Map of the United States Puzzle: Each State Cut Separate

Classification: 
Date: 
1894
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 3/8 x 14 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. ( 3.5 x 36.8 x 23.5 cm )
Description: 
"Map of the United States Puzzle: Each State Cut Separate" picture puzzle with 52 pieces (missing Maine, Georgia, Arkansas, Minnesota and a piece of the Gulf of Mexico) and a printed, folded illustration of the puzzle in a cardboard box; cover lithographed with an illustration in various colors of Liberty dressed in a blue gown with draped flags, laurel leaves, oak and acorn and a U.S. shield holding a sword in one hand a a golden ball in the other; box cover inscribed, "MAP OF THE/ UNITED/ STATES/ EACH/ STATE CUT/ SEPARATE/ PUZZLE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS, NEW YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.550
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "MAP OF THE/ UNITED/ STATES/ EACH/ STATE CUT/ SEPARATE/ PUZZLE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS, NEW YORK"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1894
eMuseum Object ID: 
43893
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Darktown Fancy Ball Puzzle

Classification: 
Date: 
1894
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 24.1 x 19 cm )
Description: 
"The Darktown Fancy Ball Puzzle" twenty-four piece paper covered cardboard picture puzzle of a caricatured African-American dance hall with charaterizations of African-Americans dressed as clowns, bellhops, knights, military officers, etc. in a shoddy room; box cover chromolithographed with an image of a caricatured African-American couple in a carriage, the man with feathers in his hair and the woman with a nappy around her head; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "THE/ DARKTOWN/ FANCY/ BALL/ PICTURE/ PUZZLE/ Copyright 1894/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS. U.S.A."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.383
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ DARKTOWN/ FANCY/ BALL/ PICTURE/ PUZZLE/ Copyright 1894/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS. U.S.A."
Gallery Label: 
The theme of Darktown -- a fictitious segregated community -- was familiar to Americans of the Victorian era. Currier & Ives, the New York-based lithography firm, produced an extensive series of Darktown prints from the late 1870s through the mid-1890s, using caricatures and coarse stereotypes to lampoon blacks who moved north after the Civil War.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1894
eMuseum Object ID: 
43892
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Jack the Giant Killer

Classification: 
Date: 
1895
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 12 x 6 x 1/8 in. ( 30.5 x 15.2 x 0.3 cm )
Description: 
"Jack the Giant Killer" children's book with 12 pages of chromolithographed images of the adventures of "Jack the Giant Killer" (a british hero) accompanied by the story; chromolithographed cover of a boy dressed in medieval costume holding a sword and a giant's head; cover inscribed, "JACK/ THE/ GIANT KILLER/ COPYRIGHTED 1895/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.258
Marks: 
lithographed: on the front cover: "JACK/ THE/ GIANT KILLER/ COPYRIGHTED 1895/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1895
eMuseum Object ID: 
43891
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Blown Up Steamer and Fire Engine Puzzle

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1885
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper
Description: 
"Blown Up Steamer a Fire Engine Puzzle" picture puzzle with twenty-six cardboard pieces chromolithographed with an image of a steam-fire engine with all the parts labeled; wooden box with an appled paper label; label lithographed with the inscription, "The Blown up/ STEAMER/ A FIRE ENGINE/ PUZZLE/ MILTON BRADLEY Co. SPINGFIELD, MASS."; paper on canvas complete image of the puzzle folded and place in the bottom of the box.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.392
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "The Blown up/ STEAMER/ A FIRE ENGINE/ PUZZLE/ MILTON BRADLEY Co. SPINGFIELD, MASS."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1885
eMuseum Object ID: 
43890
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Fire Engine Picture Puzzle

Classification: 
Date: 
1887
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 2 3/4 x 12 1/4 x 9 in. ( 7 x 31.1 x 22.9 cm )
Description: 
"The Fire Engine Picture Puzzle" sixty-six (two pieces missing) piece paper covered cardboard picture puzzle of a a steam pumper driven by two horses racing along a street to a fire; box cover chromolithographed with the same image and the inscription, "FIRE ENGINE/ PICTURE PUZZLE/ Copyrighted 1887. by/ McLOUGHLIN BRO's."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.263
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "FIRE ENGINE/ PICTURE PUZZLE/ Copyrighted 1887. by/ McLOUGHLIN BRO's."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1887
eMuseum Object ID: 
43888
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Locomotive Picture Puzzle

Classification: 
Date: 
1887
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 2 3/8 x 12 1/8 x 9 in. ( 6 x 30.8 x 22.9 cm )
Description: 
"Locomotive Picture Puzzle" sixty-eight piece paper covered cardboard picture puzzle of a locomotive engine pulling into a train station pulling a coal car and passenger car behind with a signal man in the foreground waving a red flag and the station in the back ground; box cover chromolithographed with the same image and the inscription, "LOCOMOTIVE/ PICTURE PUZZLE/ Copyrighted 1887/ by McLOUGHLIN BRO's/ NEW-YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.318
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "LOCOMOTIVE/ PICTURE PUZZLE/ Copyrighted 1887/ by McLOUGHLIN BRO's/ NEW-YORK."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1887
eMuseum Object ID: 
43887
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Locomotive Picture Puzzle

