Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Anagrams Double Eagle: A Prize Game
Object Number:
2000.668
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (11.4 x 15.9 x 3.2 cm)
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "DOUBLE/ EAGLE/ ANAGRAMS/ A/ PRIZE/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS/ NEW YORK".
Description:
"Double Eagle Anagrams: A Prize game" table game with 179 cardboard tiles printed with a letter and a instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box has a chromolithographed image of a girl carrying a slate and flowers and being followed by a lamb; box inscribed, "DOUBLE/ EAGLE/ ANAGRAMS/ A/ PRIZE/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS/ NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
