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Games Games Inventory I. Instructional Games II. Amusements and Fun Games Part 1. Board games. Part 2. Puzzles. Part 3. Card games, playing cards, conversation cards and question games, parlor games, and small boxed games. Part 4. Large boxed games, myriopticon, and metamorphosen. Part 5. Wooden games and blocks. Part 6. Paper dolls and party games. Part 7. Reference collection Part 1. Board games. Box 1 Checkered Game of Life. 1866. Game of Pope and Pagan. 1844. OS Box 1 Game of Bamboozle, or The Enchanted Isle, n.d. Game of the Sociable Snake or His Visit to the Crystal Palace, for the Home Circle, n.d. National Game of the American Eagle. Salem, MA: W. & S.B. Ives, n.d. OS Box 2 Fate Leaves. Boston: Farrar & Barnard, 1869. Game of the Races. Boston: William Crosby, n.d. Mansion of Happiness. 3 copies: Two published by W. & S.B. Ives, Salem, MA; One published by Henry P. Ives, Salem, MA ad D.P. Ives & Co., Boston, n.d. Also housed with the copies is The Mansion of Happiness: English and American Versions of a Nineteenth-Century Board Game. Unpublished paper by Robert Lewis (The University of Birmingham, England, School of History). Box B Mother Goose Game. London, ca. 1820. Photocopy. Box C Pocket Chess Board. 1858. Box D Three plates for a puzzle or game, n.d. II. Amusements and Fun Games Part 2. Puzzles. Box 1 Chinese Puzzle, n.d. French Puzzle Brain Game. 1851. Mother of pearl buckle and puzzle from the estate of John Hancock, ca. 1737-1793. My Grandfathers Farm, n.d. Sliced Animals, n.d. Sliced Nations, n.d. Sliced Objects, n.d. McLoughlin Collection Great American Centennial Exhibition Puzzle Blocks. New York: George H. Chinnock, 1875. Lithographed by Brett, N.Y. Locomotive Picture Puzzle. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1887. Picture Puzzle. City of Worcester [steamboat]. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1889. Gift of Robert Armstrong, 2000. Suzie's Morning Visitor and Frolic and Betsy. Dissected Picture Puzzles. Brilliant Series. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. McLoughlin Collection Small Games Box Chinese Puzzle. 2 copies, varient sizes. New York: McLoughlin Bros., ca. 1863-1870s. Box A Chinese and Santa Claus Puzzle, ca. 1863. For One of Our Little Guests, n.d. Box C New Games and Home Amusements, Sliced Objects. Broadside Advertisement, n.d. Box D Toll Gate #3, ca. 1882. Who Did itThe Maine Questions, n.d. II. Amusements and Fun Games Part 3. Card games, playing cards, conversation cards and question games, parlor games, small boxed games. Box 1 Apache Playing Cards, n.d. Arousing Game of Gifts, Uses, and Consequenses, n.d. Avilude of Game of Birds, 1873. Bee Hive card game of good and bad traits. Lithographed cards, n.d. Brothers Present, n.d., box only Card of invitation game with names of birds, n.d. Characteristics, an Original and Amusing Game. By a lady. 1843. Comical Converse, an Amusing Pastime. By Solomon Splitsides, n.d. Conversation Cards, 11 sets: Conversation Cards. New Bedford, 1811. Questions and Answers, 2 sets of cards in different colors, n.d. Conversation Cards, ca. 1812-1816. Conversation Cards, 26 questions and answers Conversation Cards, n.d. Illustrated conversations cards, n.d. Conversation Cards, ca. 1850. Ladies and Gentlemans Conversation Cards, n.d. Conversation Cards, New Bedford, 1812. Conversation Cards, n.d. Conversation Cards, n.d. Conversation Cards, n.p., n.d. Dissected Pictures, ca. 1840. Errand Boy or Jack of All Trades. 1846. Fortune Telling Cards. [n.p., n.d., ca. 1840?] Fuzby Cards, n.d. Game of Chivalry, n.d. Game of Conundrums, n.d. Game of the Lamplighter, n.d. Game of Philopoena or Rhymes & Kisses, (Fisher & Bros., 1854) Game of 76, or The Lion and Eagle. Improved and Illustrated Game of Dr. Busby. 1843. Japhet Jenkins and Sally Jones Visit Tu Bosting. 1868. Japhet Jenkins and Sam Slick. Trips to Bosting, to Paris, n.d. KKK Komikal Konversation Kards. 1866. Laughable Game of What DYe Buy by Professor Punch, n.d. 2 copies Little Corporal. 1854. Lost Heir. 1875. Magic Cards: To Ascertain Any Ladys or Gentlemans Name, n.d. 2 sets. The Round Game of the Merry Cards or a Trip to China. 1844. Box 2 Master Rodbury and His Pupils. 