2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Collection Highlights

Panoramic View of New York City (in Eight Sections)
1842-45
1915.76
Black ink over graphite on eight sheets of ivory paper with partial black ink borders, laid on Japanese paper
Artist/Maker: Edward Burckhardt

Support the New-York Historical Society

Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.

DONATE TODAY

collections > Luce Center > Card game

Museum Collections

back

Luce Center

Card game

Card game
Object name 
Card game
Date 
1900
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Parker Brothers
Medium 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions 
box: 1 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 10.8 x 18.4 cm )
Description 
Card game "The Card Game of United States History" with 97 playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with an image of American and Spanish battleships and a Spanish ship sinking in the background; box cover inscribed, "THE/ CARD GAME/ OF/ UNITED STATES/ HISTORY/ COPYRIGHT 1900/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."
Credit Line 
The Liman Collection
Object Number 
2000.603
Marks 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ CARD GAME/ OF/ UNITED STATES/ HISTORY/ COPYRIGHT 1900/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.