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The World's Educator
Title
The World's Educator
Object name
Table game
Date
1887
Medium
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 1 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 7 in. ( 4.4 x 40 x 17.8 cm )
Description
"The World's Educator" educational game in a flat rectagular box with top attached by brass hinges; wooden box covered in chromolithographed paper with floral and geometric decoration and a globe and a train in medallions; box cover printed, "50. DOLLARS WORTH OF/ INFORMATION./ LIGHT/ TO/ THE/ WORLD/ THE/ WORLD'S/ EDUCATOR/ ART/ AND/ SCIENCE/ MANUFACTURED/ by W. S. REED TOY CO./ LEOMINSTER, MASS/ USA"; box contains an instruction sheet, three advertising cards, card list, ten large game cards printed with numbers, letters, questions and answers and two rollers with numbers and letters on the edges.
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.269
Marks
lithographed: on the box top: "50. DOLLARS WORTH OF/ INFORMATION./ LIGHT/ TO/ THE/ WORLD/ THE/ WORLD'S/ EDUCATOR/ ART/ AND/ SCIENCE/ MANUFACTURED/ by W. S. REED TOY CO./ LEOMINSTER, MASS/ USA"
lithographed: on the interior of the box: "WIT. WISDOM & WONDER/ ART. SCIENCE & ASTRONOMY/ WORLD'S EDUCATOR/ IT ASKS AND ANWERS THE/ MOST DIFFICULT QUESTIONS/ EQUALLY INTERESTING FOR/ THE OLD AND YOUNG/ JOY AND FUN/ FOR EVERY ONE./ IT TEACHES/ ARTHMETIC, GEOGRAPHY/ KINDERGARTEN/ IMPORTANT EVENTS/ OF THE 19TH CENTURY/ CAN BE USED AND ENJOYED BY THE YOUNGEST/ CHILD & OLDEST PERSON./ REEDS PATENT."
Gallery Label
Packaged in a beautifully lithographed wooden box, The World's Educator contains over 2,000 quiz questions and coded answers on 32 large cards. Players are posed with questions pertaining to history, current events, conundrums, and interesting facts, and then proceed to decode the location of the correct answer using the spinning cylinder on the side of the box.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