1844. Medieval tournament (?). Lithographed cards, ca. 1850. Menagerie, or Game of Beasts. 1846 Merry Game of the Poor Old Soldier and His Dog. ca. 1850. Miscellaneous and miniature playing cards. 4 sets Miniature playing cards. 2 sets Miscellaneous playing cards. 2 sets. Miscellaneous game pieces, n.d. (not found 7/02) Mixed Pickles. 1867. Modern Hieroglyphics New and Lively Game of Squails, n.d. Nick Bottom's Game of Shakspere (New York: C.S. Francis & Co.). 1845. Pickwick Cards. 1844. Picture Pocket Gallery. Ca. 1850. Playing Cards. 5 sets American playing card co, n.d. Early playing cards ca. pre-1820. Playing cards ca. 1850. Set of Highlander playing cards with spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs. Ca. 1839-42. Playing cards by Jazahiah Ford ca. 1810. Prangs Magic Cards. 1865. (not found 7/02) Singer Domino Cards for Free Distribution to U.S. Soldiers, n.d. Snap. 1872. Stevens Patent Liberty Habeas Corpus Protection Cards. 1869. Sybils Leaves for 1833. 1833. Totem. 1873. A Trip to Paris: a laughable game. ca. 1857. Trips of Japhet Jenkins and Sam Slick. 1871. Uncle Tom's Cabin Card Game, n.d. Union Cards. 1862. McLoughlin Collection Game of a Visit to Camp. New York: McLoughlin Bros., ca. 1861-1865. McLoughlin Collection Small Games Box Grandmama's Game of Riddles. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Pleasing & Instructing Game of Country Store Keeper. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1889. Box A Age Cards, n.d. Aladdin or The Wonderful Lamp. 1876. Forced Confessions: A Happy-Come-Hit Game. By Uncle Ossian. 1869. Instructions. Fragmentscards, puzzles. Ca. late 19th- early 20th centuries. Box B Ladies and Gentlemens Sibylline Leaves. 1839. The Lamplighter. By a Lady, n.d. Photocopy. Magic Divination Cards. 1863. Manuscripts for a conversation game (?), n.d. Box C Parlor Games Eltons New Motto for Parties, n.d. Eltons True Love Mottoes, n.d. Laughable Game for the Social Cirle, n.d. Protean Cards: or, The Box of One Hundred Games. 1869. Box D Squails, n.d. Instructions. A Trip to Paris: a laughable game. ca. 1857. Instructions. Box E Three Bears and Silverlocks, set of 6 nesting blocks (McLoughlin, Bros., n.d.) Box F Nest of Pictures and ABC Blocks, set of 7 nesting blocks (McLoughlin, Bros., n.d.) Box G (2) Homemade pictorial scrolls with portraits OS Box 1 Uncut sheets of woodcut playing cards. By Jazaniah Ford. Milton, Ma., ca. 1810. II. Amusements and Fun Games Part 4. Large boxed games, myriopticon, and metamorphosen. Box 1 Bezique, n.d. Game of Anagrams. Ca. 1853-54. Game of Store, n.d. Golden Egg, n.d. Grandmother Hap-hazard, n.d. Gutenberg, n.d. Metamorphosen, n.d. MyropticonA Historical Panorama: Rebellion, n.d. Panorama of the Visit of Santa Claus to the Happy Children, n.d. McLoughin Collection Derby Steeple Chase. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1888. Farmer Jones Pigs. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Game of the Captive Princess. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Game of the Visit of Santa Claus. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1897. Game of John Gilpin. Rainbow Backgammon. And Bewildered Travellers. 1876. Kriss Kringles Christmas Tableaux. Springfield, Ma.: Milton Bradley & Co., n.d. Uncle Sams Panorama of Rip Van Winkle and Yankee Doodle. With illustrations by William Momberger. McLoughlin Collection Small Games Box Anagrams: A Game of Letters. New York: McLoughlin Bros., ca. 1900 Box D World of tomorrowNew York Worlds Fair: 1789-1939. II. Amusements and Fun Games Part 5. Wooden games and blocks. Box 1 Celebrated Pigeon-Tail Puzzle. 1867. Crandall's Improved Building Blocks for Children. 1867. Crandall's Masquerade Blocks. 1860. Game Called Tivoli or The Chinese Billiard, n.d. Hills Alphabet Blocks, ca. 1870 Picture Cards on Wood. Ca. 1831. Toy Village. Ca. 1831. Wooden Puzzle Blocks, n.d. Ye Hero of 76 Crandalls Improved Building Blocks. 1875. McLoughlin Collection The Babes in the Wood. Little Folks Cubes. Designed by Richard Andre. