Game of Mail Express and Accommodation or Interstate Commerce

Classification: 
Date: 
1895
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 5/8 x 22 3/8 x 14 7/8 in. ( 4.1 x 56.8 x 37.8 cm )
Description: 
"Game of Mail Express and Accommodation or Interstate Commerce" with three cardboard playing piece lithographed with an image of a train engine and set into a wooden stand, a dice cup, two die, and eighteen playing cards; board applied to the top of the lower half of the paper covered cardboard and wooden box; board printed with a map of the United States; cover lithographed with a central image of men unloading sacks from a train and surrounded by an image of a postman, a train crossing a bridge, a train rounding a corner, a horse drawn mail wagon and a train running at full speed; box inscribed, "Game of/ MAIL EXPRESS/ AND/ ACCOMMODATION/ or INTERSTATE COMMERCE/ Paptent applied for Copyrighted 1895 by McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.396
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "Game of/ MAIL EXPRESS/ AND/ ACCOMMODATION/ or INTERSTATE COMMERCE/ Paptent applied for Copyrighted 1895 by McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1895
eMuseum Object ID: 
42383
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Madame Le Normand's Cards of Fortune

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1882
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 x 5 x 4 in. ( 2.5 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm )
Description: 
"Madame Le Normand's Cards of Fortune" card game with 36 playing cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a woman crouching, wearing a yellow dress and a red peaked hat, with an owl on her shoulder and a black cat at her side; box cover inscribed, "MADAME/ LE NORMAND's/ MYSTIC/ CARDS of FORTUNE./ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ N.Y.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.304
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "MADAME/ LE NORMAND's/ MYSTIC/ CARDS of FORTUNE./ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ N.Y."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1882
eMuseum Object ID: 
42369
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Game of Sailor Boy

Classification: 
Date: 
1889
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood, lead
Dimensions: 
Open (board): 17 × 17 in. (43.2 × 43.2 cm) Container (box): 1 5/8 × 17 1/4 × 9 in. (4.1 × 43.8 × 22.9 cm)
Description: 
"Game of Sailor Boy" board game with a paper covered wooden spinner, two lead sailor figures and a paper covered cardboard board in a paper covered box; board with a papth of circles with images of home in two corners, a raft and a ship in the other two; board inscribed, "GAME OF/ SAILOR BOY/ RULES OF THE GAME/ Copyright and Published by J. H. SINGER, New York, U. S. A., 1889"; box cover lithographed with a dancing sailor boy on the deck of a ship; box cover inscribed, "GAME/ OF/ SAILOR BOY/ COPYRIGHTED & PUBLISHED/ J. H. SINGER, NEW YORK, U.S.A."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.599
Marks: 
lithographed: on the board: "GAME OF/ SAILOR BOY/ RULES OF THE GAME/ Copyright and Published by J. H. SINGER, New York, U. S. A., 1889" lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME/ OF/ SAILOR BOY/ COPYRIGHTED & PUBLISHED/ J. H. SINGER, NEW YORK, U.S.A.".
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1889
eMuseum Object ID: 
42367
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Game of Tiddledy Winks

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, ivory, glass
Dimensions: 
box: 2 1/8 x 5 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. ( 5.4 x 13.3 x 15.6 cm )
Description: 
"Game of Tiddledy Winks" table game with 16 ivory playing pieces, a glass cup, and 10 wooden pins in a paper covered cardboard box; box top chromolithographed with an image of a Victorian family seated around a table playing "Tiddledy Winks"; box cover inscribed, "GAME OF/ TIDDLEDY/ WINKS/ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ SPRINGFIELD, MASS.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.578
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ TIDDLEDY/ WINKS/ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ SPRINGFIELD, MASS."
Gallery Label: 
Tiddledy Winks, first patented in England in 1889 and marketed to an adult audience, captivated Americans during the 1890s. The game's general concept is flicking a game piece (wink) with another instrument (tiddledy or squidger) to make the wink fly into the air. The modern spelling, tiddlywinks, came into use during the 1950s.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
42366
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Round Game of Tiddledy Winks

