The Jolly Game of Old Maid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 3 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 2.5 x 9.8 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
"The Jolly Game of Old Maid" card game with 44 printed paper playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; cards printed in pairs with characters such as "Miss Bizzybuzz", "Nora Newtogs" and "Old Bachelor"; box chromolithographed with an image of a seated woman with a black cat and a parrot; box cover inscribed, "The JOLLY GAME of/ OLD/ MAID/ Banner Series/4180/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.636
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The JOLLY GAME of/ OLD/ MAID/ Banner Series/4180/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS NEW YORK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
6653
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of Bicycle Race
Classification:
Date:
1891
Medium:
Carboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 26 x 50.2 cm )
Description:
"Game of Bicycle Race" board game with a cardboard spinner with a metal arrow, ten wooden playing pieces and a paper board applied to the bottom of the paper covered wooden box; board is an oval track around an image of a group of bicyclists, four score boards, two scoring explanations and images of the "NEW YORK BICYCLE CLUB HEADQUATERS" and "PHILADELPHIA BICYCLE CLUB HEADQUATERS" along the edges; lithographed box cover has an image of a boy riding a bicycle; board inscribed, "GAME oF/ BICYCLE RACE/ COPYRIGHTED 1891/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."; instructions printed on the underside of the cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.352
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME oF/ BICYCLE RACE/ COPYRIGHTED 1891/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Gallery Label:
The sport of bicycling, popular in the 1880s, had evolved into a national obsession by the 1890s. Unlike today, bicycling was primarily a group activity rather than a solitary pursuit. Both of the race games displayed here incorporate bicycle clubs: in one, players start from different points to race to the club house; in the other, players representing a regional bicycle club (New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago) compete to be the first around a race track.
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:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
6623
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Great Battlefields: A Parlor Game
Classification:
Date:
1886-1888
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 15.9 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
Card game "Great Battlefields: A Parlor Game" with 16 playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover printed with an image of soldiers in Civil War costume firing cannons; box cover inscribed, "Great Battlefields./ A PARLOR/ GAME./ GEO. S. PARKER & CO./ SALEM, MASS.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.615
Marks:
printed: on the box: "Great Battlefields./ A PARLOR/ GAME./ GEO. S. PARKER & CO./ SALEM, MASS.".
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
6401
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Improved History Cards
Classification:
Date:
1884
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 14 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Card game "Improved History Cards" with 154 playing cards and a handwritten story on paper in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover inscribed, "Improved/ History/ Cards/ PUBLISHED BY/ A. FLANAGAN, CHICAGO.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.611
Marks:
printed: on the box cover: "Improved/ History/ Cards/ PUBLISHED BY/ A. FLANAGAN, CHICAGO."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1884
eMuseum Object ID:
6204
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Grandmama's Improved Game of Riddles
Classification:
Date:
1887
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 15.9 cm )
each card: 1 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 3.5 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
"Grandmama's Improved Game of Riddles" card game with 119 cards in a paper covered cardboard box; each numbered card is printed with a question; box cover lithographed with a seated family group including three women, a man and a child; cover inscribed, "GRANDMAMA'S/ IMPROVED GAME/ OF/ RIDDLES/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS./ N.Y."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.609
Marks:
lithographed: on the cover: "GRANDMAMA'S/ IMPROVED GAME/ OF/ RIDDLES/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS./ N.Y."
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:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
6140
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Donkey Party Game
Classification:
Date:
1901
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, canvas
Dimensions:
box: 3/4 x 8 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. ( 1.9 x 22.5 x 31.4 cm )
Description:
"Donkey Party Game" party game with a canvas cloth printed with a donkey in black and white with the inscription, "DONKEY PARTY" and twenty canvas tails numbered 2 through 22 in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover with an image of three children watching a blindfolded girl attempt to pin a tail on the donkey; box cover inscribed, "THE/ DONKEY PARTY/ GAME/ 7500/ COPYRIGHT 1901/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.371
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ DONKEY PARTY/ GAME/ 7500/ COPYRIGHT 1901/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."
lithographed: on the cloth: "DONKEY PARTY"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1901
eMuseum Object ID:
5655
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of Bagatelle
Classification:
Date:
1898
Medium:
Cardboard, wood
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 7 7/8 x 15 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 20 x 39.4 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Bagatelle" board game with 11 playing pieces in a paper covered cardboard box with the board in the bottom; board is a grid with white, orange, red, blue and green spaces; box cover lithographed with an image of a boy in a sailor suit; box cover inscribed, "GAME OF/ BAGATELLE/ FAVORITE/ SERIES/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.598
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ BAGATELLE/ FAVORITE/ SERIES/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
2641
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Johnny Headstrong's Trip to Coney Island
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1882
Medium:
Color printing ink on paper, sewing thread
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 23.5 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
"Johnny Headstrong's Trip to Coney Island" children's book with 16 pages of chromolithographed images of the adventures of "Johnny Headstrong" accompanied by the story; chromolithographed cover of a boy inside an inner tube with a beach scene in the background; cover inscribed, "JOHNNY HEADSTRONG'S/ TRIP TO/ CONEY ISLAND/ DRAWINGS BY/ W. BRUTON/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N. Y./ COPYRIGHTED-1882- McLOUGHLIN BROS."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.464
Marks:
lithographed: on the front cover: "JOHNNY HEADSTRONG'S/ TRIP TO/ CONEY ISLAND/ DRAWINGS BY/ W. BRUTON/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N. Y./ COPYRIGHTED-1882- McLOUGHLIN BROS."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
2446
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The New York Battleship Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1898
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
Each (block): 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (6.4 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm)
Description:
Spanish-American War battleships puzzle blocks with images of The Brooklyn, The New York, The Maine, The Texan, The Olympia, and The Oregon on the six sides of the blocks.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.462
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
2445
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spinette
Classification:
Date:
1906
Medium:
Wood, cardboard
Dimensions:
board: 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. ( 2.2 x 13.3 cm )
box: 1 3/8 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. ( 3.5 x 15.9 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
"Spinette" game of chance with a circular wooden board with 8 holes drilled into the bottom, each numbered 1 through 8, ten wooden balls and a wooden top in a box; box cover inscribed, "Spinette/ An/ Exciting/ Game of Chance/ Milton Bradley Company/ SPRINGFIELD-MASS"; inside of box cover printed with the directions.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.460
Marks:
printed: on the box cover: "Spinette/ An/ Exciting/ Game of Chance/ Milton Bradley Company/ SPRINGFIELD-MASS"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1906
eMuseum Object ID:
2444
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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