Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Game of Snap
Title
Game of Snap
Object name
Card Game
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 14 x 11.4 cm )
Description
"Game of Snap" card game with 20 chromolithographed picture playing cards in a paper covered chromolithographed cardboard box; box cover printed with a boy wearing a red and green beret and a blue jacket, eating a cookie from a box labled "GINGER SNAPS"; box cover inscribed, "GAME OF/ SNAP/ THE WORLDS/ BEST GAMES/ BRADLEY'S/ MADE IN AMERICA/ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ 4073/ SPRINGFIELD, MASS., U.S.A."; instructions printed on the interior of the lid.
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.698
Marks
lithographed: on the over: "GAME OF/ SNAP/ THE WORLDS/ BEST GAMES/ BRADLEY'S/ MADE IN AMERICA/ MILTON BRADLEY CO./ 4073/ SPRINGFIELD, MASS., U.S.A."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
