS/ THE GAST LITH. & ENG. CO. N.Y."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.277
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The/ Sawyer/ Sunday/ BLOCKS/ THE GAST LITH. & ENG. CO. N.Y."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43931
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Clemen's Silent Teacher: Dissected Map of the U.S., State of Illinois
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
box: 2 1/4 x 9 x 7 1/2 in. ( 5.7 x 22.9 x 19 cm )
Description:
"Clemen's Silent Teacher: Dissected Map of the U.S., State of Illinois" two-sided picture puzzle with an image of the State of Illinois on one side broken into counties and the other an advertisment for Sherwin -Williams paints with a Victorian home in the center and four medallions in the corners with images of a woman holding a paint can, painted walls, a horse drawn carriage and a train car; box cover chromolithographed with a map of the U.S. in the foreground with personifications of the nations of the world lined up to enter; box cover inscribed, "CLEMENS' SILENT TEACHER/ Dissected/ MAP OF THE/ UNITED STATES/ AND OF/ EACH STATE/ IN COUNTIES/ MANUFACTUERED BY/ REV. E. J. CLEMENS,/ CLAYVILLE/ N.Y."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.265
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "CLEMENS' SILENT TEACHER/ Dissected/ MAP OF THE/ UNITED STATES/ AND OF/ EACH STATE/ IN COUNTIES/ MANUFACTUERED BY/ REV. E. J. CLEMENS,/ CLAYVILLE/ N.Y."
Gallery Label:
The imagery of this dissected map (puzzle) suggests that even school children were aware of the United States' role as an international imperial power. The various national figures may represent immigrant streams. If so, then the African-American contribution to the make-up of the American population has been purposely minimized and obscured. The woman lacks a national costume (in fact she wears nothing at all), implying that black Americans were present but not welcome.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
43930
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dissected Pucture Puzzle Series No. 2
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Wood, paper, cardboard
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. ( 3.8 x 16.5 x 21 cm )
Description:
"Dissected Pictures Puzzle Series No. 2" a thirty-five piece paper covered wooden puzzle entitled, "Jocko at the Farm", farm scene with a barn and haystacks in the background and a group of people in the foreground talking to a boy on a fence; image of the completed puzzle printed on paper and folded; box cover chromolithographed with an image of a seated woman and the inscription, "DISSECTED/ PICTURES./ No 2/ PUZZLE SERIES".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.428
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "DISSECTED/ PICTURES./ No 2/ PUZZLE SERIES"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
43925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of Black Cat
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. ( 3.2 x 10.5 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
"Game of Black Cat" card game with 53 playing cards, two counters and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; playing card have printed images of cat parts such as whiskers, hind paws, eyes etc. on one side; box cover lithographed with the image of a black cat's head; cover inscribed, "GAME OF/ BLACK CAT/ McLOUGHLIN BROS & Co. NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.573
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ BLACK CAT/ McLOUGHLIN BROS & Co. NEW YORK"
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:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
43924
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.


















