Game of Illustrated Authors
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 3 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 9.2 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
"Game of Illustrated Authors" card game with 47 playing cards and an instruction card in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a portrait of Alfred Tennyson on a book; box cover inscription, "GAME OF/ ILLUSTRATED/ AUTHORS/ McLOUGHLIN. BROS./ N. Y.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.524
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ ILLUSTRATED/ AUTHORS/ McLOUGHLIN. BROS./ N. Y."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
43349
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Improved Game of Star Authors
Classification:
Date:
1886
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 11.4 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
"The Improved Game of Star Authors" card game with 36 playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a portrait of Longfellow with two chicks below holding a banner with his signature; box cover inscription, "THE IMPROVED/ GAME OF/ STAR/ AUTHORS./ McLOUGHLIN. BROS. N.Y./ COPYRIGHTED BY McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK 1886".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.537
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE IMPROVED/ GAME OF/ STAR/ GAME/ A/ AUTHORS./ McLOUGHLIN. BROS. N.Y./ COPYRIGHTED BY McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK 1886"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1886
eMuseum Object ID:
43348
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cards of Fortune
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 5/8 x 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. ( 1.6 x 10.5 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
"Cards of Fortune" card game with 15 playing cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with woman with a red hood and three playing cards; box cover inscribed, "CARDS OF/ FORTUNE/ J. H. SINGER, NEW YORK, U.S.A.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.502
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "CARDS OF/ FORTUNE/ J. H. SINGER, NEW YORK, U.S.A."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43347
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Madame Morrow's Fortune Telling Cards
Classification:
Date:
1886
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 15.9 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
"Madame Morrow's Fortune Telling Cards" card game with 36 playing cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a seated woman surrounded by a group of dwarfs; box cover inscribed, "MADAME MORROW'S/ FORTUNE TELLING/ CARDS".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.307
Marks:
lithogrphed: on the box cover: "MADAME MORROW'S/ FORTUNE TELLING/ CARDS"
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:
1886
eMuseum Object ID:
43346
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Black Cat Fortune Telling Game
Classification:
Date:
1897
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 16.5 x 13 cm )
Description:
"The Black Cat Fortune Telling Game" card game with 24 cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; four sets of six cards each related to a suit (hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs) with images of cats on that side and fortunes printed on the reverse; box cover lithographed with an image of a black cat; cover inscribed, "THE/ BLACK/ CAT/ Fortune Telling/ GAME/ Parker Brothers/ SALEM, MASS. U.S.A./ COPYRIGHT 1897".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.301
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ BLACK/ CAT/ Fortune Telling/ GAME/ Parker Brothers/ SALEM, MASS. U.S.A./ COPYRIGHT 1897"
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:
1897
eMuseum Object ID:
43345
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Jolly Game of Old Maid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/8 x 6 1/2 x 5 in. ( 2.9 x 16.5 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
"The Jolly Game of Old Maid" card game with 37 chromolithographed paper playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; chromolithographed cards in pairs with characters such as "Phelim O'Phat" and "Hasty Puden" printed on each and a single old maid; box chromolithographed with an old woman drinking tea in a parlor with a medallion portrait of a cat in the lower right corner; box cover inscribed, "THE JOLLY GAME/ OF/ OLD/ MAID/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM MASS USA."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.630
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE JOLLY GAME/ OF/ OLD/ MAID/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM MASS USA"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43312
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Game of Old Maid as Played by Mother Goose
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1892
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 16.5 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Old Maid as Played by Mother Goose" card game with 35 chromolithographed paper playing cards, an instruction sheet and an advertising card in a paper covered cardboard box; chromolithographed cards in pairs with two halves of a nursery rhyme on the paired cards and a single old maid; box lithographed with an image of Mother Goose flying on the back of the goose with five children below; box cover inscribed, "The GAME of/ OLD MAID/ as/ played by/ Mother Goose./ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.631
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The GAME of/ OLD MAID/ as/ played by/ Mother Goose./ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1892
eMuseum Object ID:
43311
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Old Maid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 6 x 7 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 15.2 x 18.4 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Old Maid" card game with 29 printed paper playing cards and an instruction card; cards printed in pairs with caricatures such as "Spotless Cop" and "Baxter Brown" printed on each and a single old maid; box cover printed with an image of a woman with roses in her hair holding a card with the image of a man on it; box cover inscribed, "OLD/ MAID/ 4116/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS. U.S.A."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.633
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "OLD/ MAID/ 4116/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS. U.S.A."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
43310
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mother Goose's Party or the Merry Game of Old Maid
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1887
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 6 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 16.2 x 11.4 cm )
each card: 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 8.9 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
"Mother Goose's Party or the Merry Game of Old Maid" card game with 43 chromolithographed paper playing cards and an instruction card in a paper covered cardboard box; chromolithographed cards in pairs with vignettes from nursery rhymes printed on each including "Old King Cole", "Little Jack Horner", etc. and a single old maid; box chromolithographed with a witch, an old lady and personified animals playing cards; box cover inscribed, "MOTHER GOOSE'S PARTY/ OR THE/ MERRY/ GAME OF/ OLD MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N. Y."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.629
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "MOTHER GOOSE'S PARTY/ OR THE/ MERRY/ GAME OF/ OLD MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N. Y."
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:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
43309
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Noddles Astray: Eight Merry Games
Classification:
Date:
1884
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 7 7/8 in. ( 2.5 x 20 cm )
Description:
"Noddles Astray: Eight Merry Games" card games with 52 printed paper playing cards and an instruction booklet; cards printed in pairs with caricatures of heads and bodies such as "Venus Flytrap" and "Dutch Onion" printed on each; box with caricatures of a man and woman and the inscription, "NODDLES ASTRAY/ EIGHT MERRY GAMES/ COPYRIGHTED 1884 BY McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS. N. Y.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.575
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "NODDLES ASTRAY/ EIGHT MERRY GAMES/ COPYRIGHTED 1884 BY McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS. N. Y."
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:
1884
eMuseum Object ID:
43244
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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