Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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St. Nicholas Series Game of Snap
Object Number:
2000.665
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 15.9 x 22.2 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "ST. NICHOLAS SERIES/ GAME OF SNAP/ PUBLISHED BY/ J. OTTMANN LITH. CO. N.Y."
Description:
"St. Nicholas Series Game of Snap" card game with 44 chromolithographed playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an alligator in a cage biting the skirt of a woman in a blue dress and hat; box cover inscribed, "ST. NICHOLAS SERIES/ GAME OF SNAP/ PUBLISHED BY/ J. OTTMANN LITH. CO. N.Y."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
