Museum Collections
Luce Center
Game of Fish Pond
Title
Game of Fish Pond
Date
1890
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
box: 1 1/4 x 21 1/2 x 13 in. ( 3.2 x 54.6 x 33 cm )
Description
"Game of Fish Pond" board game in a paper covered wooden box with an illustration on cover consisting of a fishing basket, a boy and a dog fishing in a river and three children holding fishing lines, border of fish; board sits in the bottom of the box and is decorated with scene of a pond containing lily pads, frogs, and fish, with 45 slits cut out in rows; 24 cardboard fish of various colors, with metal grommets to be caught by, and with their names printed on one side ("BASS", "SHAD") and numbers on the other; 4 wooden poles with string threaded through holes at end, with metal hooks at end of line; instructions printed on inside of cover.
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.588
Marks
lithographed: BROS./ NEW YORK/ PATENTED JAN. 28th 1890"
Gallery Label
The Game of Fish Pond, a children's dexterity game, was introduced by McLoughlin Brothers in the 1880s. Fish Pond achieved instant success and was reissued in numerous and increasingly elaborate variations over the succeeding decades.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.





