Artist/Maker R. Bliss Mfg Co. (American, 1830 – 1935)

Rough Rider Ten-Pins

ca. 1898

Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America

Cardboard, Wood

Each (pins): 8 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 1/4 in. (21 x 8.9 x 0.6 cm)
Container (box): 19 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. (48.9 x 23.5 x 4.1 cm)

The Liman Collection

2000.718a-l

"Rough Riders" was the popular name for the 1st Regiment of the U.S. Cavalry Volunteers, organized largely by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War. Its members were mostly ranchers and cowboys from the West, with a sprinkling of adventurous blue bloods from eastern universities.

Description"Rough Rider Ten-pins" tabletop skill and action game with box and ten pins; cover of box lithographed with three "Rough Riders" on horseback, one carrying a pistol, one a sword and another a rifle, with a field of other riders in the background; cover inscribed, "ROUGH RIDER TEN-PINS/ R BLISS;" ten pins, with five different characters on horse back, two of each: "Cowgirl," "Rough Rider," "Indian," "Mexican," and "Cow/ Boy/ Dude" all supported by wooden stands painted pink.

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