The Young Athlete
Classification:
Date:
1898
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 22 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 57.2 x 34.3 cm )
Description:
"The Young Athlete" board game in a paper covered cardboard and wood box with a paper gameboard applied to the bottom haf of the box, four wooden playing pieces and two card board spinners with metal arrows; box cover chromolithographed with boys excercising on gymnastic equipment; box cover inscribed, "THE/ YOUNG ATHLETE/ COPYRIGHT 1898, BY CHAFFEE & SELCHOW, NEW YORK"; board chromolithographed with an oval track around an inner track with stops at different pieces of gymnastic exquipment including parallel bars, high bar and a pole vault; directions printed on the underside of the cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.330
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ YOUNG ATHLETE/ COPYRIGHT 1898, BY CHAFFEE & SELCHOW, NEW YORK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
44191
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 8 x 12 5/8 in. ( 1.9 x 20.3 x 32.1 cm )
Description:
"Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater" board game with four wooden playing pieces, a spinner and a board set into the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of a woman inside a pumpkin with her head and limbs poking out, a man in a top hat and thigh high gaiters is seated atop the pumpkin; box cover inscribed, "Peter,/ Peter,/ pumpkin/ eater./ Parker Brothers,/ Salem Mass., U.S.A."; board with a chromolithographed path winding through a pumpkin patch.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.410
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "Peter,/ eter,/ pumpkin/ eater./ Parker Brothers,/ Salem Mass., U.S.A."
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:
44190
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 11 x 7 1/2 in. ( 2.9 x 27.9 x 19 cm )
Description:
"Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son" with four wooden playing pieces, a wooden die and a cardboard board in a paper covered carboard box; box cover illustrated with "Tom" running with a pig under his arm and being chased by a butcher and a group of men; box cover inscribed, "TOM,/ TOM, the PIPER'S SON/ STOLE A PIG/ AND AWAY HE RUN/ PARKER BROTHERS,/ SALEM MASS USA"; board printed with a multi colored winding path starting at the butcher's shop and ending at Tom's house.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.409
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "TOM,/ TOM, the PIPER'S SON/ STOLE A PIG/ AND AWAY HE RUN/ PARKER BROTHERS,/ SALEM MASS USA"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
44189
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of the Spider's Web
Classification:
Date:
1898
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 8 1/2 x 10 3/8 in. ( 2.9 x 21.6 x 26.4 cm )
Description:
"Game of the Spider's Web" board game with four woodden playing pieces, a spinner and the board set into the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard box; board is a path around a spider's web with a wilderness landscape in the background; box cover chromolithographed with an image of "Little Miss Moffet" with a bowl in her lap and a spider dropping down beside her; box cover inscribed, "Game of/ THE SPIDER'S/ WEB/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.411
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "Game of/ THE SPIDER'S/ WEV/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK"
Gallery Label:
Board games achieved a high level of artistry with simple materials and construction: the beautiful gameboard of Spider's Web actually is a chromolithograph glued to the bottom of a plain cardboard box. Nineteenth-century schools immersed children in the classical literature of Greek mythology. Children would have recognized references to the story of Arachne, a beautiful maiden frightened by the jealous goddess Athena, who turned her into a spider perpetually spinning her web.
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:
44188
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Robbing the Miller
Classification:
Date:
1888
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Open (board): 7 5/8 × 15 1/8 in. (19.4 × 38.4 cm)
Container (box): 7/8 × 8 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (2.2 × 21.6 × 21.6 cm)
Description:
"Robbing the Miller" board game with bi-fold paper covered cardboard board, a paper instruction booklet and 40 multi-colored wooden playing pieces in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a windmill and a medallion vignette of two boys running with sacks in their arms; box cover inscribed, "GAME OF/ ROBBING/ THE/ MILLER/ COPYRIGHTED/ 1888 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S NY"; board chromolithographed with four granaries with gates and a red, yellow and black squared path around the edge of the board and the granaries; bottom half of the box has a spinner pasted to the base (missing teetotem).
