Collection Highlights
Cayambe
Date:
1858
Object Number:
S-91
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Improved Game of Snap
Object Number:
2000.699
Date:
1889
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 15.9 x 11.4 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE IMPROVED GAME OF/ SNAP/ McLOUGHLIN BROS N Y/ COPYRIGHTED 1889"
Description:
"The Improved Game of Snap" card game with 44 lithographed playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover printed with an alligator chasing frogs in a swamp; box cover inscribed, "THE IMPROVED GAME OF/ SNAP/ McLOUGHLIN BROS N Y/ COPYRIGHTED 1889".
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
