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Game set

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Collection Type

  • Toys and games

Date

1870-1900

GUSN

GUSN-14019

Description

Box marked "Old Curiosity Shop" w/ misc. game pieces. "OLD CURIOSITY SHOP. A CHARACTERISTIC AND PLEASING GAME"

Details

Descriptive Terms

game pieces (game elements)
machine-made
paper (fiber product)
Unidentified Paper
Machine Made
SET, GAME

Inscription

Printed on cover: ""Novelty Game Co.""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Novelty Game Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Providence, RI, USA

Dimensions

3.375 x 4.75 x 1.125 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.204

Places

Rhode Island (United States)

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