Uncle Sam's Mail
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 5 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 13.3 x 41.3 cm )
Description:
Board game with box, board, and playing pieces; box cover lithographed with illustrations of a mailman delivering mail, a steamship, a train, a mail box, the pony post and Uncle Sam; cover inscribed, "UNCLE SAM'S/ MAIL/ BRADLEYS/ THE WORLDS BEST GAMES/ MADE IN AMERICA/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD , MASS., U.S.A."; square board set into the box with twenty-eight mail bags labeled with the names of U.S. cities around the edges and dead letter offices in the corners; two dice cups,a spinner, and four playing pieces.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.712
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "UNCLE SAM'S/ MAIL/ BRADLEYS/ THE WORLDS BEST GAMES/ MADE IN AMERICA/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD , MASS., U.S.A."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
42399
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Game of Old Maid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 5 x 4 in. ( 2.5 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm )
each card: 3 1/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 7.9 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Old Maid" card game with 41 chromolithographed paper playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; cards printed in pairs with characters such as "Miss M. T. Head" and "Officer Lazycop" printed on each, and a single old maid; box chromolithographed with an old maid with a cat on her shoulder and feeding a bird in a bird cage; box cover inscribed, "THE/ GAME/ OF/ OLD/ MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.632
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ GAME/ OF/ OLD/ MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK".
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
42398
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Game of Old Maid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1932
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. ( 1.9 x 6.4 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Old Maid" card game with 43 chromolithographed paper playing cards, an instruction card and an advertising card in a paper covered cardboard box; chromolithographed cards in pairs with characters such as "Azz I. Said" and "Tuffy Yegg" printed on each including three black characters and a single old maid; box stamped with the silhouette of an old woman with glasses; box cover inscribed, "The GAME of/ OLD/ MAID/ 3009/ MADE IN U.S.A."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.628
Marks:
stamped: on the box cover: "The GAME of/ OLD/ MAID/ 3009/ MADE IN U.S.A."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1932
eMuseum Object ID:
42397
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Game of Old Maid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 8.9 x 11.4 cm )
each card: 3 x 2 in. ( 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
"Old Maid Game" card game with 35 chromolithographed paper playing cards and an instruction card in a paper covered cardboard box; cards printed in pairs with characters such as "Wicked Boy" and "Cruel Cat" printed on each, and a single old maid; box chromolithographed with an old maid holding a small dog and a cane; box cover inscribed, "OLD/ MAID/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ Incorporated/ NEW YORK/ 376A".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.634
Marks:
lithgraphed: on the box cover: "OLD/ MAID/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ Incorporated/ NEW YORK/ 376A"
Inscriptions:
pencil: on back of box: "St. Patrick's Day / 1919"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
42396
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Game of Old Maid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 4 5/8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 11.7 x 9.5 cm )
each card: 3 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 9.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Old Maid" card game with 35 chromolithographed paper playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; cards printed in pairs with caricatures such as "Goose Jockey" and "Bertie Batty" printed on each, and a single old maid; box chromolithographed with two medallion portraits, one of an old man and one of an old woman holding a cat; box cover inscribed, "GAME of/ OLD/ MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROS, N.Y".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.640
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME of/ OLD/ MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROS, N.Y"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
42395
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Game of Dont's and Old Maid
Classification:
Date:
1905
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 7/8 x 5 x 4 in. ( 2.2 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Dont's and Old Maid" card game with 48 chromolithographed paper playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; cards printed in pairs with caricatures of individuals exhibiting bad behaviors or "Donts" such as "Don't Be A Flirt", "Don't Be A Bachelor", "Don't Be Proud", etc.; box chromolithographed with a bust of a woman on a "Romance Novel"; box cover inscribed, "THE/ GAME of/ DONT'S/ AND/ OLD MAID/ Banner/ Series/ 4180/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.639
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ GAME of/ DONT'S/ AND/ OLD MAID/ Banner/ Series/ 4180/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Gallery Label:
Card games have been popular family entertainment for centuries. Old Maid, a Victorian favorite, was based on the notion that remaining unmarried was a woman's worst fate.
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:
1905
eMuseum Object ID:
42393
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Railroad Old Maid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 5 1/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 13 x 10.8 cm )
each card: 3 1/8 x 2 in. ( 7.9 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
"Railroad Old Maid" card game with 31 chromolithographed paper playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; cards printed in pairs with caricatures of couples printed on each, the single old maid is an elderly woman holding a parrot; box chromolithographed with an image of an old woman carrying a case and a birdcage waving at a train crossing a bridge; box cover inscribed, "RAILROAD/ OLD MAID".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.638
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "RAILROAD/ OLD MAID"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
42392
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Grandmama's Improved Geographical Game
Classification:
Date:
1887
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 6 1/4 x 4 3/8 in. ( 2.5 x 15.9 x 11.1 cm )
each card: 1 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. ( 3.2 x 6 cm )
Description:
"Grandmama's Improved Geographical Game" card game with 118 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 group of seated children around a puppet theatre with an Egyptian backdrop; cover inscribed, "GRANDMAMA'S/ IMPROVED/ GEOGRAPHICAL/ GAME/ AROUND/ THE WORLD/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS./ N.Y."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.620
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/ AROUND/ THE WORLD/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS./
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
42390
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Post Office Game
Classification:
Date:
1897
Medium:
Wood, cardboard. paper, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 26 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. ( 5.1 x 67.9 x 43.8 cm )
Description:
"Post Office Game" board game with six paper letters, two dice cups and board applied to the top of the bottom half of a paper covered wood and cardboard box; cardboard box top nailed to the wooden aprons with metal reinforcements at the corners; board is a lithographed map of lower Manhattan with the streets and major sites labeled, including the Brooklyn Bridge, Soth Ferry, Washington Square, etc.; cardboard drawer holds the playing cards and die cups; box cover lithographed with a mailman delivering letters to a woman and a medallion image of a U.S. Post Office; Board inscribed, "THE POST OFFICE/ Game/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM MASS/ U S A/ COPYRIGHT/ 1897/ By Parker Brothers"; directions printed on the underside of the box cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.719
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE POST OFFICE/ Game/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM MASS/ U S A/ COPYRIGHT/ 1897/ By Parker Brothers"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1897
eMuseum Object ID:
42388
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Troublesome Donkeys
Classification:
Date:
1898
Medium:
Cardboard, wood, paper, lead, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 21 3/4 x 12 7/8 in. ( 2.5 x 55.2 x 32.7 cm )
Description:
"The Troublesome Donkeys" board game with cardboard spinner, four lead "Simple Simon" on donkey figures in a linen pouch and a board set into the bottom of the box; board lithographed with a country landscape and a twisting path of red and gold circles with stops at a "Blacksmith Shop", "Harness Store", etc.; box cover lithographed with an image of "Simple Simon riding a donkey and a clown being thrown from a donkey's back; board inscribed, "the/ TROUBLESOME/ DONKEYS/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK"; instructions on the underside of the box cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.398
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "the/ TROUBLESOME/ DONKEYS/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
42384
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
















