Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
ca. 1825
1920.5
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Telegraph Messenger
Title
Telegraph Messenger
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. ( 2.2 x 19 x 18.7 cm )
Description
"Telegraph Messenger" board game with a chromolithographed square cardboard gameboard in a paper covered cardboard box; board with multicolored numberd grid with illustrations in the upper corners and at the bottom center; on box cover of boy in blue uniform running down a street with a crowd and a carriage in the background; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "TELEGRAPH/ MESSENGER/ PLAY CUCKOO FOR FUN./ MANUFACTURED BY/ J. H. SINGER/ U.S.A.".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.324
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "TELEGRAPH/ MESSENGER/ PLAY CUCKOO FOR FUN./ MANUFACTURED BY/ J. H. SINGER/ U.S.A."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
