The Amusing Game of Innocence Abroad
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1888
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Open (board): 18 3/4 × 18 1/2 in. (47.6 × 47 cm)
Container (box): 1 3/4 × 19 3/4 × 10 1/2 in. (4.4 × 50.2 × 26.7
Description:
"The Amusing game of Innocence Abroad" board game with a bi-fold board covered in paper with chromolithographed illustrations consisting of map and set of boxes at top left with various items, prices, and instructions before starting on trip, map extends from depot at top of board to city depot at bottom right corner, with town at the top and houses and geographical features drawn; label on the reverse of the board printed, "THE AMUSING GAME/ OF/ INNOCENCE ABROAD/ PUBLISHED BY/ PARKER BROS., SALEM, MASS."; box cover chromolithographed with a train pulling up to a wharf where passengers are boarding the steam ferry "PORT WASHINGTON" with a river, sailboat and town in the background; box cover lithographed, "THE AMUSING GAME OF/ Innocence/ ABROAD/ Published by/ PARKER BROS Salem Mass"; playing pieces include a paper instruction booklet, eight wooden playing pieces and a metal arrow (spinner missing).
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.395
Marks:
lithographed: on the board label: "THE AMUSING GAME/ OF/ INNOCENCE ABROAD/ PUBLISHED BY/ PARKER BROS., SALEM, MASS."
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE AMUSING GAME OF/ Innocence/ ABROAD/ Published by/ PARKER BROS Salem Mass/ PORT WASHINGTON"
Gallery Label:
Travelers fortunate enough to be visiting Paris in the late 1880s witnessed the completion of the Eiffel Tower, while those who stayed at home could experience an overseas journey through Parker Brothers' popular travel game, Innocence Abroad. The game takes its title from Mark Twain's humorous travelogue The Innocents Abroad or the New Pilgrims' Progress (1869).
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:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
43922
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of Little Volunteer
Classification:
Date:
1898
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, lead, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 21 1/8 x 12 1/2 in. ( 2.9 x 53.7 x 31.8 cm )
Description:
"Game of Little Volunteer" board game with a paper covered cardboard and wood box with the paper gameboard applied to the bottom half on the box; board with a snaking path of red and blue checkerboard squares between army vignettes such as "Drill", "Canteen" and "Shot, Go back to Hospital"; box cover chromolithographed with a little boy in a fez marching with a drum and a dog in a paper hat holding a rifle on the left and a image of Teddy Roosevelt as a Rough Rider on horseback in the right corner; box cover inscribed, "THE GAME OF/ The/ Little/ Volunteer/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY/ McLOUGHLIn BROS./ NEW YORK."; playing pieces include a double arrow spinner and a lead figure.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.378
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE GAME OF/ The/ Little/ Volunteer/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY/ McLOUGHLIn BROS./ NEW YORK."
Gallery Label:
The object of this game is "to see which little Volunteer can rise from the ranks to be Commander-in-Chief." Grisly images showing bloodshed were apparently not troubling to children and parents of the 1890s.
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:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
43919
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Game of Rough Riders
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 10 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 26 x 48.9 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Rough Riders" board game in a paper covered cardboard box with a paper board applied to the bottom half of the box; board chromolithographed with amulticolored X-shaped path of squares with medallion portrairs of a Native American, two Rough Riders and a cowboy at the ends of each cross, path surrounded by images of a cowboy lassoing a steer, an native American hunting a buffalo and two groups of Rough Riders; box cover lithographed with a cowboy on horseback swinging a lasso; box cover inscribed, "THE GAME OF/ ROUGH RIDERS/ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK/ Published by EDGAR O. CLARK/ SUCCESSOR TO CLARK & SOWDON/ NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.438
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE GAME OF/ ROUGH RIDERS/ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK/ Published by EDGAR O. CLARK/ SUCCESSOR TO CLARK & SOWDON/ NEW YORK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
43918
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Merry Game of Country Auction
Classification:
Date:
1880-1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 2.9 x 17.1 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
"The Merry Game of Country Auction" card game with 15 merchandise cards depicting items such as a cow and a carriage, 59 money cards, and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; cover chromolithographed with an image of an auctioneer selling items to a group of people with a barn and a hay cart in the background; box inscribed, "The MERRY GAME/ of/ THE/ COUNTRY AUCTION/ GEO. S./ PARKER/ & CO./ PUBLISHERS/ SALEM/ MASS."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.682
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The MERRY GAME/ of/ THE/ COUNRTY AUCTION/ GEO. S./ PARKER/ & CO./ PUBLISHERS/ SALEM/ MASS."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43915
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Anagrams Double Eagle: A Prize Game
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (11.4 x 15.9 x 3.2 cm)
Description:
"Double Eagle Anagrams: A Prize game" table game with 179 cardboard tiles printed with a letter and a instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box has a chromolithographed image of a girl carrying a slate and flowers and being followed by a lamb; box inscribed, "DOUBLE/ EAGLE/ ANAGRAMS/ A/ PRIZE/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS/ NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.668
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "DOUBLE/ EAGLE/ ANAGRAMS/ A/ PRIZE/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS/ NEW YORK".
