Games

The collection consists mostly of 19^th century card and table games. The majority of the parlor game cards are in mint condition, as are the accompanying booklets and leaflets of instruction. Included in the collection are the original boxes and decorative covers for game boxes and playing boards; many have suffered damage, wear, and soiling, sometimes extensively. Most are substantially complete. The games themselves are complete unless indicated otherwise. Games no. 1-125 are described in "A catalogue of some American games of the late nineteenth century," shelved in separate envelope with the collection at: Lilly \ GV1235 \ Catalog. Some instructions sheets have been removed to a separate box (shelved with the collection) at: Lilly \ GV1235 \ Instruction Sheets.

Games no. 126-136 and no. 200-213 were the gift of Bruccoli-Clark in November 1995.

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Box 1

1. ADMINISTRATIONS. An Amusing and Instructive Game, containing the Principal Events of United States History. Copyrighted 1894. Author: Catharine Frances Cavanagh. Publisher: W.H. Moore & Co., 511 Eleventh Street, N.S., Washington, D.C. Printed pasteboard case; sheet in instructions; 80 printed cards, 4 for each administration from Washington through Benjamin Harrison. The cards contain events of each administration, such as The Whiskey Rebellion, Purchase of Louisiana, Annexation of Texas, Gold Fever, Uncle Tom's Cabin Published, Purchase of New Mexico [sic], Purchase of Alaska, Sioux War, etc. "...of special interest...to any gathering where beneficial amusement is an object...."
2. The Game of ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Copyrighted 1882. Based on the characters of Lewis Carroll. Publisher: Selchow & Righter, New York. Colored pasteboard box with large colored pictorial label; folder of instructions; 52 cards, all in two colors or more, 32 of which are the "Picture Cards" of the game, illustrated after John Tenniel. Cards and instructions are in mint condition. The game itself is rather simple minded, but it certainly brought Alice and her friends into the late Nineteenth Century American parlor.
3. Hooker's Series of New Educational Games. AMERICAN HISTORY. Copyrighted 1890. Publisher [and author?]: L.E. Hooker & Co., Binghamton, N.Y. Printed and pictorial pasteboard case; no instructions; 56 printed cards. Each card has three or more events of American history, including Drake in 1579, the founding of Yale College in 1701, and the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883.
4. The Game of AMERICAN PATRIOTS. Copyrighted 1892. Author [and publisher?]: Prof. S.B. Goodspeed, Dwight, Illinois. Pasteboard box with printed label; no instructions; 46 [should be 71] printed and pictorial cards. The Custer set is complete and illustrated. There is a "Minus X" card for Benedict Arnold.
5. The Game of AMERICAN POLITICS. Copyrighted 1888. Publisher [and author?]: Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Mass. Colored pasteboard with multi-colored ornamental band and printed label in two colors; leaflet of instructions; 38 printed cards, one for each of the 38 states.
6. The ANARCHIST. A Game Devised and Intended to Illustrate in an Interesting and Amusing Manner the Destructive and Subversive Influence of the Anarchist in the Community. Copyrighted 1886. Authur: J.W. Burdette. Publisher: Burdette Company, Burlington, Iowa. Printed pasteboard box; leaflet of instructions; 61 cards, one of which is pictorial (the Anarchist).
7. ANDERSON'S HAPPY HUNTING GROUND OR GAME OF ZOOLOGY. Copyrighted 1893. Author: Mary P. Anderson. Publisher: A. Flanagan, Chicago. Pictorial box; leaflet of instruction; table of the Animal Kingdom; 120 cards, many pictorial.
8. ARITHMOMACHY. Copyrighted 1880. Author: J. Carr. Pasteboard case, with label; card of rules; 56 identically illustrated and variously numbered cards, printed in black & rose.
9. Game of ART HISTORY. Copyrighted 1882. Author [and publisher?]: Albert M. Martin, General Secretary, C.L.S.C. [whatever that was] Pittsburgh, Pa. Colored box with printed label; card of instructions; 12 large question cards and 84 small answer cards. Of the 84 questions, exactly one related to American artists or art.
10. Albion Business Authors. Copyright 1895. Author [and publisher?] : L.L. Doud. No case or box; card of instructions; 52 [of 65?] printed cards. Advertisement for A.B. Chase piano on back of each card. Again, these are advertisements for the merchants of Albion, Michigan. Among the cast of characters and the items for sale: The Hustling Grocer, Gent's Furnishings, A New Dress is What Every Lady Wants, Horse Shoeing, and F.A. Roudenbush who was the town's Funeral Director and seller of fine furniture, including Fancy Rockers in All the Latest Designs.
11. Le Jeu des AUTEURS. Copyright 1873. Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, New York. Printed cloth-covered case; title card; card of instructions; 96 printed cards in brown.
12. Le Jeu des Auteurs. Copyright 1875 and 1876. Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, New York. Printed cloth covered case; title card; card of instructions; 96 printed cards in brown.
13. Game of Authors. Copyright 1873. Publisher: Porter & Coates, Philadelphia. Decorated paper–covered case; card of instructions; 51 printed cards. The American authors were: Prescott, Longfellow, Irving, Emerson, Cooper, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Hawthorne. Missing card is titled Pendennis—by Thackery.
14. A New Game of AUTHORS, or Graded Literary Cards American. Copyrighted 1885. Author: A.B. Carroll, Morning Sun, Iowa. Publisher: Bishop Bros. Printing Co., Burlington, Ia. Box with printed label in red and black; 8 page booklet of instructions; 97 [of 100] printed cards. One hundred American Authors are listed; "Females...12, Males...88.” Periods of American literature are listed, the last being "The Golden Period, 1860–1885.”
