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Artist/Maker (American, 1854 – 1921)

The Game of Nations

ca. 1898
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Cardboard, paper
Container (box): 1 × 5 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (2.5 × 13.3 × 17.1 cm)
The Liman Collection
2000.614
Description"The Game of Nations" card game with 36 playing cards and instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; four sets of nine cards each representing a continent including America, Asia, Africa and Europe with a map card, a man, woman and child card and five house cards; box cover lithographed with two Asian men in traditional costume; box cover inscribed, "The/ GAME/ of/ NATIONS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., N. Y./ 4311".
ClassificationsTOYS
Collections
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