Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1766-1853)
ca. 1825
1920.4
Watercolor on ivory
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The Flying Four Great International Airplane Race
Title
The Flying Four Great International Airplane Race
Date
ca. 1930
Medium
Cardboard, paper, metal
Dimensions
board: 16 1/2 x 16 5/8 in. ( 41.9 x 42.2 cm )
box: 1 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 9 in. ( 3.8 x 43.8 x 22.9 cm )
Description
"The Flying Four Great International Airplane Race" board game in box with board, four metal playing pieces in the shape of airplanes, and a spinner; board printed with a 132 space circular path from a flight school in the U.S. to a landing in Paris; box printed with an airplane, an image of Paris and four portraits including Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh; box inscribed, "The Flying Four/ TRADE MARK/ GREAT/ INTERNATIONAL/ AIRPLANE RACE/ PARKER BROTHERS INC./ SALEM, MASS., NEW YORK, LONDON."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.484
Marks
printed: on the box cover: "The Flying Four/ TRADE MARK/ GREAT/ INTERNATIONAL/ AIRPLANE RACE/ PARKER BROTHERS INC./ SALEM, MASS., NEW YORK, LONDON."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
