Artist/Maker
McLoughlin Brothers
(American, 1854 – 1921)
Old Maid Game
ca. 1890
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Cardboard, paper
Each (cards): 3 × 2 in. (7.6 × 5.1 cm)
Container (box): 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (1.9 × 8.9 × 11.4 cm)
Container (box): 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (1.9 × 8.9 × 11.4 cm)
The Liman Collection
2000.634
Description"Old Maid Game" card game with 35 chromolithographed paper playing cards and an instruction card in a paper covered cardboard box; cards printed in pairs with characters such as "Wicked Boy" and "Cruel Cat" printed on each, and a single old maid; box chromolithographed with an old maid holding a small dog and a cane; box cover inscribed, "OLD/ MAID/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ Incorporated/ NEW YORK/ 376A".Markingslithgraphed: on the box cover: "OLD/ MAID/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ Incorporated/ NEW YORK/ 376A"
Inscribedpencil: on back of box: "St. Patrick's Day / 1919"
ClassificationsTOYS
Collections
- Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
