Collection Highlights
New York City Hall, front elevation
Date:
1802
Object Number:
PR.040.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
A Trip to Paris: A New and Laughable Game
Object Number:
2000.755
Date:
ca. 1870
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 3 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 7.9 x 12.1 cm )
Marks:
printed: on the box cover:"A TRIP TO PARIS./ ENDLESS AMUSEMENT FOR PLAYERS OF 2 TO 50./25,000 TRANSFORMATIONS [?] AND HUMOR./ A NEW AND LAUGHABLE GAME./ Sold Everywhere for 50 cents."
printed: on the cover of the instruction booklet: "TRIP TO PARIS;/ A L
Description:
"A Trip to Paris: A New and Laughable Game" card game in a paper covered cardboard box; box with a printed cover with an image of a man carrying a box, a bag and a case toward a waiting ship; cover inscribed, "A TRIP TO PARIS./ ENDLESS AMUSEMENT FOR PLAYERS OF 2 TO 50./25,000 TRANSFORMATIONS [?] AND HUMOR./ A NEW AND LAUGHABLE GAME./ Sold Everywhere for 50 cents."; box contains instruction booklet and 155 colored slips of paper printed with comical phrases, "A Pea Pod.", Some Hard Coal."; etc.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