Classification: 
Date: 
1887
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 2 3/8 x 12 x 9 in. ( 6 x 30.5 x 22.9 cm )
Description: 
"Locomotive Picture Puzzle" sixty-eight piece paper covered cardboard picture puzzle of a locomotive engine pulling into a train station pulling a coal car and passenger car behind with a signal man in the foreground waving a red flag and the station in the back ground; box cover chromolithographed with the same image and the inscription, "LOCOMOTIVE/ PICTURE PUZZLE/ Copyrighted 1887/ by McLOUGHLIN BRO's/ NEW-YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.260
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "LOCOMOTIVE/ PICTURE PUZZLE/ Copyrighted 1887/ by McLOUGHLIN BRO's/ NEW-YORK."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1887
eMuseum Object ID: 
43886
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Nursery Tiles Ilustrated by BOZ

Classification: 
Date: 
1883
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper, metal
Dimensions: 
box: 1 x 8 5/8 x 11 in. ( 2.5 x 21.9 x 27.9 cm )
Description: 
"Nursery Tiles Ilustrated by BOZ" twenty-four paper covered wooden blocks with chromolithographed images related to each letter of the alphabet on one side and a poem related to the image on the reverse such as "P" for parrot; blocks in a paper covered wood and cardboard box in the form of a book with a metal clasp closure; box cover illustrated with the blocks, A, B, C, and inscribed, "NURSERY/ TILES/ ILLUSTRATED/ BY/ BOZ/ PUBLISHED BY/ IVES, BLAKSLEE & CO./ NEW YORK./ G. SCHLEGEL & SON, LITH., 75 & 77 DUANE ST., N.Y."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.314
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "NURSERY/ TILES/ ILLUSTRATED/ BY/ BOZ/ PUBLISHED BY/ IVES, BLAKSLEE & CO./ NEW YORK./ G. SCHLEGEL & SON, LITH., 75 & 77 DUANE ST., N.Y."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1883
eMuseum Object ID: 
43885
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Game of Politics or the Race for the Presidency

Classification: 
Date: 
1889
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 18 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. ( 47.6 x 47.6 cm )
Description: 
Square game board (folds in two) with images of the first twenty two presidents depicted in medallions along the edges, red, white and blue spaces around images of the White House and Senate chambers draped in flags, acanthus leaves and U.S. Shields; blue label on the outside of the board inscribed, "THE/ Game of Politics/ OR THE/ Race for the Presidency./ MANUFACTURED BY THE/ W. S. REED TOY CO., LEOMINSTER, MASS./ COPYRIGHTED 1887 BY JEANIE P. CLARKE."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.308
Marks: 
lithographed: on the label: "THE/ Game of Politics/ OR THE/ Race for the Presidency./ MANUFACTURED BY THE/ W. S. REED TOY CO., LEOMINSTER, MASS./ COPYRIGHTED 1887 BY JEANIE P. CLARKE."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1889
eMuseum Object ID: 
43883
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Yankee Doodle: A Game of American History

Classification: 
Date: 
1895
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, paper, bone
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/4 x 21 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 53.7 x 36.2 cm )
Description: 
"Yankee Doodle: A Game of American History" board game in a paper covered wood and carboard box with a drawer in the left side to hold the playing pieces and the board applied across the bottom half of the box; board a winding path of circles and cartouche vignettes detailing the history of the United States the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, including the Boston Tea Party, the battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac and the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge; box cover chromolithographed with a medallion portrait of a revolutionary drum and fyfe corp., the Battle of Bunker Hill, a medallion bust of Ben franklin and the Battle of the Constitution and the Guerriere 1812; box cover inscribed, "YANKEE/ DOODLE/ A/ GAME/ of/ American/ History/ 1775/ Battle of Bunker Hill 1775/ Constitution and Guerriere 1812/ Copyright 1895 by PARKER BROTHERS Salem, Mass. USA"; playing pieces include four turned wooden playing pieces and eight bone chips.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.354
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "YANKEE/ DOODLE/ A/ GAME/ of/ American/ History/ 1775/ Battle of Bunker Hill 1775/ Constitution and Guerriere 1812/ Copyright 1895 by PARKER BROTHERS Salem, Mass. USA"
Gallery Label: 
Players of Yankee Doodle compete along a pathway of American history, racing from the starting line at the Boston Tea Party (1773) to cross the finish at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago.
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: 
1895
eMuseum Object ID: 
43882
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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