Collection Highlights
Draft wheel
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
1865.6
Medium:
Wood, metal
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Game of Words and Sentences
Object Number:
2000.642
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 5 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 4.1 x 14.6 x 12.1 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ WORDS/ AND/ SENTENCES/ MILTON BRADLEY & CO., Springfield, Mass."
Description:
"Game of Words and Sentences" table game with 288 cardboard tiles printed with letters in a paper-covered wood box; box cover has a chromolithographed image of a man and a woman in a medallion surrounded by flowering branches; underside of cover printed "POOL" within decorative border; box inscribed, "GAME OF/ WORDS/ AND/ SENTENCES/ MILTON BRADLEY & CO., Springfield, Mass."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
