Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
1859
1972.13
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Premium Game Logomachy or War of Wars
Title
Premium Game Logomachy or War of Wars
Object name
Card game
Date
1875
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 2.2 x 7 x 9.5 cm )
Description
"The Premium Game Logomachy or War of Words" card game with 55 playing cards printed with birds and a letter from the alphabet on one side in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover printed with a boy climbing a pole with a crowd below; box cover inscription, "Entered according to Act of Congress,/ in the year 1875, by F. A. WRIGHT, in the Office of the/ Librarian of Congress, at Washington./ PRICE/ 50/ Cents./ PREMIUM/ GAME/ LOGOMACHY/ OR/ WAR OF WORDS/ Published by F. A. WRIGHT, Cincinnati."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number