Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
1865
Z.2603
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Museum Collections
American Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
The Game of Leap Frog
Title
The Game of Leap Frog
Date
ca. 1870
Medium
Cardboard, wood, plastic, paper
Dimensions
board: 3/4 x 11 3/8 x 9 1/4 in. ( 1.9 x 28.9 x 23.5 cm )
Description
Red paper covered cardboard box with lithographed paper game board applied to the two sides of the box; image of five frogs dressed in waistcoats in the center of the board surrounded by a circle with numbered red and blue spaces; outer edges of the board decorated with lily pads, cat-o-nines and ivy vines; inscribed across the top, "GAME OF LEAP FROG./ Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1870 by "McLOUGHLIN BROS., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress Washington;" pieces include a turned wooden dice cup; three wooden playing pieces and two plastic die.
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.434
Marks
printed: on the board: "GAME OF LEAP FROG./ Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1870 by "McLOUGHLIN BROS., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress Washington"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
