Pike's Peak or Bust
Classification:
Date:
1895
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 19 x 19 cm )
Description:
"Pike's Peak or Bust" skill puzzle with a lithographed blue mountain studded with metal pegs and a metal "scaler" attached to the base with a red string; directions printed in red across the top of the board; box cover chromolithographed with seven little men scaling a mountain; box cover inscribed, "PIKE'S PEAK/ OR BUST/ PUZZLE/ PARKER BROTHERS/ COPYRIGHT/ 1895/ BY PARKER/ BROTHERS/ PATENTED BY/ JUDSON M. FULLER/ SALEM/ MASS/ USA/ IT CAN BE DONE/ IT'S LOTS OF FUN/ YOU'LL SAY SO WHEN/ YOU'VE ONCE/ BEGUN".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.387
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "PIKE'S PEAK/ OR BUST/ PUZZLE/ PARKER BROTHERS/ COPYRIGHT/ 1895/ BY PARKER/ BROTHERS/ PATENTED BY/ JUDSON M. FULLER/ SALEM/ MASS/ USA/ IT CAN BE DONE/ IT'S LOTS OF FUN/ YOU'LL SAY SO WHEN/ YOU'VE ONCE/ BEGUN"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
44219
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Funny Game of Hit or Miss
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 7 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. ( 2.5 x 18.7 x 18.7 cm )
Description:
"The Funny Game of Hit or Miss" board game with 18 circular wooden counters, one large playing piece, one cardboard and wooden teetotem spinner and a lithographed paper board applied to the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with an African-American boy's head with a ball about to strike him; box cover inscribed, "The/ FUNNY/ Game/ of/ HIT OR MISS./ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."; board chromomolithographed with a path of squares, twenty-five of which repeat the box cover graphics.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.386
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The/ FUNNY/ Game/ of/ HIT OR MISS./ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Gallery Label:
Target games found in traveling carnival shows, seashore resorts, and fairgrounds throughout the nation stereotyped African-Americans as comical entertainers and provided a sanctioned outlet for white contempt of blacks. Players of Hit or Miss, inspired by target games, move along a gameboard checkered with blank spaces and African-American faces, calling out "hit" or "miss" depending on the spin of the teetotum.
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:
44218
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hurdle Race: It is Great Sport
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1905
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 1 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. ( 3.2 x 3.5 x 28.9 cm )
Description:
"Hurdle Race: It is Great Sport" board game with four wooden playing pieces, a cardboard spinner and a paper board applied to the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard box; chromolithographed board with an oval race track with numerous characters in the center and around the board; box cover lithographed with a steeple chase race being run by six characters including a personified elephant; two keystone cops look on and drag a woman out of the water trap; box cover inscribed, "HURDLE RACE/ IT IS GREAT SPORT/ MILTON BRADLEY CO. SPRINGFIELD, MASS."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.498
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "HURDLE RACE/ IT IS GREAT SPORT/ MILTON BRADLEY CO. SPRINGFIELD, MASS."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1905
eMuseum Object ID:
44217
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Game of Peter Coddles
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 7/8 x 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 2.2 x 8.3 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Card game with box, instruction booklet and 47 playing cards; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of Peter Coddle carrying an umbrella and a traveling case with a trolley car in the background; cover inscribed, "THE/ GAME/ OF/ PETER CODDLES/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.557
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ GAME/ OF/ PETER CODDLES/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK.".
Gallery Label:
The game of "Peter Coddle" in all its various editions was the most popular reading game of the 1880s and 1890s. The game was based around the story of a country boy's misadventures in New York City. Parker Brothers and the other major game manufacturers produced many variations, all neatly packaged in attractive boxes that were usually much larger than their contents required.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
44200
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Peter Coddle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 7/8 x 5 in. ( 2.2 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Card game with box, instruction booklet and 20 sheets of uncut playing cards; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of a bearded Peter Coddle wearing a hat and glasses; cover inscribed, "PETER CODDLE/ 4120 MILTON BRADLEY CO/ SPRINGFIELD MASS.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.555
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "PETER CODDLE/ 4120 MILTON BRADLEY CO/ SPRINGFIELD MASS.".
