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Noah's ark
1850-1900
1956.101
Wood, paint
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Game of Ba-a Ba-a Black Sheep
Title
Game of Ba-a Ba-a Black Sheep
Object name
Card game
Date
1888
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 7/8 x 3 5/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 2.2 x 9.2 x 12.4 cm )
Description
"Game of Ba-a Ba-a Black Sheep" card game with 31 playing cards with chromolithographed images of the "The Black Sheep", "Little Boy who lives down the Lane", "The Black Sheep's Master", and the "The Black Sheep's Dame" in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of a black sheep and a small girl with an umbrella; box inscribed, "GAME OF/ BA-A/ BA-A/ BLACK/ SHEEP/ COPYRIGHTED 1888 McLOUGHLIN BROS, N. Y."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.693
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ BA-A/ BA-A/ BLACK/ SHEEP/ COPYRIGHTED 1888 McLOUGHLIN BROS, N. Y."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
