The Model Ship Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
box: 2 1/4 x 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 in. ( 5.7 x 21.9 x 16.8 cm )
Description:
"The Model Ship Puzzle" in a rectangular wooden box with sliding lid, with cover illustration of a ship with torn sails and broken masts foundering on rocks in rough sea against stormy sky; figures running around deck and figures in sea, clinging to rock, spar, one figure with head above water; box contains jigsaw puzzle with discs with terms inserted into puzzle (55 pieces, 53 discs); completed puzzle shows whole ship on wavy sea, with lighthouse ahead and buoy in front; box also contains paper printed with key to terms; box cover lithographed. "THE MODEL SHIP/ PUZZLE/ PUBLISHED BY MILTON BRADLEY".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.253
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE MODEL SHIP/ PUZZLE/ PUBLISHED BY MILTON BRADLEY"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43851
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The American Yacht: A Marine Sectional Puzzle
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1895
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/8 x 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 19 x 14.3 cm )
Description:
"The American Yacht: A Marine Sectional Puzzle" paper puzzle of a yacht in a cardboard box; 18 piece puzzle with an image of a yacht at full sail; each part labeled (such as main sail, top sail, etc.); puzzle image printed on a sheet of paper which is folded and place in the bottom of the box; lithographed label applied to the box cover with a medallion image of a yacht at full sail (different from the puzzle image); label inscribed, "A MARINE SECTIONAL PICTURE/ THE AMERICAN YACHT/ MILTON BRADLEY CO/ Springfield, MASS."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.517
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "A MARINE SECTIONAL PICTURE/ THE AMERICAN YACHT/ MILTON BRADLEY CO/ Springfield, MASS."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
43850
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Blown Up Steamer a Fire Engine Puzzle
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Object name:
Picture puzzle
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 3.8 x 19.7 x 13.3 cm )
Place Made:
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Description:
"Blown Up Steamer a Fire Engine Puzzle" picture puzzle with twenty-three cardboard pieces chromolithographed with an image of a steam-fire engine with all the parts labeled (three pieces missing); wooden box with a metal hinge and an appled paper label; label lithographed with the inscription, "The Blown up/ STEAMER/ A FIRE ENGINE/ PUZZLE/ MILTON BRADLEY Co. SPINGFIELD, MASS."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.391
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The Blown up/ STEAMER/ A FIRE ENGINE/ PUZZLE/ MILTON BRADLEY Co. SPINGFIELD, MASS."
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
43849
Exclude from TMS update:
OFF
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Columbus Scroll Puzzles
Classification:
Date:
1893
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Container (box): 1 3/4 × 10 3/4 × 13 1/4 in. (4.4 × 27.3 × 33.7 cm)
Description:
"Columbus Scroll Puzzles" paper covered carboard picture puzzle in a paper covered carboard and wood box; both the box cover and twenty-four piece puzzle are chromolithographed with an image of the "RECEPTION OF COLUMBUS BY FERDINAND AND ISABELLA" with Columbus on his knee bowing to the king and queen, surrounded by courtiers; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "1492/ COLUMBUS/ 1492/ SCROLL PUZZLE/ Copyright 1893 by McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.245
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "1492/ COLUMBUS/ 1492/ SCROLL PUZZLE/ Copyright 1893 by McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK."
lithographed: on the base of the puzzle: "RECEPTION OF COLUMBUS BY FERDINAND AND ISABELLA"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1893
eMuseum Object ID:
43848
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dissected Map of the United States
Classification:
Date:
1887
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/8 x 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 2.9 x 26 x 19 cm )
Description:
"A Dissected Map of the United States" picture puzzle with 49 pieces (missing New 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, "DISSECTED/ MAP/ OF THE/ UNITED STATES/ McLOUGHLIN, BROS., NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.549
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "DISSECTED/ MAP/ OF THE/ UNITED STATES/ McLOUGHLIN, BROS., NEW YORK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
43847
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dissected Map of the United States
Classification:
Date:
1887
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. ( 2.5 x 24.1 x 17.5 cm )
Description:
"Dissected Map of the United States" picture puzzle with 32 pieces in a cardboard box; cover lithographed with an illustration in various colors of a woman and a child looking a puzzle pieces in front of a window; box cover inscribed, "DISSECTED/ MAP/ of the/ UNITED/ STATES/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S/ NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.754
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "DISSECTED/ MAP/ of the/ UNITED/ STATES/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S/ NEW YORK."
