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Game of Snap

ca. 1890
Place madeSpringfield, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Cardboard, paper
Overall: 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 14 x 11.4 cm )
The Liman Collection
2000.698
Description"Game of Snap" card game with 20 chromolithographed picture playing cards in a paper covered chromolithographed cardboard box; box cover printed with a boy wearing a red and green beret and a blue jacket, eating a cookie from a box labled "GINGER SNAPS"; box cover inscribed, "GAME OF/ SNAP/ THE WORLDS/ BEST GAMES/ BRADLEY'S/ MADE IN AMERICA/ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ 4073/ SPRINGFIELD, MASS., U.S.A."; instructions printed on the interior of the lid.
Markingslithographed: on the over: "GAME OF/ SNAP/ THE WORLDS/ BEST GAMES/ BRADLEY'S/ MADE IN AMERICA/ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ 4073/ SPRINGFIELD, MASS., U.S.A."
ClassificationsTOYS
Collections
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