Collection Highlights
Come in, and Prevent a "Draft"
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.055.3.105
Medium:
Paper
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Luce Center
Donkey Party Game
Object Number:
2000.371
Date:
1901
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, canvas
Dimensions:
box: 3/4 x 8 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. ( 1.9 x 22.5 x 31.4 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ DONKEY PARTY/ GAME/ 7500/ COPYRIGHT 1901/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."
lithographed: on the cloth: "DONKEY PARTY"
Description:
"Donkey Party Game" party game with a canvas cloth printed with a donkey in black and white with the inscription, "DONKEY PARTY" and twenty canvas tails numbered 2 through 22 in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover with an image of three children watching a blindfolded girl attempt to pin a tail on the donkey; box cover inscribed, "THE/ DONKEY PARTY/ GAME/ 7500/ COPYRIGHT 1901/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
