Collection Highlights
Corcoran Legion Fifth regiment. Col. William McEvily. A few good men are wanted to fill up Capt. Wm. L. Monegan's company. This is a splendid opportunity for young men to join a Crack Regiment.
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
PR.055.3.189
Medium:
Paper
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The Game of Dr. Busby: America's Oldest Game
Object Number:
2000.553
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 5 in. ( 2.9 x 17.1 x 12.7 cm )
each card: 4 3/8 x 3 in. ( 11.1 x 7.6 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "ONLY AUTHORIZED EDITION/ THE GAME OF/ DR. BUSBY/ OLDEST/ AMERICAN GAME/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., USA"
Description:
"The Game of Dr. Busby" card game with twenty chromolithographed playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; four sets of five cards each representing a family, Busby, Spade, Doll's and Ninnycometwitch; box cover lithographed with a medallion portrait of Dr. Busby and a horse drawn carriage on a road; box cover inscribed, "ONLY AUTHORIZED EDITION/ THE GAME OF/ DR. BUSBY/ OLDEST/ AMERICAN GAME/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., USA".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
