Artist/Maker McLoughlin Brothers (American, 1854 – 1921)

Game of Old Maid

ca. 1900

Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America

Cardboard, paper

Container (box): 7/8 × 5 3/8 × 4 1/4 in. (2.2 × 13.7 × 10.8 cm)

The Liman Collection

2000.626

DescriptionThe Game of Old Maid" card game with 35 printed paper playing cards and an instruction card; cards printed in pairs with caricatures such as "Dandy Dick" and "Goose Jockey" printed on each and a single old maid; box cover chromolithographed with an image of an old maid seated having tea with a parrot behind her; box inscribed, "THE/ GAME of/ OLD MAID/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., New York."

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