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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Yankee trader, or the laughable game of What d'ye buy? |
| Date | c.1848 |
| Record ID | 526674 |
| Collection Name | Games Collection |
| Reference | (MWA)526674 |
| Box | 101 |
| Folder | 1 |
| Theme | Leisure and Play Professions |
| Library of Congress Subject | Occupations American wit and humor Card games Games Word games |
| Description | Word game that follows a story, which is read by the "conductor" and at the end of each line, a player must call out an item. Includes thirteen picture cards with occupations on them, and seventy-one word cards with items that each worker sells. |
| Publisher | W & S B Ives |
| Places | Salem, M.A. |
| Document Type | Card Game |
| Book Type | Games |
| Size | 1 game (1 box, 1 booklet, 84 cards) ; in box 8 x 10 x 3 cm |
| Catalog Notes | For three to thirteen players. "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1848, by W. & S.B. Ives, in the clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts."--instruction booklet. Title from accompanying booklet, which gives instructions for play. Title printed on box: The Yankee trader, or, What d'ye buy? |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy lacks 1 card (3 x 7 cm. ). MWA |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |