Collection Highlights
Dragonfly Table lamp
c. 1900-1906
N84.113
Glass, bronze
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Museum Collections
American Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
The Game of Rough Riders
Title
The Game of Rough Riders
Date
ca. 1900
Medium
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/8 x 10 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 26 x 48.9 cm )
Description
"The Game of Rough Riders" board game in a paper covered cardboard box with a paper board applied to the bottom half of the box; board chromolithographed with amulticolored X-shaped path of squares with medallion portrairs of a Native American, two Rough Riders and a cowboy at the ends of each cross, path surrounded by images of a cowboy lassoing a steer, an native American hunting a buffalo and two groups of Rough Riders; box cover lithographed with a cowboy on horseback swinging a lasso; box cover inscribed, "THE GAME OF/ ROUGH RIDERS/ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK/ Published by EDGAR O. CLARK/ SUCCESSOR TO CLARK & SOWDON/ NEW YORK".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.438
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE GAME OF/ ROUGH RIDERS/ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK/ Published by EDGAR O. CLARK/ SUCCESSOR TO CLARK & SOWDON/ NEW YORK"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
