Game of Napoleon: The Little Corporal

Classification: 
Date: 
1895
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/4 x 17 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 44.4 x 44.4 cm )
Description: 
"Game of Napoleon: The Little Corporal" board game in a paper covered wood and carboard box with a drawer in the right sude to hold the playing pieces and the board applied across the bottom half of the box; board a winding path of laureled medallions and cartouche vignettes detailing the Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, including the coronation, crossing the alps, Waterloo and the exile to Elba; ox cover chromolithographed with a medallion full-length portrait, an image of the coronation, the Battle of Lodi and a seated medallion portrait; box cover inscribed, "GAME/ OF/ NAPOLEON/ THE/ LITTLE CORPORAL? THE CORONATION/ LODI/ Copyrighted 1895 Parker Brothers/ SALEM/ PARKER BROTHERS/ MASS USA"; playing pieces include a spinner with a metal arrow and and thirteen wooden playing pieces.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.349
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME/ OF/ NAPOLEON/ THE/ LITTLE CORPORAL? THE CORONATION/ LODI/ Copyrighted 1895 Parker Brothers/ SALEM/ PARKER BROTHERS/ MASS USA"
Gallery Label: 
Napoleon's legendary conquests of the early 19th century continued to inspire long after his downfall. The Game of Napoleon leads players through the life of Napoleon, from his early military victories, to his coronation as Emperor, to his final exile on St. Helena.
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: 
43881
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Checkered Game of Life

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1910
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, paper, bone
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 39.4 x 41.9 cm )
Description: 
"The Checkered Game of Life" board game in a paper covered cardboard box with the board set into the bottom half of the box; board chromolithographed with a red and blue checkerboard path from "Infancy" to "Happy Old Age"; box cover chromolithographed with an image of the board covered with the pictures of two boys playing, a boy with books under his arm, a man in an office speaking in a phone and a family with a mother, father and two children; box cover inscribed, "CHECKERED GAME/ of LIFE./ "THE FIRST GAME INVENTED AND MANUFACTURED BY MR. MILTON BRADLEY, PLAYED FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS."/ 4452/ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ SPRINGFIELD, MASS."; playing pieces include two wooden die cups, a pair of bone dice, and four wooden playing pieces.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.443
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "CHECKERED GAME/ of LIFE./ "THE FIRST GAME INVENTED AND MANUFACTURED BY MR. MILTON BRADLEY, PLAYED FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS."/ 4452/ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ SPRINGFIELD, MASS."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
43880
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Games of Pilgrim's Progress, Going to Sunday School and Tower of Babel

Classification: 
Date: 
1875
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper, metal
Dimensions: 
overall (closed): 1 7/8 x 9 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. ( 4.8 x 23.5 x 47 cm )
Description: 
"Games of Pilgrim's Progress, Going to Sunday School and Tower of Babel" board game with a hinged box that opens like a book with two boards on the interior and one on the exterior; interior boards with one side chromolithographed with an image of the "Tower of Babel" and the other side with a path of red ovals around four churches and a giant clock; box opens to a star shaped board with a multi-colored path with circular medallions depicting the journey fromthe city of Destruction to the Celestial City, the landscape includes The Cross, Vanity Fair and the Valley of the Shadow of Death; game board slids into a paper covered cardboard sleeve with a chromolithograped label with an image of "CHRISTIAN PASSES THE LIONS", and the inscription, "GAMES OF THE/ Pilgrim's Progress/ GOING TO SUNDAY SCHOOL/ AND/ TOWER OF BABEL/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. MANUFACTURERS, NEW-YORK/ Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, By McLOUGHLIn BROS., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington."; playing pieces include a double-arrowed spinner on a wooden block, eighteen turned wooden playing pieces and a direction booklet.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.674
Marks: 
lithographed: on the sleeve label: "GAMES OF THE/ Pilgrim's Progress/ GOING TO SUNDAY SCHOOL/ AND/ TOWER OF BABEL/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. MANUFACTURERS, NEW-YORK/ Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, By McLOUGHLIn BROS., In the Office of the
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1875
eMuseum Object ID: 
43879
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Game of What D'ye Buy

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1895
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7/8 x 4 x 5 in. ( 2.2 x 10.2 x 12.7 cm )
Description: 
"The Game of What D'ye Buy" card game with 12 store cards depicting shops such as a bakery and a dry goods store, 72 merchandise cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; cover chromolithographed with an image of an extremely tall, bald clerk bending over a counter to take a coin from a tiny woman carrying a basket; box inscribed, "The/ GAME/ of/ What/ D'ye Buy/ Banner/ Series/ 4180/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.694
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "The/ GAME/ of/ What/ D'ye Buy/ Banner/ Series/ 4180/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK".
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1895
eMuseum Object ID: 
43878
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Comical Game of Who?

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1910
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
overall: 1 1/2 x 6 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.
Description: 
"The Comical Game of Who?" card game with 60 playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a polychrome image of a man with a hooked nose and glasses standing in front of five people seated at a table; box cover inscribed, "THE/ COMICAL GAME/ OF/Who?"/ FOR ANY NUMBER/ OF PLAYERS/ 156/ "Who is the/ handsomest man here?"/ "I am!"/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."; 60 playing cards printed with comical questions and answers.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.687
Marks: 
lithographed: "THE/ COMICAl GAME/ OF/Who?"/ FOR ANY NUMBER/ OF PLAYERS/ 156/ "Who is the/ hansomest man here?"/ "I am!"/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
43874
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Comical Game of Who?

