Round the World

Classification: 
Date: 
1873
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. ( 47 x 47 cm )
Description: 
"Round the World" board game with five cardboard and metal spinners, four with two arrows, one with a single arrow, a cardboard and wood teetotem and four cardboard playing pieces with metal edges and bi-fold paper covered game board lithographed with a spiral path with 93 steps, each step has an image of a three masted sail boat or a seascape leading to a cental image of New York Harbor and lower Manhattan; dock scene depicted in one corner, cornucopias in two others and the inscription, "ROUND THE WORLD/ PUBLISHED/ BY/ M. BRADLEY & Co./ SPRINGFIELD/ MASS" in the fourth; reverse of the board printed, "ROUND/ THE/ WORLD."; playing pieces in a separate box inscribed, "THE GAME OF/ ROUND/ THE/ WORLD/ MILTON BRADLEY & Co. SPRINGFIELD, MASS".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.451
Marks: 
lithographed: in the corner of the board: "ROUND THE WORLD/ PUBLISHED/ BY/ M. BRADLEY & Co./ SPRINGFIELD/ MASS/ Entered accord to Act of Congress in the year 1873 by Milton Bradley & Co.in the Ofiice of Library of Congress at Washington" printed: on the
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1873
eMuseum Object ID: 
2368
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Round the World with Nellie Bly

Classification: 
Date: 
1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions: 
board: 16 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. ( 42.2 x 40 cm ) box: 1 5/8 x 8 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. ( 4.1 x 22.2 x 41.9 cm )
Description: 
"Game of Round the World with Nellie Bly" board game with board, spinner, four turned wooden playing pieces, instructions and a quality control slip in paper covered cardboard box; board with a multicolored 73 step circular path detailing a trip around the world starting and finishing in New York; center of board with image of lower Manhattan, Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty; four corners printed with Nellie Bly, Jules Verne, a train and a steam ship; board inscribed, "NELLIE BLY/ THE WORLD'S GLOBE CIRCLER/ GOOD BY PHINEAS!/ JULES VERNE/ SPEEDING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC./ OVER A MILE A MINUTE./ ALL RECORDS BROKEN." reverse of the board printed with an image of Bly carrying a case and inscribed, "GAME OF/ Round/ the/ World/ A/ NOVEL AND/ FASCINATING/ GAME/ With/ THE WORLD'S GLOBE CIRCLER/ Nellie Bly./ WITH/ PLENTY/ OF/ EXCITEMENT/ BY/ LAND AND/ SEA/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S PUB, NEW YORK. COPYRIGHT 1890 BY J.A.GROZIER"; box cover with and image of Nellie Bly and the inscription, "ROUND THE WORLD/ WITH/ NELLIE BLY./ A NOVEL AND FASCINATING GAME WITH PLENTY/ OF EXCITEMENT ON LAND AND SEA./ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.448
Marks: 
lithographed: on the board: "NELLIE BLY/ THE WORLD'S GLOBE CIRCLER/ GOOD BY PHINEAS!/ JULES VERNE/ SPEEDING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC./ OVER A MILE A MINUTE./ ALL RECORDS BROKEN." lithographed: on the reverse of the board: "GAME OF/ Round/ the/ World/ A/ NOVE
Gallery Label: 
This game is based on the adventures of Nellie Bly, the pseudonym of Elizabeth Cochrane, an American journalist who traveled around the world in an attempt to break the record created by the fictional Phineas Fogg in Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days. The New York World initiated the enterprise and kept its readers informed of her adventures with pictures and daily articles on her adventures. She sailed from New York on November 14, 1889 and completed her round-trip journey in 72..
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: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
2365
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Pretty Village

Classification: 
Date: 
1890
Medium: 
Paper, cardboard, tin
Dimensions: 
box: 1 1/4 x 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 39.4 x 26.7 cm )
Description: 
Miniature cardboard village in a box with seven complete houses, two partial houses and three tin stands; box cover lithographed with an image of eight children playing with a village set, five in a parlor and three on the stair and an entry hall, image surrounded by a paper village; box inscribed, "THE PRETTY/ VILLAGE/ Copyrighted 1890/ by McLOUGHLIN BRO'S/ N-YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.442
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE PRETTY/ VILLAGE/ Copyrighted 1890/ by McLOUGHLIN BRO'S/ N-YORK."
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: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
2304
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Jigsaw puzzle

