The Game of Fish Pond

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/4 x 21 x 12 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 53.3 x 32.4 cm )
Description: 
"The Game of Fish Pond" board game in a paper covered cardboard and wooden box with an illustration on cover consisting of an elf with a white beard and a red hat fishing in a river; board sits in the bottom of the box and is decorated with scene of a pond containing carp with 45 slits cut out in rows; 38 cardboard fish of various colors, with metal grommets to be caught by, and with their names printed on one side ("BASS", "SHAD") and numbers on the other; 3 wooden poles with string threaded through holes at end, with metal hooks at end of line; instructions printed on inside of cover.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.605
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "The/ Game of/ Fish Pond/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK"
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: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
42733
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Grandma's Game of Useful Knowledge

Classification: 
Date: 
1901
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 7/8 x 6 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 15.6 x 21.6 cm ) each card: 2 1/4 x 3 in. ( 5.7 x 7.6 cm )
Description: 
"Grandma's Game of Useful Knowledge" card game with 101 cards and an instruction and answer booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; each numbered card is printed with a question; answers are printed in a booklet; booklet inscribed, "GRANDMA'S/ GAME OF/ USEFUL KNOWLEDGE/ DIRECTIONS/ AND/ ANSWERS/ PUBLISHED BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"; box cover lithographed with a little boy reading a newspaper and seated on a chair with his feet on an ottoman; cover inscribed, "GRANDMA'S/ GAME of USEFUL/ KNOWLEDGE/ COPYRIGHT 1901/ 4610/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.597
Marks: 
printed: on the instruction booklet: "GRANDMA'S/ GAME OF/ USEFUL KNOWLEDGE/ DIRECTIONS/ AND/ ANSWERS/ PUBLISHED BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK" lithographed: on the box cover: "GRANDMA'S/ GAME of USEFUL/ KNOWLEDGE/ COPYRIGHT 1901/ 4610/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1901
eMuseum Object ID: 
42727
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Grandmama's Arithmetical Game

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1887
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 15.9 x 12.1 cm )
Description: 
"Grandmama's Arithmetical Game" card game with 119 cards and an instruction and answer booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; each numbered card is printed with a question; answers are printed in a booklet; booklet inscribed, "DIRECTIONS and ANSWERS/ TO/ GRANDMA'S/ GAME of ARITHMETIC/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., Manufacturers,/ NEW YORK."; box cover lithographed with an old woman with her arm around a young girl and a small boy writing numbers on a chalk board; cover inscribed, "GRANDMAMA'S/ ARITHMETICAL/ GAME./ IMPROVED/ McLOUHGLIN BROS. N.Y.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.613
Marks: 
printed: on the instruction booklet: "DIRECTIONS and ANSWERS/ TO/ GRANDMA'S/ GAME of ARITHMETIC/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., Manufacturers,/ NEW YORK." lithographed: on the box cover: "GRANDMAMA'S/ ARITHMETICAL/ GAME./ IMPROVED/ McLOUHGLIN BROS. N.Y.".
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1887
eMuseum Object ID: 
42724
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Grandmama's Geographical Game

Classification: 
Date: 
1900
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: 
"Grandmama's Improved Geographical Game" card game with 115 cards and an instruction and answer booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; each numbered card is printed with a question; answers are printed in a booklet with an image of an old woman printed on the pink paper cover; booklet inscribed, "DIRECTIONS and ANSWERS / TO/ GRANDMA'S/ GAME of GEOGRAPHY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., manufacturers,/ NEW YORK"; box cover lithographed with a little girl holding a book and looking at a map; cover inscribed, "GRANDMAMA'S/ IMPROVED/ GEOGRAPHICAL/ GAME/ COPYRIGHT 1900/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., N.Y."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.763
Marks: 
printed: on the instruction booklet: "DIRECTIONS and ANSWERS / TO/ GRANDMA'S/ GAME of GEOGRAPHY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., manufacturers,/ NEW YORK" lithographed: on the box cover: "GRANDMAMA'S/ IMPROVED/ GEOGRAPHICAL/ GAME/ COPYRIGHT 1900/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., N.Y
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
42723
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Grandmama's Geographical Game

