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Tammany Bank
ca. 1875
1937.1237
Iron, paint
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Museum Collections
American Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
Fish Pond: A Popular Game
Title
Fish Pond: A Popular Game
Date
ca. 1880
Medium
Wood, metal, paper
Dimensions
box: 2 1/4 x 22 x 4 1/8 in. ( 5.7 x 55.9 x 10.5 cm )
Description
"Fish Pond: A Popular Game" board game with four wooden fishing poles and thirty-two turned wooden bell-shaped "fish" with metal eyes screwed into the tops in a wooden box covered in brown paper; box cover inscribed, "FISH POND/ A POPULAR GAME/ COPYRIGHTED BY McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."; chromolithographed cover depicting four children at the edge of the river with one boy holding a fishing line; four wooden poles with string threaded through holes at end, with metal hooks at end of line.
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.586
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "FISH POND/ A POPULAR GAME/ COPYRIGHTED BY McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
