Collection Highlights
The Daughters of Heber Reginald Bishop (Elizabeth, Harriet, Mary, and Edith)
ca. 1895
1905.22
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Improved Historical Cards
Title
Improved Historical Cards
Object name
Card game
Date
1884
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/2 x 9 3/8 x 6 in. ( 3.8 x 23.8 x 15.2 cm )
Description
Card game "Improved Historical Cards" with 123 playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of a medieval box cover inscribed, "IMPROVED/ HISTORICAL/ CARDS/ Mc. LOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK./ COPYRIGHT/ 1884."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.618
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "IMPROVED/ HISTORICAL/ CARDS/ Mc. LOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW YORK./ COPYRIGHT/ 1884."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
