Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Game of What D'ye Buy
Object Number:
2000.694
Date:
ca. 1895
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 4 x 5 in. ( 2.2 x 10.2 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The/ GAME/ of/ What/ D'ye Buy/ Banner/ Series/ 4180/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK".
Description:
"The Game of What D'ye Buy" card game with 12 store cards depicting shops such as a bakery and a dry goods store, 72 merchandise cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; cover chromolithographed with an image of an extremely tall, bald clerk bending over a counter to take a coin from a tiny woman carrying a basket; box inscribed, "The/ GAME/ of/ What/ D'ye Buy/ Banner/ Series/ 4180/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.