Collection Highlights
Major Gen'l Z. Taylor Before Monterey
Date:
1848
Object Number:
PR.068.27
Medium:
Lithograph
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The Merry Game of Country Auction
Object Number:
2000.682
Date:
1880-1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 2.9 x 17.1 x 12.1 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The MERRY GAME/ of/ THE/ COUNRTY AUCTION/ GEO. S./ PARKER/ & CO./ PUBLISHERS/ SALEM/ MASS."
Description:
"The Merry Game of Country Auction" card game with 15 merchandise cards depicting items such as a cow and a carriage, 59 money cards, and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; cover chromolithographed with an image of an auctioneer selling items to a group of people with a barn and a hay cart in the background; box inscribed, "The MERRY GAME/ of/ THE/ COUNTRY AUCTION/ GEO. S./ PARKER/ & CO./ PUBLISHERS/ SALEM/ MASS."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
