Artist/Maker
Parker Brothers
The Professional Game of Baseball
ca. 1890
Place madeSalem, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Cardboard, paper, wood, bone
Overall: 1 3/4 x 8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. ( 4.4 x 20.6 x 20.6 cm )
The Liman Collection
2000.344
Description"The Professional Game of Baseball" board game in paper covered cardboard box with game board printed on paper and pasted onto bottom of box, two wooden dice cups, pair of bone dice, and sixteen wooden playing pieces; on cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustration in medallion of two men playing baseball, one as batter and the other as catcher; batter dressed in blue shirt, red pants, and red cap; catcher all in white; box cover printed with "THE/ Professional Game of/ BASEBALL/ PUBLISHED BY/ Parker Bros./ SALEM, MASS."; board represents a baseball diamond with each position indicated with a man, and stands at the bottom; directions pasted to box cover interior.Markingslithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ Professional Game of/ BASEBALL/ PUBLISHED BY/ Parker Bros./ SALEM, MASS."
ClassificationsTOYS
Collections
- Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
