Picture Puzzle

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Carboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Box: 2 1/4 x 12 x 9 in. ( 5.7 x 30.5 x 22.9 cm ) Overall (puzzle completed): 17 1/4 x 22 3/4 in. (43.8 x 57.8 cm)
Description: 
Picture puzzle in box; image of the steamship "Pilgrim" entering New York habor with an image of the Brooklyn Bridge and other steamers in the background; image cut into sixty-eight rectangular and ear-shaped pieces; paper-covered box cover has the same image with the inscription, "PICTURE PUZZLE./ McLOUGHLIN BRO's NEW-YORK.;" sides of the box decorated with images of the shoreline.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.295
Marks: 
printed: on the box cover: "PICTURE PUZZLE./ McLOUGHLIN BRO's NEW-YORK." printed: on the image of the ship: "FALL RIVER LINE/ P/ PILGRIM"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
30391
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Game of Yuneek

Classification: 
Date: 
1889
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions: 
board: 17 x 16 1/4 in. ( 43.2 x 41.3 cm ) box: 2 x 17 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 44.4 x 24.1 cm )
Description: 
"Game of Yuneek" board game with board, box, 48 cards with images of dominos in thier own box and 14 turned wooden playing pieces (missing two); bi-fold board has a circular path and four straight paths to the center marked "GOAL" four times, images of a king, queen and two knights in the corners; reverse of board printed, "Game/ of/ Yuneek.;" box cover has an image of a queen enthroned with a knight bowing down in front holding out the game of "YUNEEK," another knight and two pages look on; box inscribed, "GAME/ OF/ YUNEEK/ Copyrighted/ 1889/ by McLOUGHLIN BRO's/ NEW YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.493
Marks: 
printed: on the board: t "GOAL/ GOAL/ GOAL/ GOAL/ HOME COURT/ HOME COURT/ HOME COURT/ HOME COURT" printed: on the reverse of the board: "Game/ of/ Yuneek." printed: on the box cover: "GAME/ OF/ YUNEEK/ Copyrighted/ 1889/ by McLOUGHLIN BRO's/ NEW YORK."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1889
eMuseum Object ID: 
30359
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Game of Four and Twenty Blackbirds

Classification: 
Date: 
1908
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood, tin, thread
Dimensions: 
box: 3 1/4 x 18 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. ( 8.3 x 47.6 x 52.7 cm )
Description: 
"Four and Twenty Blackbirds" table game in box with one "fishing" pole with a pair of embossed tin wings which are hinged in the center and four wingless paper black birds; board set into the bottom of the box decorated with the image of a pie in the center surrounded by a floral border; twenty-four slots are cut into the pie; corners of board inscribed, "Sing a song of six-pence/ A pocket full of rye;/ Four-and-twenty black birds/ Baked in a pie./ Was not that a dainty dish/ To set befor the king?/ When the pie was opened,/ the birds began to sing.;" slot next to the board holds all the accesories; box cover printed with an image of a pie stuffed with blackbirds surrounded by a floral border; box inscribed, "Game of/ FOUR AND TWENTY BLACKBIRDS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. * NEW YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.466
Marks: 
printed: in the corners of board: "Sing a song of six-pence/ A pocket full of rye;/ Four-and-twenty black birds/ Baked in a pie./ Was not that a dainty dish/ To set befor the king?/ When the pie was opened,/ the birds began to sing." printed: on the box
Gallery Label: 
Four and Twenty Blackbirds, inspired by the Mother Goose rhyme, calls on the dexterity of players to hook a pair of metal wings on a rod, catch the blackbirds poking out of the pie, and remove them one by one without letting them fall. A variation of Fish Pond produced in smaller numbers, Four and Twenty Blackbirds is now a rare collector's item.
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: 
1908
eMuseum Object ID: 
30238
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Game of Leap Frog

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1870
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, plastic, paper
Dimensions: 
board: 3/4 x 11 3/8 x 9 1/4 in. ( 1.9 x 28.9 x 23.5 cm )
Description: 
Red paper covered cardboard box with lithographed paper game board applied to the two sides of the box; image of five frogs dressed in waistcoats in the center of the board surrounded by a circle with numbered red and blue spaces; outer edges of the board decorated with lily pads, cat-o-nines and ivy vines; inscribed across the top, "GAME OF LEAP FROG./ Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1870 by "McLOUGHLIN BROS., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress Washington;" pieces include a turned wooden dice cup; three wooden playing pieces and two plastic die.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.434
Marks: 
printed: on the board: "GAME OF LEAP FROG./ Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1870 by "McLOUGHLIN BROS., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress Washington"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1870
eMuseum Object ID: 
29519
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Story blocks

