Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1916-1922
1954.164
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
American Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
The Game of Guess Again
Title
The Game of Guess Again
Object name
Card game
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
box: 1 x 5 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 13 x 17.1 cm )
each card: 3 5/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 9.2 x 7.3 cm )
Description
Card game "The Game of Guess Again" with 36 playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover printed with an image of a small girl blindfolded; box cover inscribed, "The Game of/ GUESS AGAIN/ 4310/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.608
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "The Game of/ GUESS AGAIN/ 4310/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK".
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
