Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
1779
1817.13
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Game of To the North Pole By Airship
Title
Game of To the North Pole By Airship
Date
1897
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 19 1/2 x 10 3/8 in. ( 49.5 x 26.4 cm )
Description
"Game of To the North Pole By Airship" board game with the paper covered cardboard box top and the paper covered cardboard game board (no box or playing pieces); board chromolithographed with a map of Alaska extending toward the Nort Pole, which is under a rainbow with four tracks crossing the ocean and through the lanscape, to a grid at the top headed toward the North Pole; box cover chromolithographed with a group of men camped on an iceberg being attacked by to polar bears and an air ship above; box cover inscribed, "TO THE/ NORTH POLE/ by/ AIR SHIP/ COPYRIGHT 1897/ McLoughlin Brothers, New York/ 413".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.397
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "TO THE/ NORTH POLE/ by/ AIR SHIP/ COPYRIGHT 1897/ McLoughlin Brothers, New York/ 413"
Gallery Label
To the North Pole by Airship was probably inspired by the failed attempt of Swedish explorer Salomon Andr
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
