Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Grandma's Game of Useful Knowledge
Object Number:
2000.597
Date:
1901
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 7/8 x 6 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 15.6 x 21.6 cm )
each card: 2 1/4 x 3 in. ( 5.7 x 7.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: on the instruction booklet: "GRANDMA'S/ GAME OF/ USEFUL KNOWLEDGE/ DIRECTIONS/ AND/ ANSWERS/ PUBLISHED BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"
lithographed: on the box cover: "GRANDMA'S/ GAME of USEFUL/ KNOWLEDGE/ COPYRIGHT 1901/ 4610/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.
Description:
"Grandma's Game of Useful Knowledge" card game with 101 cards and an instruction and answer booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; each numbered card is printed with a question; answers are printed in a booklet; booklet inscribed, "GRANDMA'S/ GAME OF/ USEFUL KNOWLEDGE/ DIRECTIONS/ AND/ ANSWERS/ PUBLISHED BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"; box cover lithographed with a little boy reading a newspaper and seated on a chair with his feet on an ottoman; cover inscribed, "GRANDMA'S/ GAME of USEFUL/ KNOWLEDGE/ COPYRIGHT 1901/ 4610/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