15. A New Game of AUTHORS or Graded Literary Cards/ Revised edition, Seventh Thousand, American. Author; A.B. Carroll, A.M. Publisher: A. Flanagan, Chicago, Ill. Copyrighted 1889. Multi-colored paper covered box with printed label; 16 page booklet of instruction, printed at Sentinel Book and Job Print, Shenandoah, Iowa; 100 printed cards. The card listing the Periods of American Literature has been replaced by one of Testimonials, such as "Dear Friend— I thank thee for the Author Cards, a game with which would certainly be a harmless one, and would afford many useful hints to the young players. Truly thine, John G. Whittier, Danvers, Mass." Testimonials too from Tennyson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, O.W. Holme and others.
16. AVILUDE: or Game of Birds, Copyrighted 1873. Publisher: West & Lee, Worcester, Mass. Printed paper-covered case; 6 page instruction leaflet; 64 pictorial cards and one gold-printed "Avis" card. The illustrations of the birds are rather dramatic.
17. BATTLE–LORE; or A Game of Decisive Battles of the World's History. Copyrighted 1884. Author: James Roscoe. Printed paper–covered colored box. Broadside of instructions; 32 page booklet of instructions; 70 printed cards. Saratoga and Gettysburg are included.
18. BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR. A Fair Knowledge of the Civil War, combined with Amusement, Is Furnished by This Game. Copyright 1888. Publisher: James S. Schoonover, Indianapolis, Ind. Colored pasteboard box with printed label; instruction sheet; 64 pictorial cards.
19. BEREA BUSINESS AUTHORS. Copyrighted 1895. Author [and publisher?]: L.L. Doud. No case or box; instruction card; 67 [of 65]; some sets incomplete, others with duplicate cards. Advertising cards for Berea, Ohio. Card & Lang, Funeral Directors, also sold Bird's Eye Maple furniture; T.C. Mattison & Co. advertised themselves as "Druggists and Booksellers" and sold Yerba Electric Oil too.
20. BOARD OF TRADE GAME. Copyright 1895. Publisher [and author?] G. Henderson Smith, Galena, Illinois. Pictorial paper case; 8 page instruction booklet; 44 printed cards in red and blue.
21. A New Game...BIBLE LINKS. Copyright 1896. Publisher: Wm. H. Dietz, 115 Dearborn St., Chicago. Printed pasteboard case; rules on case; 50 cards, printed in red and blue. The rules are in verse! $4.50
22. BOOKS OF THE BIBLE. Copyright 1889. Author: J.B. Wade. Pasteboard box; card of directions; 66 printed cards. "Erata" slip.
23. Game of the BOOK OF BOOKS. Copyright 1887. Publisher [and author]: W.J. Hosmer, Wilmette (Chicago Suburb) Ill. Printed paper-covered pasteboard box; 4 page leaflet of instructions; 60 printed cards.
24. Exercise of the BOOK OF BOOKS. Copyright 1890. Publisher and author: W.J. Hosmer, Wilmette (Chicago Suburb), Ill. Printed paper–covered pasteboard box; 4 page leaflet of instructions; 60 printed cards. Only the name has been changed from #23.
25. BOTANICAL GAME. Copyright 1896. Author: Miss I.H. Richeson. No box; sheet of instructions; 90 cards. Victorian type.
26. CARNIVAL OF CHARACTERS FROM DICKENS. Copyright 1876. Author: Albert A. Hill. Publisher: E.G. Selchow & Co. Publishers, New York. Pasteboard box with label in three colors; double card of instructions; 52 printed cards, some in red; 1 a blank card [spare?].
27. CENTENNIAL SEVENTY–SIX. Copyright 1876. Author [and publisher?]: W.C. Smith, Warsaw, Mo. Pictorial paper case; 3 cards of instruction, etc.; 52 printed cards, 4 for each of the original 13 states.
28. CENTURY GAME! Most Important Events of 1800 Years, Combining Instruction with Pleasure. [Box title] Copyright 1872. Publisher: Smythe & Co. Pasteboard box with printed label in red and blue; card of instructions; 90 printed cards. $5.00

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29. Linn's Royal Game of CHAMBATELLO and other Games For the Home Circle, in which the Old and Young of Either or Both Sexes May Find a Pleasant Pastime. Copyright 1883. Author or publisher or both: Jacob Linn. Pasteboard box with pictorial label; no instructions; 60 pictorial and printed cards in red, blue and black.
30. A Game of CHARACTERS, American. Copyright 1889. Authors: F.G. Decker and O.F. Decker, M.D. Publisher: O.F. Decker, M.D., Ottawa, Kansas. Printed pasteboard case; sheet of directions; 100 printed cards. Sample questions: "Who assisted Gen. Grant to start the Corliss engine at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876? Who, in 1871, was elected Dean of the Evanston Female College, and professor of Aesthetics in the Northwestern University? What book binder of New York became very intemperate and afterwards a celebrated orator? Who said, 'I cannot afford to waste my time making money'?" $8.50
31. A Game of CHARACTERS, Foreign. Copyright 1889. Authors: F.G. Decker and O.F. Decker, M.D. Publisher: O.F. Decker, M.D., Buffalo, N.Y. Printed paper case; no instructions; 100 printed cards. Sample questions: "Who was the wife of Otto Goldschmidt? Who was buried in a coffin made from the mast of the French flagship L'Orient?" In distinction to many games, a number of scientists are in.
32. CHAUTAUQUA GAME OF ASTRONOMY. Copyright 1882. Author: Alice H. Birch. Publisher: Fairbanks, Palmer & Co., Chicago. Pasteboard box with printed label; 16 page booklet of rules, etc.; 18 printed cards.
33. The CHI RHO Game. Copyright 1892. Author: C.J. Daggett. Publisher: Peter Paul & Bro., Buffalo, N.Y. Remains of case with printed label; sheet of directions; 102 printed cards.
34. The Game of CHRONOLOGY. Copyright 1875. Author [and Publisher?]: Leavitt Bartlett, Olathe, Kansas. Pasteboard covered with printed paper; card of instructions; 55 printed cards. 3 games in 1.
