
The Game of Tight Rope
Object Name: Game board
Date: 1870
Medium: Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: Overall: 9 1/4 x 11 1/8 in. (23.5 x 28.3 cm)
Place made: North America, U.S.A., New York
Description: "The Game of Tight Rope" bi-fold, paper covered cardboard game board; board chromolithographed with an image of four clowns crossing a tightrope above a river with a waterfall in the background, one man is falling into the river and two men are swimming out to a boat in the lower right corner, below tight rope is a numbered grid; board printed with text: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1870, by McLOUGHLIN BROS., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington./ GAME OF TIGHT ROPE."; label on the reverse of the board with a man walking on a tight rope and text: "GAME OF/ TIGHT/ ROPE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK."
Credit Line: The Liman Collection
Object Number: 2000.723
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