Collection Highlights
Camp Bed
1777-1785
1871.8
Wood, canvas, iron
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American Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
What's His Name?
Title
What's His Name?
Object name
Card game
Date
1902
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. ( 2.2 x 11.4 x 14.6 cm )
Description
"What's His Name?" card game with instruction booklet, advertisting sheet and 25 playing cards printed with questions about famous men in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with two women and a man plying a card game in a medallion surrounded by flowers; box cover inscribed, "WHAT'S/ HIS NAME?/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U. S. A."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.540
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "WHAT'S/ HIS NAME?/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM, MASS., U. S. A."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