35. CINDERELLA OR HUNT THE SLIPPER. Copyright 1887. Publisher: McLoughlin Bros., New York: Pasteboard box with many colored label; 8 page booklet of instructions; 62 pictorial cards in many colors, complete?
36. CITATIONS DES AUTEURS FRANCAIS. Copyright 1896. Author or publisher or both: F.L. Bonnet, Rochester, N.Y. Pasteboard case; card of règles; 96 printed cards. In French.
37. A Game of CITIES. Copyright 1887. Authors: F.G. Decker and O.F. Decker, M.D. Publisher: O.F. and F.G. Decker, 123 Purdy St., Buffalo, N.Y. Printed paper case; sheet of instructions; 100 printed cards. All foreign cities.
38. A Game of CITIES. Copyright 1889. Authors: F.G. Decker and O.F. Decker, M.D. Publisher: O.F. Decker, M.D., Ottawa, Kansas. Printed paper packet; sheet of directions; 100 printed cards. Los Angeles and San Francisco are among the American cities.
39. The Game of CITY LIFE; or, The Boys of New York. Copyright 1889. Publisher: McLoughlin Bros. N.Y. Pasteboard box with pictorial colored label; 8 page booklet of instructions; 44 pictorial colored cards, illustrations of occupations; 59 counters.
40. The Game of COLORS. Copyright 1884. Publisher [and author?]: N.F. Carryl, 64 College Place, N.Y. Printed colored title; sheet of instructions; 52 printed cards, each in four colors.
41. The Game of COLORS. Copyright 1896. Publisher: Parker Brothers, Salem Massachusetts. Pasteboard box with colored pictorial label; leaflet of instructions; 32 pictorial colored cards; 7 [of 8] color cards. Not the same game as no. 40.
42. The Game of CONTADOR or Accountant. Copyright 1887. Author: Chas. Eldred Shelton. Publisher: A. Flanagan, Chicago. Pasteboard box with printed label in red and blue; 8 page booklet of instructions; 165 printed cards, in green or plum.
43. The CUCKOO Game, or "Gnauspiel." Copyright 1886. Publisher: A.M.L. & Co. Pasteboard box with printed label; sheet of instruction; 18 pictorial cards; 24 number cards. "The Cuckoo is the highest card; and when any player offers its owner to exchange he says, 'Stop for the Cuckoo!'" $6.00
44. The DELPHIC ORACLE. Copyright date not given. Publisher: Martin Taylor, Publisher and Bookseller, Buffalo, N.Y. Pasteboard case with printed label; 40 cards, complete?; no instructions except as implied on case: "These cards, containing words and phrases printed on each face, are so ingeniously contrived that they can be thrown into TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS."
45. The DICKENS GAME. Copyright 1886. Publisher: Geo. S. Parker & Co., Salem, Mass. Pasteboard box with portrait label; leaf of instructions; 36 printed cards.
46. The Game of DIVIDENDS. Copyright 1880. Publisher [and author?]: C.M. Moody, Greenfield, Mass. Pasteboard box with printed label; sheet of instructions; 60 small number cards.
47. DRUM BEATS OF THE CIVIL WAR. Author: Clara R. Grow. Publisher: C. Romain Grow, St. Paul, Minn. Printed case; card of directions; 50 printed cards. Copyright 1890. The cards are all devoted to battles and leaders of the War; the South was already winning the war as reconstructed in games. Lee's apotheosis is marked.
48. Game of ELEMENTAIRE. An Instructive Game Teaching the Rudiments of Music. Copyright 1896. Author: M.S. Morris. Publisher: Theo. Presser, Philadelphia. Printed paper-covered box; leaflet of instructions; 24 printed cards with staffs; 99 numbered tickets.
49. The New and Popular Game ESKEMO. Copyright 1872. Publisher: Adams & Co., 25 Bromfield St., Boston. Pasteboard box; 8 page booklet of instructions; 77 pictorial cards; 9 [of 10] numbered tickets. Pictorially, this game is a delight; and it might even be fun to play. Very complicated.
50. EVENTS AND DATES OF U.S. COLONIAL HISTORY. Copyright 1876. Publisher [and author?]: Chester Metcalf, Momence, Illinois. Printed paper case; 6 page leaflet of instructions; advertisement; 53 printed cards, in red or black, including Joker.
51. EVENTS AND DATES IF UNITED STATES HISTORY, From the Battle of Lexington, to the Custer Massacre in 1876. Copyright 1876. Publisher [and author?]: Chester Metcalf, Momence, Illinois. Printed paper case; 6 page leaflet of instructions; advertisement; 53 printed cards, in red or black, including Joker.
52. Title [sic], EVENTS AND DATES OF UNITED STATES HISTORY, From the discovery of America by Columbus to the present time (1886). Copyright 1886. Publisher and author: J.E. Sherrill, Danville, Indiana. Pasteboard box with colored ornamental printed label; leaflet of rules; title card; 68 printed cards. Among the events are the Founding of Harvard College, the Chicago Fire, and "Reduction of Postage on first class matter from three cents for each half ounce to two cents for each half ounce or fraction thereof. October 1, 1883." $7.50
53. A Game of FAMOUS RULERS, An Instructive and Fascinating Game. No copyright date. Publisher [and author?]: E.W. Frick, Ottawa, Kansas. Printed paper-covered pasteboard box; sheet of rules; 60 printed cards. Cards for Jefferson Davis, Porfirio Diaz, David Kalakaua, and Brigham Young.
54. A Game of FAMOUS SCRIPTURE PEOPLE. Instructive! Fascinating! Absorbing! Copyright 1892. Author and Publisher: E.W. Frick, Ottawa, Kansas. "Who built a three story ark of gopher-wood...?"
55. The Game of FIGURETTE. Copyright 1875. Publisher: Goodnow Brothers, Clinton, Mass. Pasteboard box with printed pictorial label in red; leaflet of rules; 40 printed cards in four suits, printed in green, gold, red, or black.
56. FLY AWAY JACK & JILL. Copyright 1894. Publisher McLoughlin Bros., New York. Pasteboard box with pictorial label in several colors, sheet of rules; 48 pictorial cards, colored.

