Collection Highlights
Builder's Model of the U.S.S. "Monitor"
1862
1862.9
Wood, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Sociable Telephone
Title
The Sociable Telephone
Object name
Card game
Date
1902
Medium
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/2 x 8 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 21.3 x 16.5 cm )
Description
"The Sociable Telephone" card game with wooden telephone recievers attached with a piece of cord, a sheet of uncut cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a woman holding a telephone earpiece to het ear; box cover inscribed, "THE/ SOCIABLE/ TELEPHONE/ A GAME/ FOR THE/ SMART SET".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.734
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ SOCIABLE/ TELEPHONE/ A GAME/ FOR THE/ SMART SET"
Gallery Label
Towards the end of the 19th century, Americans were preoccupied with questions of proper social behavior and enjoyed numerous games providing structured social interaction. In the Sociable Telephone, players connected by a "telephone" (two wooden blocks connected by string) pose questions which must be answered with the humorous sentences on the game cards.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
