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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The checkered game of life |
| Date | 1866 |
| Record ID | 519281 |
| Collection Name | Games Collection: McLoughlin |
| Reference | (MWA)519281(OCoLC)ocn903629160 |
| Box | 34 |
| Theme | Leisure and Play Morality, Manners and Consequences |
| Library of Congress Subject | Board games Games Children--Conduct of life Competition |
| Description | Board game which takes the players through life with a moral tone. Includes game board, with life stages including college, matrimony, ruin, poverty, and old age. Includes title image from box, a numbered teetotum, four game pieces and four cards with a dial. |
| Publisher | Milton Bradley & Co |
| Places | Springfield, M.A. |
| Document Type | Board Game |
| Book Type | Games |
| Size | 1 game (1 board, 11 pieces) ; pieces 41 x 21 cm, or smaller |
| Catalog Notes | "March 30, 1866."--at bottom of game board. For two to four players. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy includes letter from Millens W. Taft of Milton Bradley Co. to Ruby Hemenway, 1960. Also includes newspaper article from the Springfield Republican of February 21, 1960, describing the origins of the game. 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. |