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Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
1942-1945
1946.89a-c
Wool, silk, metal
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American Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
The Black Cat Fortune Telling Game
Title
The Black Cat Fortune Telling Game
Object name
Card game
Date
1897
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
box: 1 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 16.5 x 13 cm )
Description
"The Black Cat Fortune Telling Game" card game with 24 cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; four sets of six cards each related to a suit (hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs) with images of cats on that side and fortunes printed on the reverse; box cover lithographed with an image of a black cat; cover inscribed, "THE/ BLACK/ CAT/ Fortune Telling/ GAME/ Parker Brothers/ SALEM, MASS. U.S.A./ COPYRIGHT 1897".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.301
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ BLACK/ CAT/ Fortune Telling/ GAME/ Parker Brothers/ SALEM, MASS. U.S.A./ COPYRIGHT 1897"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