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1887
Medium: 
Wood, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall (a, largest block): 6 1/4 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (15.9 × 11.4 × 11.4 cm)
Description: 
Series of three wooden story blocks (hollow) covered in paper, each progressively smaller than the next, nesting into each other; top of each block printed with sequence of three letters in alphabet, grouped as H-L, M-Q, R-Z, and with sides covered with illustrations of various colors; each story block has four scenes from a specific tale, with captions above or below: (a) Tom Thumb, (b) Puss in Boots, (c) Goody Two Shoes.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
1992.12.11a-c
Marks: 
printed: on first panel of block (a): "TOM THUMB/BLOCKS"; "In the claws of the Raven"; on second panel: "The King's Cook/Surprised."; on third panel: "The tiny courtier:"; on fourth panel: "The combat with Puss:" printed: on first panel of block (b): "Pu
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1887
eMuseum Object ID: 
28719
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: 7/8 x 4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 2.2 x 10.2 x 7 cm )
Description: 
"The Game of Old Maid" card game with 37 printed paper playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; cards printed in pairs with caricatures such as "Wicked boy" and "Milk Maid" 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: 
2000.627
Marks: 
printed: on the box cover: "GAME of/ OLD/ MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROS, N.Y"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
28617
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Theatre Imperial

Classification: 
Date: 
1888
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper, thread
Dimensions: 
Overall: 12 x 15 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. (30.5 x 38.4 x 28.3 cm)
Description: 
"Theatre Imperial" paper theatre with a grooved wooden base fitted with a cardboard proscenium arch lithographed with four opera boxes and a red cotton scrolled curtain; three paper scenes chromolithographed and applied to cardboard including the stories of "Pocahontas", "The Battle of Bunker Hill" and "Robinson Crusoe"; "Pocahontas" set includes river and forest settings, seven native American figures, Pocahontas, two soldiers, two figures of John Smith and one John Rolfe; "Bunker Hill" includes a Boston street scene, a building, two groups of British Soldiers, Clinton, Gage, Warren Prescott and a colonial American figure; "Crusoe" includes a beach scene, the shore, a log fire, the shipwreck, a flag, a raft, a boat, a hut, a dog, a parrot, a native and four "Crusoes".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.340
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1888
eMuseum Object ID: 
28480
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

ABC & Picture Blocks: The House That Jack Built

Classification: 
Date: 
1897
Medium: 
Wood, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/8 x 14 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. ( 2.9 x 37.1 x 20 cm )
Description: 
"ABC & Picture Blocks: The House That Jack Built" with twelve paper covered rectanugular wooden alphabet blocks in a paper covered cardboard box; each block depicts a character or object from the story of "The House that Jack Built" on the obverse, a nursery rhyme on the reverse, letters from the alphabet one one side and animals on the other; box cover lithographed with an image of a house with the people and an ox in the foreground; box cover inscribed, "A.B.C. &/ PICTURE BLOCKS/ &/ THE HOUSE/ THAT/ JACK BUILT./ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S, NEW YORK. COPYRIGHTED 1891.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.405
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "A.B.C. &/ PICTURE BLOCKS/ &/ THE HOUSE/ THAT/ JACK BUILT./ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S, NEW YORK. COPYRIGHTED 1891."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1897
eMuseum Object ID: 
28143
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Game of Messenger Boy

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1897
Medium: 
Cardboard
Dimensions: 
board (open): 7 x 14 in. (17.8 x 35.6 cm)
Description: 
Board game with remains of box lid and board (not folded); cover illustration of boy in blue uniform with slip of paper, in front of city scene of lighted storefronts and multistory buildings, with spray of flowers at lower right corner and scroll decoration at upper left; board with orange boxes with red lines marked with arrows and instructions; illustrations at each corner: home scene, jail, small boy in front of man seated at desk.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
1992.12.9
Marks: 
lithographed: on lid, top: "GAME OF/MESSENGER/BOY" lithographed: on lid, bottom: "MANUFACTURED BY/J. H. SINGER/NEW YORK" written: in ink, bottom of lid: "Frank Proutant 1897" lithographed: on board: "DIRECTIONS./The players spin the Indicator in turn..
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1897
eMuseum Object ID: 
25887
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Game of the District Messenger Boy or Merit Rewarded

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1886
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, metal (probably tin)
Dimensions: 
box: 1 3/4 x 17 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 43.8 x 24.1 cm )
Description: 
Board game consisting of board, four metal (probably tin) game pieces (running messenger boys on round bases), in wooden box with cover illustration of boy in blue uniform and cap running with piece of paper in right hand in front of series of buildings; board is in the form of a maze, with almost every box marked with description or instruction, such as "Advance to BOX INSPECTOR," with illustration at each corner and spinner at lower right corner.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
1992.12.4
Marks: 
printed: on lid: "GAME OF THE/DISTRICT/MESSENGER/BOY/OR/MERIT/Rewarded" printed: on lid: "COPYRIGHTED 1886 BY/MCLOUGHLIN BROTHERS/NEW-YORK" printed: on bottom of board: "The object of the game is to see who will first become the President of the Telegra
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1886
eMuseum Object ID: 
25843
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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