Collection Highlights
Mayor George B. McClellan at the controls of the first subway train, October 27, 1904
Date:
1904
Object Number:
PR.020.90.1
Medium:
Silver gelatin print
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The Game of Authors
Object Number:
2000.539
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 7/8 x 5 5/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 2.2 x 14.3 x 9.8 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ GAME/ OF/ AUTHORS/ PARKER BROTHERS, SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."
Description:
"The Game of Authors" card game with 30 playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a medallion portrait of Longfellow; box cover inscription, "THE/ GAME/ OF/ AUTHORS/ PARKER BROTHERS, SALEM, MASS., U.S.A.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