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43914
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Golden Eagle Anagrams: A Prize game
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1889
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 3.8 x 9.8 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
"The Golden Eagle Anagrams: A Prize game" table game with 160 cardboard tiles printed with a letter and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box has a chromolithographed image of a girl and a boy dressed as indians with feather headdresses playing with dog; box inscribed, "THE/ GOLDEN EAGLE/ Anagrams/ A PRIZE GAME/ COPYRIGHTED BY McLOUGHLIN BROS, NEW YORK, 1889."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.696
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ GOLDEN EAGLE/ Anagrams/ A PRIZE GAME/ COPYRIGHTED BY McLOUGHLIN BROS, NEW YORK, 1889."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
43913
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Anagrams: A Prize game
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 6 1/8 x 8 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 15.6 x 22.2 cm )
Description:
"Anagrams: A Prize game" table game with 260 cardboard tiles printed with a letter and a instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box has a chromolithographed image of a girl and a boy dressed as indians with feather headdresses playing with dog; box inscribed, "ANAGRAMS/ A PRIZE GAME/ DOUBLE/ EAGLE/ A GAME OF LETTERS/ A GAME OF LETTERS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.667
Marks:
lithographed: "ANAGRAMS/ A PRIZE GAME/ DOUBLE/ EAGLE/ A GAME OF LETTERS/ A GAME OF LETTERS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
43912
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Anagrams and Other Letter Games
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1910
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. ( 1.9 x 21 x 26 cm )
Description:
"Anagrams and Other Letter Games" table game with 418 cardboard tiles printed with a letter and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box has a chromolithographed image of a woman and three children playing Anagrams at a parlor table; box inscribed, "Anagrams/ AND OTHER/ LETTER GAMES/ THE WORLD'S/ BEST GAMES/ BRADLEY'S/ MADE IN AMERICA/ 4392/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS, U. S. A."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.659
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "Anagrams/ AND OTHER/ LETTER GAMES/ THE WORLD'S/ BEST GAMES/ BRADLEY'S/ MADE IN AMERICA/ 4392/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS, U. S. A."
Gallery Label:
Anagrams was one of several word-building games that gained popularity during the Victorian period. Players create words from tiles selected at random from the box and attempt to "capture" the most words to win the game.
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:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
43911
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Anagrams: The New Popular Spelling Game
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 5.1 x 13.3 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
"Anagrams: The New Popular Spelling Game" table game with six wooden spelling cubes printed with a letter and two syllables on each side and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box has a chromolithographed image of six cubes; box inscribed, "JOLLYWISE/ Anagrams/ THE NEW/ POPULAR/ SPELLING GAME./ THE/ JOLLY WISE GAMES/ ALWAYS PLAY WELL./ PATENT APPLIED FOR/ THE MARTIN CO.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.458
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "JOLLYWISE/ Anagrams/ THE NEW/ POPULAR/ SPELLING GAME./ THE/ JOLLY WISE GAMES/ ALWAYS PLAY WELL./ PAPTENT APPLIED FOR/ THE MARTIN CO."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
43908
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Setto: Game of Syllables
Classification:
Date:
1882
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 5 3/4 x 4 in. ( 2.5 x 14.6 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
"Setto: Game of Syllables" card game with 56 syllable cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box chromolithographed with four boys arguing over a game, with the cards and the box scattered and a cat and dog hissing at one another in the foreground; box cover inscribed, "GAME OF/ SYLLABLES/ SETTO/ UNDER PATENT OF JULY 26, 1888 (scratched out) 1881./ Published by SELCHOW & RIGHTER, New York./ Copyrighted 1882."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.685
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ SYLLABLES/ SETTO/ UNDER PATENT OF JULY 26, 1888 (scratched out) 1881./ Published by SELCHOW & RIGHTER, New York./ Copyrighted 1882."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
43907
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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