Museum Collections
Luce Center
Avilude or Game of Birds
Object Number:
2000.673
Date:
ca. 1873
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 6 1/8 x 4 3/8 in. ( 1.9 x 15.6 x 11.1 cm )
Marks:
printed: on the box cover: "AVILUDE/ OR/ GAME OF BIRDS/ WEST & LEE,/ Worchester, Mass./ PRICE/ Patent Applied for./ 75 CTS."
Description:
"Avilude or Game of Birds" card game with 65 playing cards with images of birds and two instruction booklets in a paper covered cardboard box with an image of a robin on a branch on the cover; box cover inscribed, "AVILUDE/ OR/ GAME OF BIRDS/ WEST & LEE,/ Worchester, Mass./ PRICE/ Patent Applied for./ 75 CTS."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
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