Museum Collections
Luce Center
Grandmama's Geographical Game
Object Number:
2000.612
Date:
ca. 1910
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/8 x 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 15.9 x 21 cm )
Marks:
printed: on the instruction booklet: "GRANDMA'S/ GEOGRAPHICAL GAME/ DIRECTIONS/ AND/ ANSWERS/ Milton Bradley Company,/ Springfield, Massachusetts/ "Makers of the World's Best Games'"
lithographed: on the box cover: "GRANDMA'S/ GEOGRAPHICAL/ GAME/ MADE IN
Description:
"Grandmama's Geographical Game" card game with 119 cards and an instruction and answer booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; each numbered card is printed with a question; answers are printed in a booklet; booklet inscribed, "GRANDMA'S/ GEOGRAPHICAL GAME/ DIRECTIONS/ AND/ ANSWERS/ Milton Bradley Company,/ Springfield, Massachusetts/ "Makers of the World's Best Games'"; box cover lithographed with a a little girl holding a book and looking at a globe; cover inscribed, "GRANDMA'S/ GEOGRAPHICAL/ GAME/ MADE IN USA/ 4830/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS. U.S.A.".
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.