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Oil on canvas
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The Improved game of Snip, Snap, Snorum
Title
The Improved game of Snip, Snap, Snorum
Object name
Card Game
Date
1887
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 11.4 x 15.9 cm )
Description
"The Improved Game of Snip, Snap, Snorum" card game with 17 chromolithographed playing cards printed with characters such as "Doctor Suredeath" and "Mr. Pugnose Sly", two instruction cards, 22 counters numbered, 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10 and a packing slip in a paper covered cardboard box; cover printed with an image of an African American woman in a blue dress carring a red umbrella with three playing cards below; cover inscribed, "The/ Improved/ GAME/ of/ SNIP,/ SNAP,/ SNORUM./ COPYRIGHTED BY MCLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK, 1887."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.385
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover:"The/ Improved/ GAME/ of/ SNIP,/ SNAP,/ SNORUM./ COPYRIGHTED BY MCLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK, 1887."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