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.351
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ ROBBING/ THE/ MILLER/ COPYRIGHTED/ 1888 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S NY"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
44187
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Romany: The New Fortune Telling Game
Classification:
Date:
1899
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 22 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. ( 2.9 x 57.2 x 34 cm )
Description:
"Romany: The New Fortune Telling Game" board game with board set into the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard and wood box; box cover chromolithographed with a medallion image of a female gypsy fortune teller reading the palm of a seated woman, background with image of a covered wagon and a tent camp; box cover lithographed, "'ROMANY'/ THE NEW/ FORTUNE TELLING/ GAME/ PARKER BROTHERS/ COPYRIGHTED 1899"; board chromolithographed with a palm in the center and six lines to follow, "LIFE", "FATE", "FORTUNE", HEALTH", "LOVE" and "BUSINESS" through a path of pink, yellow and blue squares.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.379
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "'ROMANY'/ THE NEW/ FORTUNE TELLING/ GAME/ PARKER BROTHERS/ COPYRIGHTED 1899"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1899
eMuseum Object ID:
44186
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Game of Cat
Classification:
Date:
1898
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 19 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 48.9 x 26 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Cat" board game with board set in the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard box and six turned wooden playing pieces and a cardboard spinner with a metal arrow; box cover chromolithographed with a group of eight children playing a game with a stick and a rock; box cover inscribed, "THE/ GAME/ OF/ CAT/ COPYRIGHT 1898, BY CHAFFEE & SELCHOW, NEW YORK"; interior of box chromolithographed with a field of multicolored squares and eleven children; instructions printed on the underside of the lid.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.347
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ GAME/ OF/ CAT/ COPYRIGHT 1898, BY CHAFFEE & SELCHOW, NEW YORK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
44185
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Advance and Retreat: A Game of Skill
Classification:
Date:
1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 19 5/8 x 10 3/8 in. ( 2.5 x 49.8 x 26.4 cm )
Description:
"Advance and Retreat: A Game of Skill" board game with the board set into the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard box; 14 turned wooden playing pieces, two larger than the others; box cover chromolithographed with a chick dressed in a cocked hat and military waistcoat in the lower left corner and a hare in pink pants in a garden; box cover inscribed, "ADVANCE/ AND/ RETREAT/ A GAME/ of SKILL/ PLAYTIME/ SERIES/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK/ COPYRIGHT/ 1900/ by McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"; board chromolithographed with four rings of colored spaces around a town in the center, four corners have images of three boys playing war.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.346
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "ADVANCE/ AND/ RETREAT/ A GAME/ of SKILL/ PLAYTIME/ SERIES/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK/ COPYRIGHT/ 1900/ by McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW 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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
44184
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of College Boat Race
Classification:
Date:
1900
Medium:
Cardboard, wood, paper, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 21 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 54.6 x 32.4 cm )
Description:
"Game of College Boat Race" board game in a paper covered cardboard box with a paper gameboard applied to the bottom half of the card board box, four wooden playing pieces and a cardboard spinner with a metal arrow; box cover chromolithographed with three sculls filled with rowers on a river with a grandstand in the background; box cover inscribed, "GAME OF/ COLLEGE/ BOAT/ RACE/ McLOUGHIN BROS./ NEW YORK/ COPYRIGHT 1900 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."; board chromolithographed with a u-shaped track around an island with a boat house at the shore and a house on a hill, track surrounded by many types of boats and an island in the upper right corner;directions printed on the underside of the box cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.394
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ COLLEGE/ BOAT/ RACE/ McLOUGHIN BROS./ NEW YORK/ COPYRIGHT 1900 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW 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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
44157
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cycling: A Fascination Game
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, metal
Dimensions:
Overall (board): 15 × 29 5/8 in. (38.1 × 75.2 cm)
Container (box): 2 1/8 × 15 5/8 × 10 3/4 in. (5.4 × 39.7 × 27.3
Description:
"Cycling: A Fascinating Game" board game with a paper covered cardboard tri-fold board, four metal cyclist playing pieces, and twenty-seven chromolithographed playing cards with images of matches, lanterns, guns, etc. in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover with an image of a woman standing beside a bicycle; box cover printed, "CYCLING/ A FASCINATING/ GAME/ by JAP." board chromolithographed with a winding, numbered track starting at a tavern and ending at a house, with images on many of the squares; board inscribed, "Designed in England by Jap. Published by J. W. S. & S. New-York and produced at their works in Bavaria."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.310
Marks:
printed: on the box cover: "CYCLING/ A FASCINATING/ GAME/ by JAP."
lithographed: on the box cover: "Designed in England by Jap. Published by J. W. S. & S. New-York and produced at their works in Bavaria."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
44156
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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