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1910
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/8 x 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 15.9 x 21 cm )
Description: 
"Grandmama's Geographical Game" card game with 119 cards and an instruction and answer booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; each numbered card is printed with a question; answers are printed in a booklet; booklet inscribed, "GRANDMA'S/ GEOGRAPHICAL GAME/ DIRECTIONS/ AND/ ANSWERS/ Milton Bradley Company,/ Springfield, Massachusetts/ "Makers of the World's Best Games'"; box cover lithographed with a a little girl holding a book and looking at a globe; cover inscribed, "GRANDMA'S/ GEOGRAPHICAL/ GAME/ MADE IN USA/ 4830/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS. U.S.A.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.612
Marks: 
printed: on the instruction booklet: "GRANDMA'S/ GEOGRAPHICAL GAME/ DIRECTIONS/ AND/ ANSWERS/ Milton Bradley Company,/ Springfield, Massachusetts/ "Makers of the World's Best Games'" lithographed: on the box cover: "GRANDMA'S/ GEOGRAPHICAL/ GAME/ MADE IN
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: 
42722
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

100 Soldiers on Parade

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions: 
Each (figure): 6 in. × 2 in. × 3/4 in. (15.2 × 5.1 × 1.9 cm) Container (box): 1 1/2 × 12 5/8 × 21 3/4 in. (3.8 ×
Description: 
"100 Soldiers on Parade" paper soldier set in a box with fifty paper soldiers including: Rough Riders with blanket rolls, British grenadiers with bear-skin hats, early West Point cadets, Scottish Highlanders in kilts with rifles, American foot soldiers from the Revolutionary War, and French Zouaves; each figure nailed to wooden stands; box cover lithographed with four rows of marching solders and inscribed, "100/ SOLDIERS/ ON/ PARADE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ New York."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.481
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "100/ SOLDIERS/ ON/ PARADE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ New York"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
42717
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Game of Fish Pond

Classification: 
Date: 
1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/4 x 21 1/2 x 13 in. ( 3.2 x 54.6 x 33 cm )
Description: 
"Game of Fish Pond" board game in a paper covered wooden box with an illustration on cover consisting of a fishing basket, a boy and a dog fishing in a river and three children holding fishing lines, border of fish; board sits in the bottom of the box and is decorated with scene of a pond containing lily pads, frogs, and fish, with 45 slits cut out in rows; 24 cardboard fish of various colors, with metal grommets to be caught by, and with their names printed on one side ("BASS", "SHAD") and numbers on the other; 4 wooden poles with string threaded through holes at end, with metal hooks at end of line; instructions printed on inside of cover.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.588
Marks: 
lithographed: BROS./ NEW YORK/ PATENTED JAN. 28th 1890"
Gallery Label: 
The Game of Fish Pond, a children's dexterity game, was introduced by McLoughlin Brothers in the 1880s. Fish Pond achieved instant success and was reissued in numerous and increasingly elaborate variations over the succeeding decades.
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: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
42700
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The New and Improved Game of Fish Pond

Classification: 
Date: 
1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 5/8 x 18 x 8 1/2 in. ( 4.1 x 45.7 x 21.6 cm )
Description: 
"The New and Improved Game of Fish Pond" board game in a paper covered wooden and cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of three children in a boat, the two girls feed a swan while a boy holds a fishing line; interior of the box decorated with a scene of pond containing lily pads and frogs, with 45 slits cut out in rows; 39 cardboard fish of various colors, with metal grommets to be caught by, and with their names printed on one side ("BASS", "SHAD") and numbers on the other; 4 wooden poles with string threaded through holes at end, with metal hooks at end of line; instructions printed on inside of cover.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.592
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "NEW? AND? IMPROVED/ FISH POND/ GAME./ McLOUGHLIN BRo'S/ NEW-YORK/ PATENTED JANUARY 28th 1890.""
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
42694
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Game of Guess Again

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 x 5 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 13 x 17.1 cm ) each card: 3 5/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 9.2 x 7.3 cm )
Description: 
Card game "The Game of Guess Again" with 36 playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover printed with an image of a small girl blindfolded; box cover inscribed, "The Game of/ GUESS AGAIN/ 4310/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.608
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "The Game of/ GUESS AGAIN/ 4310/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK".
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
42693
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Komical Konversation Kards: A Kuriously Kontrived Kaptivating Kuriosity

Classification: 
Date: 
1893
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/4 x 5 x 6 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 12.7 x 16.5 cm ) each card: 1 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 4.1 x 8.3 cm )
Description: 
"Komikal Konversation Kards" card game with 93 playing cards, an instruction booklet and an advertising card in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with two polychrome medallion portraits of a man and a woman; box cover inscribed, "KOMICAL KONVERSATION KARDS/ A KURIOUSLY/ KONTRIVED/ KAPTIVATING/ KURIOSITY/ PUBLISHED BY/ PARKER/ BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS. U.S.A."; 45 red playing cards and 48 white playing cards printed with comical questions and answers such as "Do you think the term 'lobster' would apply to any person here?" and "Don't be absurd.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.561
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1893
eMuseum Object ID: 
42692
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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