Collection Highlights
Petition from Lydia Heckle to Marinus Willett, Mayor of New York, re: Miranda expedition, May 16, 1807
Date:
1807
Object Number:
MSS.NewYorkCity.Misc.1
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Game of Puss in the Corner
Object Number:
2000.589
Date:
ca. 1888
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 7/8 x 3 5/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 2.2 x 9.2 x 12.4 cm )
each card: 3 1/2 x 2 in. ( 8.9 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE GAME OF/ PUSS/ IN/ THE/ CORNER/ McLOUGHLIN BROS, N. Y.".
Description:
"The Game of Puss in the Corner" card game with 32 playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; each polychrome lithographed card has an image of cats, mice, or rats; box cover lithographed with a cat in a window; box cover inscribed, "THE GAME OF/ PUSS/ IN/ THE/ CORNER/ McLOUGHLIN BROS, N. Y."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
