Collection Highlights
President Lincoln at Home, Reading the scriptures to his son and wife
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.52
Medium:
Paper
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The Game of Old Maid
Object Number:
2000.634
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 8.9 x 11.4 cm )
each card: 3 x 2 in. ( 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
lithgraphed: on the box cover: "OLD/ MAID/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ Incorporated/ NEW YORK/ 376A"
Inscriptions:
pencil: on back of box: "St. Patrick's Day / 1919"
Description:
"Old Maid Game" card game with 35 chromolithographed paper playing cards and an instruction card in a paper covered cardboard box; cards printed in pairs with characters such as "Wicked Boy" and "Cruel Cat" printed on each, and a single old maid; box chromolithographed with an old maid holding a small dog and a cane; box cover inscribed, "OLD/ MAID/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ Incorporated/ NEW YORK/ 376A".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
