Collection Highlights
Mrs. William Walton (1708-1786)
ca. 1750
1902.4
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Anagrams and Other Letter Games
Title
Anagrams and Other Letter Games
Object name
Card game
Date
ca. 1910
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. ( 1.9 x 21 x 26 cm )
Description
"Anagrams and Other Letter Games" table game with 418 cardboard tiles printed with a letter and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box has a chromolithographed image of a woman and three children playing Anagrams at a parlor table; box inscribed, "Anagrams/ AND OTHER/ LETTER GAMES/ THE WORLD'S/ BEST GAMES/ BRADLEY'S/ MADE IN AMERICA/ 4392/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS, U. S. A."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.659
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "Anagrams/ AND OTHER/ LETTER GAMES/ THE WORLD'S/ BEST GAMES/ BRADLEY'S/ MADE IN AMERICA/ 4392/ MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS, U. S. A."