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Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
Title
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions
Overall: 3/4 x 8 x 12 5/8 in. ( 1.9 x 20.3 x 32.1 cm )
Description
"Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater" board game with four wooden playing pieces, a spinner and a board set into the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of a woman inside a pumpkin with her head and limbs poking out, a man in a top hat and thigh high gaiters is seated atop the pumpkin; box cover inscribed, "Peter,/ Peter,/ pumpkin/ eater./ Parker Brothers,/ Salem Mass., U.S.A."; board with a chromolithographed path winding through a pumpkin patch.
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.410
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "Peter,/ eter,/ pumpkin/ eater./ Parker Brothers,/ Salem Mass., U.S.A."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
