Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Authors Improved
Object Number:
2000.525
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. ( 2.2 x 14 x 10.8 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "AUTHORS/ IMPROVED./ ILLUSTRATED EDITION/ MILTON BRADLEY & Co. Springfield Mass."
Description:
"Authors Improved: Illustrated Edition" card game with 72 playing cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with books; box cover inscription, "AUTHORS/ IMPROVED./ ILLUSTRATED EDITION/ MILTON BRADLEY & Co. Springfield Mass.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
