Collection Highlights
Speech of His Excellency George Washington, Esq; president of the United States of America, delivered to the Honorable the Congress
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1789.39
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ferrilude or Game of Beasts
Object Number:
2000.501
Date:
1873
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 2 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 10.2 x 7.3 x 2.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: on the box cover: "FERRILUDE/ OR/ Game of Beasts/ WEST & LEE GAME COMPANY, WORCESTER, MASS./ Patented Sept. 2, 1873 Price Fifty Cents."
Description:
"Ferrilude or Game of Beasts" card game with 63 playing cards, each printed with information about a single or group of animals in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover printed with a group of animals playing cards including a kangaroo, a lion, a bear and a monkey; box cover inscribed, "FERRILUDE/ OR/ Game of Beasts/ WEST & LEE GAME COMPANY, WORCESTER, MASS./ Patented Sept. 2, 1873 Price Fifty Cents."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
