Artist/Maker
H. D. Van Nostrand
Lithographer
Gray Lithography Company
College Football Game
1897
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Cardboard, paper, wood
Overall: 3/4 x 13 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. ( 1.9 x 34.3 x 54 cm )
The Liman Collection
2000.374
Description"College Football Game" board game in a paper covered cardboard box with a paper covered cardboard gameboard and four cardboard and wooden teetotems; on the cover of cardboard box, lithographed illustrations of two teams of boys playing football with stands in the background and two illustrations of carriages; box cover inscribed, "COLLEGE/ FOOT BALL/ GAME"; board with the same illustrations as the box around a grid representing a football field labeled "GOAL" at each end and "CENTRE" twice on the center line; lithographed across the bottom of the gameboard, "COPYRIGHTED 1897, BY H.D. VAN NOSTRAND, NEW YORK."Markingslithographed: on the box cover: "COLLEGE/ FOOT BALL/ GAME"
lithographed: on the board, in the center: "GOAL" at each end and "CENTRE" twice on the center line
lithographed: across the bottom of the board: "COPYRIGHTED 1897, BY H.D. VAN NOSTRAND, NEW YORK.";
lithographed across the bottom of the gameboard: "THE GRAY LITHO CO., N.Y."
ClassificationsTOYS
Collections
- Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
