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The Little Cowboy Game

ca. 1895
Place madeSalem, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Overall: 1 1/8 x 10 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. ( 2.9 x 26.7 x 52.1 cm )
The Liman Collection
2000.319
Description"The Little Cowboy Game" board game with 16 circular wooden game pieces, a cardboard spinner with a metal arrow and a paper board applied to the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard box; chromolithographed box cover depicts a boy riding a horse swinging a lasso with a rider chasing a bull in the background; box cover inscribed, "The/ LITTLE/ COWBOY/ GAME/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."; chromolithographed board with a checkered oval track with a cowboy and steer pictured in the center; wooden aprons.
Markingslithographed: on the box cover: "The/ LITTLE/ COWBOY/ GAME/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."
ClassificationsTOYS
Collections
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