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57. GEMS OF THOUGHT. Copyright 1884. Author [and Publisher]: John D. Boroff, Zimmerman, Ohio. Pasteboard box with printed label in red and black; sheet of instructions; 100 printed cards.
58. GENERAL HISTORICAL CARDS. Copyright 1886. Publisher: A. Flanagan, Chicago. Pasteboard box with printed label; leaflet of instructions 134 printed cards. Includes Olympic Games.
59. Brewster's Educational Game Cards. Series no. 1 — Geographical. Copyright 1882. Publisher: Brewster & Co., Printers, Des Moines, Iowa. Pasteboards case with printed label; cards of instruction [incomplete]; county map of Iowa; 100 printed cards. Iowan interest.
60. A SERIES OF GEOGRAPHICAL GAMES...CITIES. Copyright 1890. Author: Clara R. Grow. Publisher: C.R. Romain & Co., St. Paul, Mn. Printed Bristol board case; no rules; 64 cards, complete?
61. GEOGRAPHICAL GAMES...COUNTRIES AND ISLANDS. Author: Clara R. Grow. Publisher: C.R. Romain & Co., St. Paul, Mn. Printed bristol board case; instruction card; 65 cards, complete?
62. GEOGRAPHICAL GAMES...MOUNTAINS AND LAKES. Author: Clara R. Grow. Publisher: C.R. Romain & Co., St. Paul, Mn. Painted bristol board case; no rules; 49 cards, complete?
63. GEOGRAPHICAL GAMES...RIVERS. Author: Clara R. Grow. Publisher: C.R. Romain & Co., St. Paul, Mn. Printed bristol board case; no rules; 50 printed cards, complete? The Sacramento.
64. The Game of GEOGRAPHY. Copyright 1886. Publisher: J.E. Sherrill, Danville, Ind. Pasteboard box with printed label; no rules; 75 printed cards. San Francisco is "The principal emporium on the Pacific shore."
65. GEOGRAPHY OF MASSACHUSETTES. Copyright 1886. Authors [and publishers]: C.A. Smith and A.R. Cottle. Pasteboard box with printed label; rules on label; 52 printed cards. An "Authors"–type game, but more topical than most.
66. GEOGRAPHICS. Copyright 1880. Publisher: A.M. Brown, New York. Printed and pictorial tinted bristol board case; rules on case; 50 printed cards.
67. GEO–HISTO. Geography of the States and Cities, and History of some of the most distinguished men of the South. Copyright 1886. Author [and publisher]: M.V. Staley, Savannah, Tenn. Printed at the Courier Job Office, Savannah, Tennessee. Printed bristol board case; directions on case and cards; 84 [of 100] printed cards.
68. HELPS TO HISTORY, Or, Historic Games with Cards, on the History of the United States. Copyright 1873. Author [and publisher]: D. Eckley Hunter, Princeton, Ind. Fourth Edition–Revised. 20 page booklet of instructions; 8 cards of Lists of Groups; 60 small printed cards on green. The game was first copyrighted in 1866.
"The best cards are: 1. Those having the date July 4. 2. Those having the word WAR in the event. 3. Those that contain the word BATTLE in the event. All others are common cards." [In rules of no. 68.]
69. The New Game: HISTORICAL TOPICS. Copyright 1879. Author and publisher: Edson C. Eastman, Concord, N.H. Pasteboard box with printed label; sheet of directions; 80 printed cards. There is a card for: "Joe Smith 1830/ Published 'Book of Mormon.'
70. The Game of an INTELLIGENCE OFFICE. Copyright 1874. Publisher: A.J. Fisher, No. 98 Nassau Street, New York. Wooden box with colored pictorial label; leaflet of instructions; 10 pictorial cards, complete; 39 [of 56] "Qualities" cards.
71. IOWA INFORMATION CARDS. Copyrighted 1888? Author [and publisher?]: M.C. Ladd, Allison, Iowa. Title portion of case only; no rules [probably so published]; 100 printed cards in brown.
72. The LION AND THE EAGLE, or the Days of '76. Copyrighted 1883. Author: E.H. Snow? Pasteboard box with colored pictorial label; 52 pictorial cards, in four suits. Text is written with verve.
73. The Game of LITTLE JACK HORNER. Copyright 1888. Publisher: McLoughlin Bros, N.Y. Pasteboard box with colored pictorial label; leaflet of rules; 32 colored pictorial cards, including 4 pie cards. The plums from which the players attempt to make the pies include: Green Gage, Lombard, Grugers Scarlet and Dominee Dull.
74. LONE STAR GAME; OR TEXAS HISTORY MADE EASY. Copyright 1890. Author [and publisher?]: A.C. Garrott, Henderson, Texas. Printed paper case, torn at seams and fragile; title card; 60 printed cards. Probably issued without instructions.
75. The LOUISIANA PURCHASE GAMES. Author [and publisher]: C.E. McWilliams, Meadville, Missouri. Pasteboard box with printed label; no rules; 52 printed pictorial cards. Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Indian Territory are included but count no points.
76. The Game of MAGIC FORTUNES. Copyright 1881. Author [and publisher?]: L.A. Tuttle. Pasteboard box with printed label; rules for Magic Fortunes, Lucky Numbers, and Magic of Numbers and Magic of Fortunes, the first two on sheets, the last on a card; 15 printed cards.
77. The New, Instructive and Fascinating Game of MARQUE OR TRIPLE–SCORE. Copyright 1879. Publisher: A.A. McCormick, Philadelphia. Pasteboard box with printed label; sheet of instruction; 60 printed cards in black, red, or both.
78. MASQUERADE. Copyright 1884. Publisher: Hill & Foster, Boston, Mass. Pasteboard box with colored pictorial label; leaflet of instructions; 40 printed cards, in red, or black.
