Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Anagrams Double Eagle: A Prize Game
Title
Anagrams Double Eagle: A Prize Game
Object name
Card game
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (11.4 x 15.9 x 3.2 cm)
Description
"Double Eagle Anagrams: A Prize game" table game with 179 cardboard tiles printed with a letter and a instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box has a chromolithographed image of a girl carrying a slate and flowers and being followed by a lamb; box inscribed, "DOUBLE/ EAGLE/ ANAGRAMS/ A/ PRIZE/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS/ NEW YORK".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.668
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "DOUBLE/ EAGLE/ ANAGRAMS/ A/ PRIZE/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS/ NEW YORK".
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
