Little Boys and Girls ABC
Classification:
Date:
1884
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 6 x 1/8 in. ( 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
"Little Boys and Girls ABC" children's book with 8 paper pages with lithographed images of objects and vignettes accompanied by letters; chromolithographed cover with a boy fishing, a young girl and a cat with her kittens; back cover printed with advertisements; cover inscribed, "LITTLE/ BOYS AND GIRLS/ A/ B/ C/ COPYRIGHTED 1884/ McLOUGHLIN-BROTHERS-NEW-YORK-".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.782
Marks:
lithographed: on the front cover; "LITTLE/ BOYS AND GIRLS/ A/ B/ C/ COPYRIGHTED 1884/ McLOUGHLIN-BROTHERS-NEW-YORK-"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1884
eMuseum Object ID:
21926
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Brandreth Columbian ABC for the Little Ones
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1876
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 1/8 in. ( 18.4 x 13 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
"Brandreth Columbian ABC for the Little Ones" children's book with 16 paper pages with lithographed vignettes accompanied by letters and sayings as well as advertisements and images from the Centennial Exposition of 1876; chromolithographed cover of a girl poking her head through a map; cover inscribed, "BRANDRETH/ COLUMBIAN/ A B C/ FOR/ THE LITTLE ONES." Provided by the manufacturers of Brandreth's Pills and other patent medicines, see 2002.1.772, 2002.1.799, 2002.1.2207
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.781
Marks:
lithographed: on the front cover: "BRANDRETH/ COLUMBIAN/ A B C/ FOR/ THE LITTLE ONES."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
21925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Alphabet Birds
Classification:
Date:
1885
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 8 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 27.3 x 21.3 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
"Alphabet Birds" children's book with 12 linen pages with chromolithographed images of birds accompanied by lines of an alphabetical poem about birds; chromolithographed cover with two medallions, each with a bird and flowers; back cover shows a turkey, ship and four bird medallions; cover inscribed, "ALPHABET/ BIRDS/ COPYRIGHTED 1885/ BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N. Y."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.779
Marks:
lithographed: on the cover: "ALPHABET/ BIRDS/ COPYRIGHTED 1885/ BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N. Y."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
21924
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Alphabet blocks
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
Each (block): 2 3/4 x 4 x 7/8 in. (7 x 10.2 x 2.2 cm)
Description:
Nine nine paper covered wooden alphabet blocks; each block lithographed with two sequential letters of the alphabet and images that begin with that letter on the obverse, and a single letter and an image depicting that letter on the reverse; sides chromolithographed with letters of the alphabet on two sides.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.274
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
21922
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mimic War
Classification:
Date:
1890-1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Each (figure): 6 1/8 x 2 x 3/4 in. (15.6 x 5.1 x 1.9 cm)
Box: 1 x 19 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 48.9 x 26 cm )
Description:
"Mimic War" table game with box and thirty military figures; cover of box lithographed with an image of a battle scene during the Franco-Prussian War with Prussian cavalry and French foot soldiers; cover inscribed, "MIMIC WAR/ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK/ Published by EDGAR O. CLARK,/ SUCCESSOR TO/ CLARK & SOWDON/ NEW YORK;" twenty-four cardboard figures dressed in Spanish-American War costume, with seven different characters in army and naval dress with a name handwritten on the back of each figure; all supported by wooden stands; six figures applied to piece of wall paper; two small printed U.S. flags attached to wooden poles and one partial figure.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.480
Marks:
printed: on the box cover: "MIMIC WAR/ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK/ Published by EDGAR O. CLARK,/ SUCCESSOR TO/ CLARK & SOWDON/ NEW YORK"
Gallery Label:
Mimic War includes thirty military figures that children could use to act out their favorite war battles. Though the box cover illustrates soldiers from the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), the "action" figures inside are dressed in the naval and military costume of the Spanish-American War (1898).
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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
21839
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Model Ship Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
box: 2 1/8 x 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. ( 5.4 x 22.2 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Rectangular wooden box with sliding lid, with cover illustration (in dark blue, orange, white, and brown) of ship with torn sails and broken masts foundering on rocks in rough sea against stormy sky; figures running around deck and figures in sea, clinging to rock, spar, one figure with head above water; box contains jigsaw puzzle with discs with terms inserted into puzzle (70 pieces, 51 discs); completed puzzle shows whole ship on wavy sea, with lighthouse ahead and buoy in front; box also contains paper printed with key to terms.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
1992.12.10
Marks:
lithographed: on box lid: "THE MODEL SHIP/PUZZLE"
lithographed: on box lid, bottom: "PUBLISHED BY MILTON BRADLEY & CO. SPRINGFIELD MASS."
printed: on obverse of paper: "Directions and Key/FOR/THE MODEL SHIP PUZZLE./This is not an ordinary dissected p
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
21713
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of the Stubborn Pig
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1910
Medium:
Cardboard, metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 15 1/8 x 9 in. ( 2.9 x 38.4 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Cardboard box with cover illustration of man dressed in green with brown hat pulling white pig, which has its trotters dug in and its head to the ground against a background of field with farmhouse and fence; playing area pasted onto inside of box, with squares marked with numbers leading to central medallion "MARKET" with bucolic scene of farmers and pigs; red cardboard spinner with foliate decoration and metal arrow.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
1992.12.22
Marks:
printed: on inside of box cover: "4148/THE GAME OF/THE STUBBORN PIG./This game is supposed to represent the trials of a/man driving a stubborn pig to market./The implements of this game consist of a game-board,/dial and counters. The forward moves are go
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
21712
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Crandall's Masquerade Blocks
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1875
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 22.2 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
Puzzle consisting of eight wooden blocks with segments of colored lithograph glued to all six faces; object of puzzle is to match top and bottom halves of figures and faces; in wooden box with sliding lid; box cover printed, "CRANDALL/ Masquerade/ BLOCKS."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.282
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "CRANDALL/ Masquerade/ BLOCKS."
Inscriptions:
in pencil: underside of cover: "Bertha E [Dattle?]/ Bo[ne?]ns H[ll?]/ January 20th 1878
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
21609
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uncle Sam Scroll Game
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1888
Medium:
Wood, glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. ( 4.4 x 31.8 x 34 cm )
Description:
Panorama in a wooden box with glass top revealing chromolithographed views on a long strip of paper housed on two spools and rotated with cranks; the paper has been dislodged from one of the spools making it impossible to see almost all of the views of Yankee Doodle; chromolithographed image of Yankee Doodle in a white top hat, blue coat with stars and red and white striped pants riding a horse visible; the sides of the box are covered with brown paper.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.288
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
21552
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Yankee Doodle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 9 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 27.9 x 23.8 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
"Yankee Doodle" children's book with 20 pages of chromolithographed images of "Yankee Doodle" accompanied by a poem; chromolithographed cover of "Yankee Doodle" riding a horse atop a globe; cover inscribed, "YANKEE DOODLE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. PUBLISHERS, NEW-YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.775
Marks:
lithographed: on the cover: "YANKEE DOODLE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. PUBLISHERS, NEW-YORK."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
20817
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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