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Artist/Maker McLoughlin Brothers American, 1854 – 1921

The Game of Puss in the Corner

ca. 1890
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Cardboard, paper
Each (cards): 3 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (8.9 × 4.8 cm)
Container (box): 7/8 × 4 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (2.2 × 10.8 × 13.3 cm)
The Liman Collection
2000.596
Markingslithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ GAME/ OF/ PUSS/ IN THE/ CORNER/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK."
ClassificationsTOYS
Description"The Game of Puss in the Corner" card came with 32 playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; each polychrome lithographed card has an image of cats, mice, or rats; box cover lithographed with a cat in a window; box cover inscribed, "THE/ GAME/ OF/ PUSS/ IN THE/ CORNER/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK.".
Object NameCard game