Gallery Label:
The game of "Peter Coddle" in all its various editions was the most popular reading game of the 1880s and 1890s. The game was based around the story of a country boy's misadventures in New York City. Parker Brothers and the other major game manufacturers produced many variations, all neatly packaged in attractive boxes that were usually much larger than their contents required.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
44199
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Derby Steeplechase
Classification:
Date:
1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, metal
Dimensions:
Open (board): 10 1/2 × 20 in. (26.7 × 50.8 cm)
Container (box): 1 1/8 × 10 7/8 × 10 1/4 in. (2.9 × 27.6 × 26 cm)
Description:
"The Derby Steeplechase" board game consisting of a bi-board and a spinner with double metal arrows in a paper covered cardboard box; board chromolithographed with an oval race track with numbers around the edges an traps at four intervals, center of the track with an image of a pack of jockeys on horseback jumping a hedge on a track with a grandstand in the back ground; cardboard box with cover illustration of two riders on horseback, jumping their horses over hedge, in front of background of fields and trees; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "THE/ DERBY/ STEEPLE/ CHASE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.226
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ DERBY/ STEEPLE/ CHASE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
44196
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Popular Steeple Chase Game
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 7 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. ( 2.9 x 18.7 x 19 cm )
Description:
"The Popular Steeple Chase Game" board game in a paper covered cardboard box with a cardboard and wood teetotum, four wooden playing pieces and a paper gameboard applied to the bottom half of the box; board with a wavy blue and yellow checked track on a red background; box cover with jockeys on horses jumping a hedge; box cover inscribed, "THE/ POPULAR/ STEEPLE CHASE/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"; directions printed on the underside of the box cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.229
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ POPULAR/ STEEPLE CHASE/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
44195
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The New Game of Hunting
Classification:
Date:
1904
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 16 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. ( 2.5 x 42.2 x 42.2 cm )
Description:
"The New Game of Hunting" board game in a paper covered wood and cardboard box with three lead dog playing pieces, fifteen round lithographed cards with images of animals to hunt and a cardboard spinner; chromolithographed board depicts country terrain with a stream and a mountain, path of red and yellow dots winds across, contains sixteen slots to hold the cards, and a openiing in the center holds the game pieces and spinner; box cover chromolithographed with a boy and his dog in a country landscape holding a gun and his "kill" two birds, a duck and a rabbit; box cover lithographed, "THE/ NEW/ GAME/ of/ HUNTING/ COPYRIGHT 1904 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.432
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ NEW/ GAME/ of/ HUNTING/ COPYRIGHT 1904 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1904
eMuseum Object ID:
44194
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of Golf
Classification:
Date:
1896
Medium:
Cardboard, wood, paper, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 13 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. ( 2.5 x 34.3 x 39.1 cm )
Description:
"Game of Golf" board game in a paper covered cardboard box; paper covered gameboard with a flap across the bottom, when lifted reveals storage for a cardboard spinner with a metal arrow and seventeen wooden playing pieces; board chromolithographed with an image of four golfers in the corners and a landscape in the center with a train, a clubhouse and a stream through the center; box cover lithographed with three girls holding golf clubs under the inscription, "GAME/ OF/ GOLF"; directions printed on the underside of the box cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.343
Marks:
lithographed: on the side of the box: "GAME/ OF/ GOLF"
Gallery Label:
Golf was one of only a few sports enjoyed by both men and women at the end of the 19th century. The Saint-Andrews Golf Course, built in 1888 in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, bills itself as the first golf course in America, although Sarasota, Florida claims precedence with a course laid out in 1886.
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:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
44193
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Game of Basket Ball
Classification:
Date:
1898
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 22 x 12 7/8 in. ( 3.2 x 55.9 x 32.7 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Basket Ball" baord game with a paper covered cardboard gameboard and box; board applied across the bottom half of the box with a flap at one side that lifts up to store playing implements; board chromolithographed with a blue, yellow and pink checkerboard with baskets at each end and circles in some of the squares; box cover chromolithographed with an image of girls playing basket ball; box cover inscribed, "THE GAME/ OF/ BASKET BALL/ COPYRIGHT 1898, BY CHAFFEE & SELCHOW, NEW YORK/ PUBLISHED BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.332
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE GAME/ OF/ BASKET BALL/ COPYRIGHT 1898, BY CHAFFEE & SELCHOW, NEW YORK/ PUBLISHED BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK".
Gallery Label:
Women's basketball was first introduced at the Northampton, Massachusetts campus of Smith College in 1892, less than one year after the game's invention. Women played basketball at recreation centers, YWCAs, college gymnasiums, settlement houses, and high schools across the country. In New York, one Brooklyn high school had thirty-two teams competing in intramural contests.
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:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
44192
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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