Collection Highlights
Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bulls and Bears: The Great Wall Street Game
Object Number:
2000.298
Date:
1936
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Open (board): 19 in. × 19 in. × 1/8 in. (48.3 × 48.3 × 0.3 cm)
Marks:
Lithographed: on the labels of the box and board: "BULLS and BEARS/ REG. U.S. PATENT OFFICE/ A STOCK EXCHANGE GAME/ BY/ Charles B. Darrow/ (MONOPOLY, ETC.)/ Parker Brothers Inc/ SALEM, MASS., NEW YORK, LONDON."
Description:
Board game with board, instructions and box containing playing cards, paper money, six wooden playing pieces, four metal chairs and one die; square board (folds in two) with multi-colored spaces arranged around the edge and around a central image of a "Stock Pool;" label on outside of board and on box has images of a stock ticker, a bull, a bear and a photograph of the creator, Charles B. Darrow; labels inscribed, "BULLS and BEARS/ REG. U.S. PATENT OFFICE/ A STOCK EXCHANGE GAME/ BY/ Charles B. Darrow/ (MONOPOLY, ETC.)/ Parker Brothers Inc/ SALEM, MASS., NEW YORK, LONDON."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