79. MISSIONARY PIONEERS. Copyrighted 1885. Author: Fred T. Bailey. For Sale By Mary E. Clarke, Mission Rooms, Tremont Temple, Boston. Pasteboard box with printed label; sheet of directions, 49 printed cards. The high card is The American Baptist Missionary Union itself. The missionary pioneers are all American.
80. MOTHER GOOSE AND HER FRIENDS. A Pleasing Game. Copyright 1892. Publisher; McLoughlin Bros./New York. Pasteboard box with colored pictorial label; sheet of rules; 29 [of 48] colored pictorial cards.
81. MOUNTAIN BUILDING. Copyright 1891. Author [and publisher]: Mrs. C.L. Camp, Osawatomie, Kansas. Pasteboard box with printed label; sheet of instructions; 52 question cards; 52 answer cards; 30 paper counters, complete?
82. MURRAY'S PICTORIAL EDUCATIONAL GAMES FOR THE INSTRUCTION AND AMUSEMENT OF THE YOUNG. Copyright date lacking. Publisher: F.O. Carnahan & Co. Publishers and Job Printers, Cincinnati, Oh. Pasteboard case with printed and pictorial labels; sheet of instructions, somewhat defective, affecting text; 52 pictorial cards, in black or green.
83. Game of MUSICAL–BIOGRAPHY. Copyright 1891. Author [and publisher]: Margaret A. Gardner. Pasteboard box with printed label; card of directions; 84 pictorial cards, 6 works for each composer. From Bach and Handel to Wagner and Ignatz Moscheles.
84. MUSICAL LOGOMACHY. Copyright 1891. Author [and publisher?]: L.I.W. Kent. Plain pasteboard box; card of rules; 59 printed cards with musical notation, including two blank.
85. The Game of MYTHOLOGY. Copyright 1873. Publisher: Porter & Coates. Ornamental paper-covered pasteboard case; card of instructions; 52 printed cards. Straight–forward Greek mythology.
86. The Game of MYTHOLOGY. Copyright 1886. Publisher: J.E. Sherrill, Danville, Ind. Remains of pasteboard box with printed label; card of directions; 67 [of 68] printed cards.

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87. The Game of NATIONAL FINANCE. Copyright 1895. Author [and publisher]: W.T. Buckner, Wichita, Kan. Printed paper case; leaflet of rules; 36 printed cards with medallions of gold, silver, copper, or green, or combinations for bimetallism and tri–metallism. The comments on the cards are impassioned: "Silver, the Money of the People, the bone and muscle of the country. The masses of the East and North are for it. The Gold Standard is our Jonah. Throw it overboard and save the ship." All the comments are slanted in favor of silver.
88. NATIONAL GAME OF PRESIDENTS. Copyright 1881. Author [and publisher] Frank G. Thomson, Chicago, Illinois. Pasteboard box with printed label; leaflet of instructions; 45 pictorial cards; 9 printed cards.
89. The NATIONAL GAME OF "76". Copyright 1881. Author [and publisher]: L.A. Tuttle. Remains of pasteboard box with printed label; sheet of instructions; 24 decorated printed cards.
90. A Game of NEGRO CHARACTERS.... Literature, History, Biography. Copyright 1890. Author [and publisher]: H.N. Jenkins. Printed paper case; sheet of directions; 50 printed cards.
91. OSSIAN, INDIANA. No copyright. No author, no publisher. No box or case; no instructions; 140 printed cards.
92. Geographical Game. "OUR COUNTRY," From Maine to California. Publisher: A.M. Edwards & Co., Boston, Mass. Printed paper–covered pasteboard box; sheet of rules; 100 printed cards.
92a. Historical Game. "OUR COUNTRY" For Home and School. Publisher: A.M. Edwards & Co., Boston, Mass. Pasteboard box with printed label; sheet of instructions; 72 [of 100] printed cards.
The games, directions, cards, etc. are identical, and they were entered for copyright the same day. The only difference is in the name and the boxes.
93. Geographical Game. "OUR COUNTRY." From Maine to California. [Box label title.] Author: A.M. Edwards & Co. Publisher: C.W. Barden, Syracuse, N.Y. Pasteboard box with printed label; sheet of directions; 100 printed cards. $3.50
The same as no. 92; in fact, the rules call it, "Edwards's Geography Game."

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94. A Game/ OUR FRIENDS IN FUR. Copyright 1890. Author: Clara R. Grow. Publisher: C. Romain Grow & Co., St. Paul, Minn. Printed bristol board case; card of directions; 50 printed and pictorial cards, one for each animal. $8.50
Questions and answers: "Mr. Darwin, of whom you have all heard, thought that the first man was what animal? [The Monkey.] Playing dead has made what animal famous? [The Opossum.] What frolicsome, mad–cap animal is governed, with its neighbors, by one old fellow called a mayor? [The Prairie Dog.] What spiny, touch-me-not sort of an animal is noted for its fretfulness? [The Hedgehog.] What animal is the pet of children, the tenant of the hearth rug and the terror of rats and mice?" [The Cat (Domestic)]
95. Game of PAINTERS. Copyright 1883. Publisher: A.H. Smythe & Co., Columbus, Ohio. Pictorial paper–covered pasteboard case; card of instructions; 80 printed cards in blue. Old Masters.
96. PARALLELS OF HISTORY. Copyright 1876. Author and Publisher: Wm. Thomas Sater, 164 John Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. Pasteboard case with printed label; sheet of instructions; broadside flyer; 52 printed cards. "AMERICAN EVENTS have been placed FIRST upon the cards."
97. PATRIOTIC GAME. History of the United States. Author: Emile Pingauklt, Concord, N.H. Copyright 1887. Printed by J. Phaneuf, Concord. No box or case; leaflet of directions; title card; 48 printed cards.
98. PEARL'S HISTORICAL AUTHORS. Copyright 1889. Author [and publisher]: Harry Pearl. Home Supply, Farlin, Iowa. Remains of pasteboard box; sheet of instructions; 160 printed cards. Founding of Harvard is included, not of Yale. There is no separate mention of Custer; he is absorbed in "An Indian war in Montana occurred during Grant's administration."
