Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Lively Game of Scramble
Title
The Lively Game of Scramble
Date
1896
Medium
Cardboard, paper, wood, ivory
Dimensions
board: 8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. ( 20.6 x 20.6 cm )
box: 7/8 x 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. ( 2.2 x 21 x 21 cm )
Description
"The Lively Game of Scramble" board game with a square paper covered cardboard board, six wooden playing pieces, an ivory die, two paper slide rules numbered 1 through 40 and a paper instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; board with a white square in the center inscribed, "The Game of/ 4/ SCRAMBLE" surounded by four red triangles each numbered "3", and twelve squares around the edge numbered 1 or 2; box cover inscribed, "The/ Lively Game of/ SCRAMBLE./ Manufactured by/ American Game Co./ 25 cts."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.380
Marks
lithographed: on the board: "The Game of/ 4/ SCRAMBLE/MANUFACTURED BY AMERICAN GAME COMPANY./ COPYRIGHT 1896 BY THOS H. B. PIERCE."
lithographed: on the box cover:"The/ Lively Game of/ SCRAMBLE./ Manufactured by/ American Game Co./ 25 cts."
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