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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Museum Collections
Luce Center
College Baseball Game
Object Number:
2000.348
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 20 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 52.1 x 28.6 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE COLLEGE/ BASEBALL GAME/ PARKER BROTHERS/ INCORPORATED/ SALEM, MASS./ U.S.A."
Description:
"College Baseball Game" board game in a paper covered cardboard box with a paper gameboard applied to the bottom half of the box and two wooden playing pieces; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration of fans in the stands watching a baseball game; box cover inscribed, "THE COLLEGE/ BASEBALL GAME/ PARKER BROTHERS/ INCORPORATED/ SALEM, MASS./ U.S.A."; board represents a baseball diamond with directions printed across the bottom.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