Classification: 
Date: 
1890-1920
Medium: 
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 2 1/8 x 12 x 8 7/8 in. ( 5.4 x 30.5 x 22.5 cm )
Description: 
Wooden box covered in dark blue paper, with cover illustration of completed puzzle in various colors of side-wheel steamer "PILGRIM" with three decks and two smokestacks passing under finely detailed bridge (probably Brooklyn Bridge); tugboat to right and another side-wheel steamer to left; decks crowded with figures, some colorfully dressed; 68 large puzzle pieces.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
1992.12.14
Marks: 
lithographed: on cover, top: "PICTURE PUZZLE" lithographed: on cover, bottom: "MCLOUGHLIN BRO'S NEW-YORK." lithographed: on paddlewheel and front of boat: "PILGRIM" lithographed: on banner above smokestacks: "FALL R[IVER] LINE" written: on tag attache
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
2243
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Dissected Map of the United States

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1880
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 2 1/2 x 9 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 25.1 x 19 cm )
Description: 
"Dissected Map of the United States" picture puzzle with 52 pieces (missing North Carolina) in a wooden box; cover lithographed with an illustration in various colors of Liberty dressed in blue gown with red and white striped drapery, seated on rock in pastoral setting with representation of a Native American standing next to her with a feather headdress, and moccasins, holding bow; box cover inscribed, "DISSECTED MAP/ OF THE/ United States/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS./ N.Y".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.548
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "DISSECTED MAP/ OF THE/ United States/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS./ N.Y"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
1845
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Vignette Authors

Classification: 
Date: 
1874
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 5 7/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 14.9 x 10.8 cm )
Description: 
"Vignette Authors" card game with 72 playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a medallion portrait of Longfellow surrounded by books and writing equipment; box cover inscribed, "VIGNETTE AUTHORS/ E. G. SELCHOW & CO. NEW YORK./ REGISTER IN PATENT OFFICE SEPTEMBER 17TH 1874.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.545
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "VIGNETTE AUTHORS/ E. G. SELCHOW & CO. NEW YORK./ REGISTER IN PATENT OFFICE SEPTEMBER 17TH 1874."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1874
eMuseum Object ID: 
1843
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The London Game

Classification: 
Date: 
1898
Medium: 
Cardboard, wood, metal, bone
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 7/8 x 25 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. ( 4.8 x 64.1 x 41.9 cm )
Description: 
"The London Game" board game with thiry-seven cardboard letters, a metal postal carrier game piece, two bone die, two wooden dice cups stored in paper covered cardboard game board with a cardboard drawer in the side to hold the playing implements; board chromolithographed with a map of London with labeled streets, buildings and geographical highlights, each building numbered; inscription lithographed in the lower corner "THE/ LONDON/ GAME/ PARKER BROTHERS/ PATENTS SALEM MASS. PENDING/ USA".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.362
Marks: 
lithographed: on the lower right corner of the board: "THE/ LONDON/ GAME/ PARKER BROTHERS/ PATENTS SALEM MASS. PENDING/ USA"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1898
eMuseum Object ID: 
1795
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Game of Authors

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 10.8 x 7.3 x 2.9 cm )
Description: 
"Game of Authors" card game with 64 playing cards and an instruction card in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover inscribed, "GAME/ OF/ AUTHORS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N.Y.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.542
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box: "GAME/ OF/ AUTHORS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N.Y."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
1770
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Playday Stories

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, textile
Dimensions: 
Overall: 9 3/8 x 7 3/4 x 1/4 in. ( 23.8 x 19.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description: 
"Playday Stories" children's book with 36 pages of stories, each illustrated with a print; chromolithographed cover of two young girls with golf clubs; cover inscribed, "PLAYDAY STORIES./McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"; carboard cover bound with green fabric.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.541
Marks: 
lithographed: on the front cover: "PLAYDAY STORIES./McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
1769
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Game of Authors

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 7/8 x 5 5/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 2.2 x 14.3 x 9.8 cm )
Description: 
"The Game of Authors" card game with 30 playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a medallion portrait of Longfellow; box cover inscription, "THE/ GAME/ OF/ AUTHORS/ PARKER BROTHERS, SALEM, MASS., U.S.A.".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.539
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ GAME/ OF/ AUTHORS/ PARKER BROTHERS, SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
1768
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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