Artist/Maker
Parker Brothers
The Amusing Game of Innocence Abroad
ca. 1888
Place madeSalem, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Open (board): 18 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. (47.6 x 47 cm)
Container (box): 1 3/4 x 19 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (4.4 x 50.2 x 26.7 cm)
Container (box): 1 3/4 x 19 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (4.4 x 50.2 x 26.7 cm)
The Liman Collection
2000.395
Travelers fortunate enough to be visiting Paris in the late 1880s witnessed the completion of the Eiffel Tower, while those who stayed at home could experience an overseas journey through Parker Brothers' popular travel game, Innocence Abroad. The game takes its title from Mark Twain's humorous travelogue The Innocents Abroad or the New Pilgrims' Progress (1869).
Description"The Amusing Game of Innocence Abroad" board game with a bi-fold board covered in paper with chromolithographed illustrations consisting of map and set of boxes at top left with various items, prices, and instructions before starting on trip, map extends from depot at top of board to city depot at bottom right corner, with town at the top and houses and geographical features drawn; label on the reverse of the board printed, "THE AMUSING GAME/ OF/ INNOCENCE ABROAD/ PUBLISHED BY/ PARKER BROS., SALEM, MASS."; box cover chromolithographed with a train pulling up to a wharf where passengers are boarding the steam ferry "PORT WASHINGTON" with a river, sailboat and town in the background; box cover lithographed, "THE AMUSING GAME OF/ Innocence/ ABROAD/ Published by/ PARKER BROS Salem Mass"; playing pieces include a paper instruction booklet, eight wooden playing pieces and a metal arrow (spinner missing).ClassificationsTOYS
Collections
- Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
