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The Game of Rough Riders

ca. 1900
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Cardboard, paper, wood
Overall: 1 1/8 x 10 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 26 x 48.9 cm )
The Liman Collection
2000.438
Description"The Game of Rough Riders" board game in a paper covered cardboard box with a paper board applied to the bottom half of the box; board chromolithographed with a multicolored X-shaped path of squares with medallion portraits of a Native American, two Rough Riders and a cowboy at the ends of each cross, path surrounded by images of a cowboy lassoing a steer, an native American hunting a buffalo and two groups of Rough Riders; box cover lithographed with a cowboy on horseback swinging a lasso; box cover inscribed, "THE GAME OF / ROUGH RIDERS / TOKALON SERIES / TRADE MARK / Published by EDGAR O. CLARK / SUCCESSOR TO CLARK & SOWDON / NEW YORK".
MarkingsLithographed on the box cover: "THE GAME OF / ROUGH RIDERS / TOKALON SERIES / TRADE MARK / Published by EDGAR O. CLARK / SUCCESSOR TO CLARK & SOWDON / NEW YORK"
ClassificationsTOYS
Collections
  • Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
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