Artist/Maker
McLoughlin Brothers
(American, 1854 – 1921)
The Merry Game of Old Maid
ca. 1890
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Cardboard, paper
Each (cards): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.3 × 6 cm)
Container (box): 1 1/8 × 4 3/4 × 3 5/8 in. (2.9 × 12.1 × 9.2 cm)
Container (box): 1 1/8 × 4 3/4 × 3 5/8 in. (2.9 × 12.1 × 9.2 cm)
The Liman Collection
2000.635
Description"The Merry Game of Old Maid" card game with 34 printed paper playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; cards printed in pairs with characters such as the barber, the old cat and the old bachelor; box chromolithographed with an image of a woman and three children playing cards; box cover inscribed, "The MERRY GAME of/ OLD MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS NY".Markingslithographed: on the box cover: "The MERRY GAME of/ OLD MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS NY"
ClassificationsTOYS
Collections
- Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
