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Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.055.3.105
Medium:
Paper
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The Game of Naval War
Object Number:
2000.290
Date:
1898
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 21 1/2 in. ( 33 x 54.6 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ GAME/ OF/ NAVAL WAR/ COPYRIGHT 1898/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY F. D. MAHER."
Description:
"The Game of Naval War" paper covered cardboard box top with a chromolithographed image of a naval battle with a gun deck in the foreground with crew members dying and ships in the background sinking and burning and two American ships coming to the rescue; cover inscribed, "THE/ GAME/ OF/ NAVAL WAR/ COPYRIGHT 1898/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK/ COPYRIGHT 1898 BY F. D. MAHER."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
