Collection Highlights
Dressing table
1795-1810
INV.14982
Mahogany, mahogany and other inlays, white pine, yellow poplar
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Post Office Game
Title
Post Office Game
Object name
Gameboard
Date
ca. 1897
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
board (open): 16 1/4 x 26 1/4 in. (41.3 x 66.7 cm)
Description
Cardboard gameboard (folded in two) with outside covered in pink and cream colored paper with floral and paisley pattern; on playing surface, map of lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn docks, extending from South Ferry to 23rd Street, from 6th Avenue to 1st Avenue; bird's eye view of buildings, ships, parks, etc.; playing spaces marked by circles along streets, with street names and places such as the aquarium, Fulton St. Ferry, subtreasury, and the 5th Ave. Hotel marked inside.
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
1992.12.16
Marks
lithographed: on board, lower left corner: "PATENT APPLIED FOR. COPYRIGHT 1897 BY PARKER BROS., SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."
lithographed: on board: "POST OFFICE/GAME"
Gallery Label
The Post Office Game conveys the dense cityscape and urban bustle of lower Manhattan, with players traveling along a gameboard reproducing the city's streets from the island's southern tip to 23rd Street.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