99. Another Copy. No box at all.
100. The Improved Game/PETER CODDLE AND HIS LATEST TRIP TO NEW YORK. Copyright date not given. Publisher: McLoughlin Bros. N.Y. Pasteboard box with colored pictorial label; 16 page booklet of instructions; 125 printed word cards.
101. PHANTOMS; Or, Delusive Visions. Copyright 1875. Publisher: McLoughlin Bros. Pasteboard case, slip-on top lacking; card of directions; 20 large colored pictorial cards, many in three colors. You look at the dot somewhere in the picture; then at the ceiling and the "phantom" image appears.
102. PINAFORE Card Game. Copyright 1880. Publisher: Eureka Trick & Novelty Co., New York. Pasteboard box with printed label; sheet of instructions; 36 small blue question cards; 36 small pink answer cards; 18 Gents forfeit cards; 18 Ladies forfeit cards. $10.00
The idea is that ludicrous answers will be given to the question; and since the answers consist of such as "A real Darwinian monkey," "...a stewed cat," and "A little 'brown jug' filled with youknowwhat," it must not have been too hard to master. But the forfeits imply otherwise. They include: "G. Catch three imaginary flies on the end of your nose." "L. Kiss the gentleman having the longest mustache; if you are in doubt, measure it."
103. PLEASANT GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES. Copyright 1893. Author [and publisher?]: Bettie C. Williams, Deer Lodge, Montana. Printed paper-covered pasteboard case, crudely repaired with brown stickum; 8 page booklet of instructions; 105 printed cards, red and green on yellow. Three cards for each state and territory. $6.00
104. Game of POETS. Copyright 1872. Publisher: Porter & Coates, Philadelphia. Printed cloth–covered case; card of instructions; 52 printed cards in 13 groups of 4 each. Bryant and Whittier are the only Americans. $4.50
104a. POLITICAL BLUFF. Copyright 1892. Author: John R. Van Wormer, Toledo, Ohio. Paper wrapper: card of instructions; 4 party cards (Prohibition, Republican, Democratic, and Alliance); 16 issue cards; 29 state cards, some with more than one state. $12.50
105. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL GAME. Copyright 1892. Manufacturer: S.W. Carr, Crestline, Ohio. Printed paper-covered pasteboard case; sheet of instructions; 44 printed cards, one for each of the States. $3.50
106. THE PROTEAN CARDS, Or, Fifty Games Suitable To All Ages. By The Editor of St. Nicholas. Copyright 1880. Author: John H. Tingley. Publisher: Scribner & Co., New York. Pasteboard box with printed label; 56 page pamphlet of instructions, printed wrapper; 104 printed cards, in black or red. $15.00
The 56 page pamphlet is the thing here, describing 50 popular Nineteenth Century parlor card games. On the box's label are the words: CHANCE, FUN, SKILL and INSTRUCTION.
107. The Game of PUSS IN THE CORNER. Copyright 1888. Publisher: McLoughlin Bros, N.Y. Pasteboard box with colored pictorial label; leaflet of instructions; 4 Puss cards; 28 rats & mice. All the cards are pictorial and colored.
108. The Puzzler.
109. QUARETTE UNION WAR GAME. Copyright 1874. Publisher: E.G. Selchow & Co. Purple and green paper–covered pasteboard box with fine ornamental gold lettering; card of rules; 48 printed cards in 12 books of 4 each.
Published only nine years after the war. The case is one of the nicest in the catalogue.
110. Game of QUOTATIONS. Copyright 1878. Publisher [and author?]: Clay Herrick, Cleveland, Ohio. Printed paper–covered pasteboard box, repaired; sheet of instructions; leaflet Key to Game of Quotations; 50 rather crudely printed cards.
This is a charming group of quotations that every American should know from "The Almighty Dollar" to "None but the brave deserve the fair" and "Handsome is that handsome does."
111. Game of QUOTATIONS. Copyright 1889. Publisher [and author?]: Welcome L. Beckley, 110 Loomis Street, Chicago. Plain paper-covered pasteboard box; card of directions; 50 printed cards, each with two quotations. Many American. Interesting.
112. The New National Game. RACES TO THE WHITE HOUSE. Copyright 1881. Publisher: E.B. Treat, 757 Broadway, New York. Pasteboard box with fine pictorial label; sheet of instructions; 68 printed pictorial cards in four groups of 17 cards each. The groups are lettered alphabetically G, A, M, E.
113. RIGHT OR WRONG; Or, The Princess Belinda. Copyright 1876. Author: Albert A. Hill. Remains of pasteboard box with printed label; 6 page leaflet of instructions; 40 printed cards to match the 40 capitalized phrases in the story.
For sheer and saccharine simple–mindedness, this game would be hard to beat. "In one of the Principalities of Wonderland, dwelt the charming little PRINCESS BELINDA. She was charming because she was good, which caused her to be such a universal favorite, that even THE BIRDS LOVED HER." The rules state that the game can be played by any number of person from three to "forty."
114. ROYAL. Copyright 1887. Author [and publisher?]: Lizzie Ballau, Burlington, Ia. Pasteboard box with printed label; leaflet of instructions [with manuscript corrections, probably by the author]; 32 printed cards, in red, gold, blue, and black.
115. Startling Novelty!!! The New SHAKESPERIAN PUZZLE. Copyright 1880. Publisher: Robert Gair, 143 Reade and 161 Chambers Streets, New York. Printed bristol board case; sheet of directions; 10 thick cards, printed on both sides. A game of innocent deceit.

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116. THE SIGNERS of America's Independence. Copyright 1877. Publisher: Richards & Kibbe, Toledo, Ohio. Pasteboard box with printed label; no instructions [none issued?]; 62 printed cards, some ornately so.