Gallery Label:
Invented in England in the 1760s, jigsaw puzzles, originally created to teach geography, were known as "dissected maps." Before long, maps were followed by dissected pictures of alphabets, historical events, botany, and zoology. The introduction of the treadle saw in 1880 made the cutting of jigsaw puzzles faster and easier, leading to an explosion of American puzzle production. School children were the primary audience for puzzles until manufacturers moved into the adult market around 1907.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
43846
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Philippines Dissected Map
Classification:
Date:
1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 11 1/2 x 9 in. ( 2.5 x 29.2 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
"The Philippines Dissected Map" picture puzzle with 24 paper covered cardboard pieces that make up a map of the Philippines in a cardboard box; cover lithographed with an illustration in various colors of a seated Liberty with a girl looking over her shoulder resting one hand on a medallion portrait of Admiral Dewey looking out at a Filipino village; box cover inscribed, "The PHILIPPINES/ DISSECTED MAP/ PUBLISHED BY/ PARKER BROTHERS,/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A./ COPYRIGHTED 1900".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.617
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The PHILIPPINES/ DISSECTED MAP/ PUBLISHED BY/ PARKER BROTHERS,/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A./ COPYRIGHTED 1900"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
43845
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Mansion of Happiness
Classification:
Date:
1895
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 3/4 x 15 in. ( 57.8 x 38.1 cm )
Description:
"The Mansion of Happiness" board game in a paper covered cardboard and wood box with game board applied to the bottom half of the box and two cardboard spinners with metal arrows and five turned wooden playing pieces; board chromolithographed with a spiral oval path with sixty gold coin spaces, half printed with virtues and vices; box cover chromolithographed with a domed palace with a lake full of swans and a fountain in the front and two young lovers in a medallion to the left; box cover inscribed, "THE/ MANSION/ OF/ HAPPINESS/ COPYRIGHT 1895/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.495
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ MANSION/ OF/ HAPPINESS/ COPYRIGHT 1895/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK"
Gallery Label:
This 1895 "modernized" version of one of America's earliest board games maintains the simple moralistic themes of its predecessor, updated with larger, more luxurious packaging. The player's goal, the "Mansion of Happiness," evolved from an image of a peaceful, Christian heaven in 1843 to this game's opulent Taj Mahal.
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:
43842
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mansion of Happiness
Classification:
Date:
1894
Medium:
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 21 1/4 x 14 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 54 x 35.9 cm )
Description:
"The Mansion of Happiness" paper covered cardboard and wood box with game board applied to the bottom half of the box and three turned wooden playing pieces; board chromolithographed with a spiral oval path with sixty spaces, half printed with virtues and vices; board inscribed, "THE MANSION OF HAPPINESS./ FIRST/ BOARD GAME/ Ever Published/ in/ AMERICA/ AUTHORIZED/ EDITION/ copyrighted 1894/ Published by/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS. U.S.A."; Box cover chromolithographed with a domed palace with a lake full of swans in the front and two girls to the left; box cover inscribed, "THE/ MANSION OF/ HAPPINESS/ FIRST/ BOARD GAME/ EVER/ PUBLISHED/ IN AMERICA/ AUTHORIZED/ EDITION/ Edw. W. Fairfield/ Republished 1894 by/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS. U.S.A./ COPYRIGHTED 1894/ Parker Brothers".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.437
Marks:
lithographed: on the board: "THE MANSION OF HAPPINESS./ FIRST/ BOARD GAME/ Ever Published/ in/ AMERICA/ AUTHORIZED/ EDITION/ copyrighted 1894/ Published by/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS. U.S.A."
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ MANSION OF/ HAPPINES
Gallery Label:
George Parker purchased the rights to The Mansion of Happiness in 1885 and reproduced a faithful version of the classic morality game, extolling his "authorized edition" as the "first board game ever published in America."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1894
eMuseum Object ID:
43841
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of India
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, bone
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 8 1/8 x 15 7/8 in. ( 4.1 x 20.6 x 40.3 cm )
Description:
"Game of India" board game in a paper covered cardboard box; paper covered cardboard bi-fold game board; parcheesi-style board labeled "GOAL/ GAME OF INDIA" in the center and yellow diamonds in the four corners; cover of the box inscribed, "The GAME/ OF/ INDIA/ MANUFACTURED BY/ J. H. SINGER, NEW YORK, U.S.A." with an image of a bearded man in a white turban and blue coat holding a sword and a knife; playing pieces include a paper instruction sheet, a wooden dice cup, a bone die and sixteen turned wooden playing pieces.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.353
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The GAME/ OF/ INDIA/ MANUFACTURED BY/ J. H. SINGER, NEW YORK, U.S.A."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43838
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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