Classification: 
Date: 
1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, vegetable ivory
Dimensions: 
box: 1 3/4 x 3 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. ( 4.4 x 9.2 x 12.1 cm )
Description: 
"The Round Game of Tiddledy Winks" table game with 13 vegetable ivory playing pieces and a wooden cup in a paper covered cardboard box; box top lithographed with an image of a cat skipping rope and winks flipping into a cup; box cover inscribed, "THE/ ROUND/ GAME of/ TIDDLEDY/ WINKS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.577
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ ROUND/ GAME of/ TIDDLEDY/ WINKS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"
Gallery Label: 
Tiddledy Winks, first patented in England in 1889 and marketed to an adult audience, captivated Americans during the 1890s. The game's general concept is flicking a game piece (wink) with another instrument (tiddledy or squidger) to make the wink fly into the air. The modern spelling, tiddlywinks, came into use during the 1950s.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
42365
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Game of Go-Bang

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7/8 x 7 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. ( 2.2 x 18.7 x 21.9 cm )
Description: 
"Game of Go-Bang" board game with a checker board printed cardboard board and twenty wooden playing pieces; box cover chromolithographed with a Union soldier firing a cannon; box cover inscribed, "GAME/ of/ GO-BANG/ Manufactured by J. H. SINGER, New York."; directions printed on the box cover.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.381
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME/ of/ GO-BANG/ Manufactured by J. H. SINGER, New York."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
42362
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Merry Game of Old Maid

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 12.1 x 9.2 cm ) each card: 3 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. ( 8.3 x 6 cm )
Description: 
"The Merry Game of Old Maid" card game with 34 printed paper playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; cards printed in pairs with characters such as the barber, the old cat and the old bachelor; box chromolithographed with an image of a woman and three children playing cards; box cover inscribed, "The MERRY GAME of/ OLD MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS NY".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.635
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "The MERRY GAME of/ OLD MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS NY"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
42361
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hood's War Game

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1898
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 2.9 x 7 x 9.5 cm ) each card: 2 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 6.7 x 8.9 cm )
Description: 
"Hood's War Game: U.S. vs. Spain" card came with 43 cards and an instruction card in a paper covered cardboard box; back of each card printed with a U.S. flag and the inscription, "Hood's Sarsaparilla/ Is the/ Best Money Can Buy."; each card printed with facts about the Spanish American War; label on box printed with a U.S. flag and the inscription, "HOOD'S/ WAR GAME/ U. S. vs. Spain./ PRICE 25 CENTS/ oR, WITH TRADE-MARK FROM ANY OF OUR/ PREPARATIONS, ONLY 10 CENTS/ IN STAMPS/ C. I. Hood Co.., LOWELL, MASS."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.602
Marks: 
printed: on the back of each card: "Hood's Sarsaparilla/ Is the/ Best Money Can Buy." printed: on the box cover: "HOOD'S/ WAR GAME/ U. S. vs. Spain./ PRICE 25 CENTS/ oR, WITH TRADE-MARK FROM ANY OF OUR/ PREPARATIONS, ONLY 10 CENTS/ IN STAMPS/ C. I. Hood
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1898
eMuseum Object ID: 
42360
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

St. Nicholas Series Comic Conversation Cards

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/8 x 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. ( 2.9 x 15.9 x 22.2 cm )
Description: 
"Comic Conversation Cards" card game paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a polychrome image a woman and a man playing cards in a parlor; box cover inscribed, "ST. NICHOLAS SERIES/ Comic/ Conversation Cards/ PUBLISHED BY J. OTTMANN LITH Co. N.Y.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.565
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "ST. NICHOLAS SERIES/ Comic/ Conversation Cards/ PUBLISHED BY J. OTTMANN LITH Co. N.Y.".
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
42359
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Ladies & Gentlemen's Conversation Cards

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 in. ( 3.2 x 8.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description: 
"Ladies & Gentlemen's Conversation Cards" card game with 48 playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a polychrome image of a stack of playing cards; box cover inscribed, "LADIES & GENTLEMENS/ CONVERSATION CARDS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. PUBS N.Y."; 24 playing cards printed with suggestive questions and 24 cards with answers such as "Have you not quite lately slighted, To who you'd gladly be united?" and "I could reply, but I would rather At one refer you to my father."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.559
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "LADIES & GENTLEMENS/ CONVERSATION CARDS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. PUBS N.Y."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
42358
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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