Cycling: A Fascinating Game

ca. 1900

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

andBavaria, Germany, Europe

Cardboard, paper, metal

Overall (board): 15 × 29 5/8 in. (38.1 × 75.2 cm)
Container (box): 2 1/8 × 15 5/8 × 10 3/4 in. (5.4 × 39.7 × 27.3 cm)

The Liman Collection

2000.310

Description"Cycling: A Fascinating Game" board game with a paper covered cardboard tri-fold board, four metal cyclist playing pieces, and twenty-seven chromolithographed playing cards with images of matches, lanterns, guns, etc. in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover with an image of a woman standing beside a bicycle; box cover printed, "CYCLING/ A FASCINATING/ GAME/ by JAP." board chromolithographed with a winding, numbered track starting at a tavern and ending at a house, with images on many of the squares; board inscribed, "Designed in England by Jap. Published by J. W. S. & S. New-York and produced at their works in Bavaria."

Markingsprinted: on the box cover: "CYCLING/ A FASCINATING/ GAME/ by JAP." lithographed: on the box cover: "Designed in England by Jap. Published by J. W. S. & S. New-York and produced at their works in Bavaria."

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