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American Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
Jack Straws
Title
Jack Straws
Object name
Table game
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 5 x 4 in. ( 2.5 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm )
Description
"Jack Straws" table game with 81 multi-colored cylindrical wooden pick-up-sticks and a metal hook with a turned wooden handle in a paper covered cardboard box; box chromolithographed with an image of a man in a field with a rabbit; box cover inscribed, "JACK/ STRAWS/J. H. SINGER, NEW YORK."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.695
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "JACK/ STRAWS/J. H. SINGER, NEW YORK."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
