Artist/Maker
McLoughlin Brothers
(American, 1854 – 1921)
Mother Goose's Party or the Merry Game of Old Maid
1887
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Cardboard, paper
Each (cards): 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (8.9 x 6.4 cm)
Container (box): 1 x 6 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. (2.5 x 16.2 x 11.4 cm)
Container (box): 1 x 6 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. (2.5 x 16.2 x 11.4 cm)
The Liman Collection
2000.629
Description"Mother Goose's Party or the Merry Game of Old Maid" card game with 43 chromolithographed paper playing cards and an instruction card in a paper covered cardboard box; chromolithographed cards in pairs with vignettes from nursery rhymes printed on each including "Old King Cole", "Little Jack Horner", etc. and a single old maid; box chromolithographed with a witch, an old lady and personified animals playing cards; box cover inscribed, "MOTHER GOOSE'S PARTY/ OR THE/ MERRY/ GAME OF/ OLD MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N. Y."ClassificationsTOYS
Collections
- Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