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1910
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/2 x 6 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. ( 3.8 x 16.8 x 13 cm )
Description: 
"The Comical Game of Who?" card game with 60 playing cards, an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a polychrome image of a man with a hooked nose and glasses standing in front of five people seated at a table; box cover inscribed, "THE/ COMICAl GAME/ OF/Who?"/ FOR ANY NUMBER/ OF PLAYERS/ 156/ "Who is the/ hansomest man here?"/ "I am!"/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."; 60 playing cards printed with comical questions and answers.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.645
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ COMICAl GAME/ OF/Who?"/ FOR ANY NUMBER/ OF PLAYERS/ 156/ "Who is the/ hansomest man here?"/ "I am!"/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
43873
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Doctors and the Quack: A Game

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1887
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/8 x 6 1/2 x 5 in. ( 2.9 x 16.5 x 12.7 cm )
Description: 
"The Doctors and the Quack: A Game" card game with 6 caregiver cards (Dr. Flower, Botanic; Dr. Killem, Quack, etc.), 21 patient cards, 29 health indicator cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with an image of a horse pulling a cart on a dirt road; cover inscribed, "THE/ DOCTORS/ AND/ THE/ QUACK/ A GAME./ PUBLISHED BY/ PARKER BROS'./ SALEM, MASS".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.686
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ DOCTORS/ AND/ THE/ QUACK/ A GAME./ PUBLISHED BY/ PARKER BROS'./ SALEM, MASS".
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1887
eMuseum Object ID: 
43871
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Peter Coddle's Trip to New York

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1880
Medium: 
Paper, cardboard
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 17.1 x 13 cm )
Description: 
"The Game of Peter Coddle's Trip to New York" card game with a paper covered cardboard box with a printed cover; cover with an image of a man reading the newspaper while seated on a trunk, New York harbor in the backgroud with with Statue of Liberty, a ship and a setting sun; cover inscribed, "The Game of/ PETER CODDLE'S/ TRIP TO NEW YORK". ; box contains instruction booklet and 290 colored slips of paper printed with comical phrases, such as A Stray Cat, A Basin of Turtle Soup, An Honest Lawyer, An Insane Bedbug, etc.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.742
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "PETER/ CODDLE'S/ TRIP TO/ NEW YORK/ SELCHOW &/ RIGHTER/ NEW YORK."
Gallery Label: 
The game of "Peter Coddle" in all its various editions was the most popular reading game of the 1880s and 1890s. The game was based around the story of a country boy's misadventures in New York City. Parker Brothers and the other major game manufacturers produced many variations, all neatly packaged in attractive boxes that were usually much larger than their contents required.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
43870
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Peter Coddle's Trip to New York

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Paper, cardboard
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 5 1/2 x 4 in. ( 2.5 x 14 x 10.2 cm )
Description: 
"The Game of Peter Coddle's Trip to New York" card game with a paper covered cardboard box with a printed cover with an image on one half of a man watching two women looking into store windows; cover inscribed on the image half, "The Game of/ PETER CODDLE'S/ TRIP TO NEW YORK/ Published by/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS."; the other half printed, "THE GAME OF/ Peter Coddle's/ TRIP TO NEW YORK./ PUBLISHED BY/ Parker Brothers,/ SALEM, MASS."; box contains instruction booklet and 85 colored slips of paper printed with comical phrases, such as A Stray Cat, A Basin of Turtle Soup, An Honest Lawyer, An Insane Bedbug, etc.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.741
Marks: 
lithographed: right half of box cover: "The Game of/ PETER CODDLE'S/ TRIP TO NEW YORK/ Published by/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS." lithographed: left half of the box cover: "THE GAME OF/ Peter Coddle's/ TRIP TO NEW YORK./ PUBLISHED BY/ Parker Brothers,/
Gallery Label: 
The game of "Peter Coddle" in all its various editions was the most popular reading game of the 1880s and 1890s. The game was based around the story of a country boy's misadventures in New York City. Parker Brothers and the other major game manufacturers produced many variations, all neatly packaged in attractive boxes that were usually much larger than their contents required.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
43869
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The City of Worcester Steamship

Classification: 
Date: 
1889
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Container (box): 2 1/4 × 19 1/4 × 7 in. (5.7 × 48.9 × 17.8 cm)
Description: 
"The City of Worcester Steamship" picture puzzle with seventy-four pieces (missing six) in a paper covered cardboard box; chromolithographed illustrations of a paddlewheel steamer flying eight flags underway on the puzzle and the box cover; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "PICTURE PUZZLE/ CITY OF WORCESTER/ COPYRIGHTED 1889 BY McLOUGHLIN BRO's NEW-YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.470
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "PICTURE PUZZLE/ CITY OF WORCESTER/ COPYRIGHTED 1889 BY McLOUGHLIN BRO's NEW-YORK".
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1889
eMuseum Object ID: 
43852
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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