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1888. Picture ABC Blocks. New York: McLoughlin Bros., ca. 1858-1869. Contains 20 blocks. Features picture of a boy in a sailor suit playing with the blocks. Picture ABC Blocks. New York: McLoughlin Bros., ca. 1858-1869. Contains 30 blocks. Features picture of a girl and a dog playing with the blocks. II. Amusements and Fun Games Part 6. Paper dolls and party games Box 1 Fanny Gray. 1854. McLoughlin Collection- Paper Doll Box Alice. Series No. 1. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Baby Blue. Dolly Varden Dolls. New York: McLoughlin Bros., ca. 1876. Bertie Bright. New York: McLoughlin Bros., ca. 1874. 2 copies. Bessie Bright. No. 3. Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, n.d. Bride. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Bride groom and groomsman. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Bridesmaid. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Carrie Grant. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Diane the Bride. New York: McLoughlin Bros., [1880-1890] Ella Hall. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Ester Fine. Series No. 1. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Eugenia. Series No. 3. New York: McLoughlin Bros., ca. 1863-1869. Eva St. Claire and Topsey. Series No. 2, New Series. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Flora Fair. Series No. 1. Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, n.d. Grace Lee. [New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d.] Jane. Series No. 1. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Jenny. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Lady Gay. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1858. Lillie Lane. No. 2. Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, n.d. Little Fred. New York: McLoughlin Bros., ca. 1863-69 Little Lady. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Marquis. New Series No. 2. New York: McLoughlin Bros., ca. 1863-69. Mary Gray. Series No. 2. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Minnie Warren. [New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d.] Mollie. Series No. 1. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Mrs. Tom Thumb, the little lady. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1852-1859 Paul. Series No. 1. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. [Paper doll -- unidentified]. New York: McLoughlin Bros., [1880-1890] Pauline, Baby and Annette, New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Ruby Rose. Series No. 2. New York: McLoughlin Bros., ca. 1863-69. Stella. Series No. 1. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Susie Simple. New York: McLoughlin Bros., ca. 1874. McLoughlin Collection Uncut sheet for Edna. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1900. Uncut sheet for Ethel. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1900. Uncut sheet for Jockey #5. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Uncut sheet for Jockey #6. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. Uncut sheet for Paper Dolls No. 0100. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. 3 sheets; each sheet features a different girl. Box B Home Amusements. Hand Shadows, n.d. Box C Paper dolls. 3 handmade dolls. Ca. 1865-70. Paper dolls. 3 handmade dolls, n.d. Paper dolls. 1956 copy of 1845-1858 paper dolls. Jenny Lind. With an introductory pamphlet by Herbert Hosmer, Jr. Paper dolls, costumes, photographs. 1 chromolithographed doll, n.d. Paper dolls. Handmade. 2 dolls, n.d. Paper dolls. Envelope only, "No. 1. Carry with her dresses." J.G. Chandler, Lith., Roxbury, MA (Boston: Brown, Taggard & Chase, 1857) Box D Shade of Hand, n.d.Violin Player. Puppet, n.d. II. Amusements and Fun Games Part 7. Reference collection. Box D McCleary, Samuel. Making Dissected Maps. 1849. Russack, Rick. Childrens Games in America: The First Chapter Ephemera Studies suppl. (Summer, 1991). Williams, Anne. Featured Company: Charles Magnus, New York Game and Puzzle Manufacturer n.d. Williams, Anne. Perplexing Puzzles of the Past Puzzle Connection (March, 1984): 5-6. OS Box 2 Lewis, Robert. The Mansion of Happiness: English and American Versions of a Nineteenth-Century Board Game. Unpublished paper, produced at the University of Birmingham, England, School of History. Housed with 3 copies of the Mansion of Happiness.

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