117. SNAP. Copyright 1872. Publisher: Snow Brothers, Worcester, Mass. Printed label in red and green; leaflet of directions; 60 pictorial cards in 10 groups of 6 cards each.
118. The Improved Game of STAR AUTHORS. Copyright 1887. Publisher: McLoughlin Bros., New York. Pasteboard box with colored pictorial [Longfellow] label; 8 page booklet of directions; 16 pictorial cards, 16 printed cards. The lithographic portraits of the authors, all but one of which [Tennyson] are American, are executed in a superior fashion.
119. The Game of THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING. Copyright 1872. Publisher: J.B. Wiggin, Cambridgeport, Mass. Bristol board case with printed label; card of rules; 80 printed cards in 20 books of 4 each.
120. THROUGH TRAIN. Copyright 1894. Author: Joseph Vail. Publisher: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. Co., Chicago, Ill. No box or case; card of instructions; 52 printed cards in 13 books of 4 each. $12.50
The cards advertise various Burlington Routes, some with Solid Vestibule Trains, Day Buffet Couches, etc., "heated by steam and lighted by Pintsch gas." No. 15 went to Los Angeles, California.
121. TYCHE: THE FIRESIDE ORACLE. Copyright 1876. Author: C.L.B. Publisher: J.S. Goodman, 91 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. Paper–covered pasteboard case with printed label; 6 page leaflet of instructions; card of directions; 120 cards, printed on green stock.
122. WHO DO YOU LOVE BEST? Copyright 1876. Author [and publisher?]: J. Jay Gould, Boston, Mass. Pictorial paper–covered pasteboard box; sheet of instruction; 10 pink cards; 10 yellow cards.
123. THE WINNING GAME. Copyright 1891. Author: "a W.C.T.U. lady of Boston." Publisher: C.S. Colby, 6 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston. Pebbled cloth, printed in gold, over pasteboard box; descriptive leaflet; 40 cards of virtues; 24 Bible verses against drink; 30 pictorial cards depicting drink; 46 others, some pictorial. No rules, alas.
124. YOUNG AMERICA'S HOME AND SCHOOL HISTORY CARDS. Copyright 1884? Author [and publisher?]: Clark Brown, Paoli, Ind. No case or box; leaflet of rules, printed at Paoli Republican Print; 100 printed cards on green stock. Handsome Victorian printing.
125. ZAROFIEL. Copyright 1879. Author: Harriet A. Adams. Publisher: Adams & Co., Boston. Paper–covered pasteboard box with pictorial label; leaflet of rules; 60 printed cards; 100 red counters.
126. The Checker of Classics. Invented and Manufactured by Dr. Walter Lamb, Cambridge, New York. Copyright deposit copy with Library of Congress accession stamp dated Jan 20 1887.
127. Heathen Chinee. Published by Parker Brothers, Salem, Mass. Copyright deposit with Library of Congress accession number noted in pencil on the cover label 19576B2. Copyright 1895.
128. Ivanhoe. A Social Game. Published by Geo. S. Parker & Co. Salem, Mass. A parlor game based on the story of Sir Walter Scott. Copyright deposit copy with Library of Congress accession stamp dated Jul 28 1886. Also numbered in pencil 12171R1. Cardboard box with pictorial label. Contents include printed instruction sheet and two each of 15 printed game cards plus a single Ivanhoe card (total 31 cards).
129. Literary Whist. Games of Great Men, by N. O. Wilhelm. Published by A. Flanagan, Chicago. Copyright deposit copy with Library of Congress accession stamp dated Dec 26 1888, Also numbered in pencil 25870T2. Cardboard box with printed label. Contents include a printed 16pp instruction booklet, two advertising slips, and a deck of 100 playing cards.
130. The Game of Lotto. 24 game cards; 101 round numbered wood counters in a separate box; no instructions.
131. The Merry Christmas Games. McLaughlin Brothers, New York. Copyright deposit copy with Library of Congress accession number noted in ink on the box top label 14283V1. Copyright 1890. A collection of six McLaughlin Bros. card games packaged in the "6–pack" format for Christmas sales; titles are: Little Jack Horner, Just Like Me, Baa' Baa' Black Sheep, Puss in the Corner, Jack Sprat, and Old King Cole. Each of the six card games includes instructions and color–pictorial playing cards in a patterned cardboard sleeve. Games fit into a two–part box with a pictorial cover label.
132. The New Literary Game of Celebrated Poets. Instructions together with 96 gilt edged, printed one side, playing cards.
133. Progressive Logomachy. Three decks of "Progressive Logomachy" cards; deck one has 55 cards with purple backs, deck two has 35 cards with pink backs, deck three has 40 cards with green backs. Each deck in a printed cardboard sleeve.
134. Queens of Literature. Popular Edition. McLaughlin Brothers. Copyright deposit copy with Library of Congress accession stamp dated Oct 9 1886. Also numbered 22332R1. Cardboard box with color pictorial label. Contents include printed instruction sheet and a deck of 32 playing cards, 8 two-color Queens of Literature plus 8 sets of three cards each listing books by each author.
135. The Sleeping Beauty Game. Hetty L. Stavely, Author, Adapter and Proprietor, 857 Sixth Ave., New York. Copyright deposit copy (1882/20609 W). Cardboard box with printed label. Contents include printed instruction sheet, set of round numbered wood markers, quantity of blank blue counters, and a set of seven hand-made pictorial player disks with princes on one side and birds or flowers on the backs.
136. The Picturesque Round Game of the Produce and Manufactures of the Counties of England and Wales. Published by Edward Wallis, 42, Skinner Street, London. Folding game board in a cloth case; game pieces in separate envelope; explanation booklet.

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200. The Soldier Boy. Published by Parker Bros., Salem, Mass. Copyright deposit copy, with Library of Congress accession stamp dated Sep 27, 1889 and numbered 8479U2 in pencil. Chromolithographed folding game board.
201. Round the World. Published by M. Bradley & Co., Springfield, Mass. Copyright deposit copy, with Library of Congress accession stamp dated 1873 and numbered 12526.D2 in pencil. Chromolithographed folding game board.
