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Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
Artist/Maker: John Conger

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Card game

Card game
Object name 
Card game
Date 
1886
Related People 
Artist/Maker: McLoughlin Bros.
Medium 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions 
box: 1 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 11.4 x 15.9 cm )
Description 
"The Improved Game of Star Authors" card game with 36 playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a portrait of Longfellow with two chicks below holding a banner with his signature; box cover inscription, "THE IMPROVED/ GAME OF/ STAR/ AUTHORS./ McLOUGHLIN. BROS. N.Y./ COPYRIGHTED BY McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK 1886".
Credit Line 
The Liman Collection
Object Number 
2000.537
Marks 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE IMPROVED/ GAME OF/ STAR/ GAME/ A/ AUTHORS./ McLOUGHLIN. BROS. N.Y./ COPYRIGHTED BY McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK 1886"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.