Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Game of Visit to Camp
Object Number:
2000.733
Date:
1870-1886
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/8 x 4 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. ( 2.9 x 11.1 x 14.6 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME/ OF/ VISIT TO CAMP/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK"
Description:
"Game of Visit to Camp" card game with 12 character cards, 37 reading cards and an instruction and reading booklet in a paper covered wooden box; box cover lithographed with a soldier in Civil War costume in a tent; box cover inscribed, "GAME/ OF/ VISIT TO CAMP/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