202. Parcheesi. Published by E.G. Selchow & Co., New York, 1870. Copyright deposit copy, Library of Congress accession number 5984 B' noted in pencil. Chromolithographed folding game board.
203. The New Railroad Game; Or, Trip Around the World. Manufactured by A.E. Lyman & Brother. Northampton, Mass. Copyright deposit copy, with Library of Congress accession stamp dated 1873 and numbered 11559.D1 in pencil. Chromolithographed folding game board, together with printed instruction sheet.
204. Grant's National Victory. A New Game, by R.H. Lathrop, New York. Copyright deposit copy, with Library of Congress accession stamp dated May 2, 1884 and numbered 68640' in pencil. Printed folding game board.
205. Game of Klondike or a Trip to the Gold Fields of Alaska, by Chas. W. Kennard, author of Ouija. Manufactured by American Toy Co., Baltimore, Maryland. Copyright deposit copy, with Library of Congress accession stamp dated Nov 4, 1897, also stamped U 7. Chromolithographed folding game board.
206. Go–Bang. A Japanese Verandah Game, with the Variations, Stay–Bang and Slam–Bang. [Trio Edition]. Published by Adams & Co., 3–1/2 Beacon St., Massachusetts. Copyright deposit copy, with Library of Congress accession stamp dated 1877 and numbered 14816.9 in pencil. Printed folding game board, with printed advertisement sheet laid in.
207. Game of the Distric Messenger Boy. Chromolithographed folding game board.
208. The Game of Cat–O'Nine–Tails and Golden Cross. Copyright 1882, By Benjamin F. Mills. Copyright deposit copy, with two Library of Congress accession stamps dated march 24, 1883, one of which is numbered20520.N2 in pencil. Heliotyped folding game board.
209. The Game of Bamboozle or The Enchanted Isle. Published by Milton Bradley & Co. 1872. Copyright deposit copy, Library of Congress accession number 10957.C2 noted in pencil. Chromolithographed folding game board.
210. The Diamond or, The Game of Short Stop. A Royal Game. Published by Geo. Apfel Chicago, Ill. Copyright deposit copy, with Library of Congress accession stamp dated May 2, 1885 and numbered 7404–2 in pencil. Printed folding game board.
211. Chinese–Japanese Game of War. Charles W. Meyer, Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., Author and Proprietor, and Claimant of Copyright. Copyright deposit copy, with Library of Congress accession number 54758–G' noted in pencil. Chromolithographed folding game board, with typewritten title page only of instructions laid in.
212. Chicago and the World's Columbian Exposition. Published by E.M. McLean. Chicago, Illinois. Copyright deposit copy, with Library of Congress accession stamp dated Nov 8, 1892 and numbered 38770X' in pencil. Printed folding game card.
213. Base Balline. Published by Base Balline Publishing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Copyright deposit copy, with Library of Congress accession stamp Dec 31, 1888 and numbered 36709T2 in pencil. Printed, flat, 24" x 9" game board, with printed instruction sheet (LC number 36709 J2 noted in pencil).

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Map Case

COVERS FOR GAMES BOXES AND PLAYING BOARDS (located in map case)
1–2. JEU DU SKATING RINK. Game box and game board covers. Game box cover, 35 x 41.5 cm.; game board cover, 39.8 x 73 cm. Box cover depicts a sophisticated skating rink scene. Rules in French and English attached to piece No. 2.
3. LA COURSE A L'AUTO. Game board cover, 24.2 x 39.6 cm. Game rules attached.
4–5. JEU FIN DE SIECLE. Game box and game board covers. Game box cover, 26.6 x 34.5 cm.; game board cover, 31.6 x 41.2 cm. Box cover depicts a scene displaying the inventions of the 19^th century (including the railway, photography, telegraph, telephone, electricity, steam engine, and phonograph). Game rules and description attached to piece No. 4.
6. TIR DES TRANSFORMATIONS. Game box cover, 50 x 32.4 cm. Sheet displaying various changeable heads to faceless figure, circus scenes, unattached bear. No description or rules attached.
7. UNE COURSE D'AUTOMOBILES. Game board cover, 25 x 35 cm. Vendor's note: "Believed to be the first children's game to introduce the automobile. The car depicted on the box cover is an early Mercedes." No description or rules attached.
8–9. JEU DE TRAMWAY. TRAMWAY GAME. Game box and game board covers. Game box cover, 19.5 x 17.2 cm.; game board cover, 25.3 x 39.8 cm. Box cover depicts a streetcar on rails drawn by a horse. Game rules attached to piece No. 8.
10. LE JEU DES BOERS. Game board cover, 31.7 x 25 cm. Game rules attached.
11. TRANSVAAL [The game of the Boers] Game box cover, 19.3 x 26.3 cm., battle scene. Appears to be cover for piece No. 10. No description or rules attached to this piece. See note on No. 10.
12. CONCOURS D'AVIATION. Game board cover, 22.7 x 56 cm., scene depicting various flying machines. No rules or description attached.
13. TEUF! TEUF! Game board cover, 32 x 33 cm. Description and rules attached.
14. OMBRES CHINOISES. Game board cover, 35.5 x 42.9 cm. Vendor's note: "A Sheet for use in the pre–cinema "shadow theatre", of all kinds of flying objects––from witches to airships and balloons."
15–18. LA POSTE DES ENFANTS. Game box cover and 3 sheets of the game. Game box cover, 29.6 x 23.2 cm. Other sheets, 36 x 15.3 cm., 19.1 x 40.7 cm., 50.8 x 36.8 cm. Description and rules attached to piece No. 15.
19. BLANC ET NOIR. [The Chimney Sweep] Game board cover, 37 x 51.1 cm. Description and rules attached.
20. ADVENTURE DE BAS–DE–CUIR. [The last of the Mohicans] Game board cover, 42.2 x 55.7 cm. Rules and description attached.