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Cardboard game

Cardboard game

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Cardboard fan-type game of separate cards; one side has children's literary figures; other side is of cards put together to make pictures of animals
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Abacus

Abacus

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Wooden abacus with metal rods and wooden beads (60) of three different colors. There are illegible pencil markings on the outer edge of frame.
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Toy top

Toy top

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Wooden top with handle; has been polished
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Cardboard game

Cardboard game

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: "The Game of Snap" (cover) with cards and instructions in cardboard; bottom of box in pencil is "0/10"; lid had picture of alligator and 2 small black children. Maker's marks: "PUBLISHED BY PARKER BROTHERS,SALEM MASS., U.S.A.".
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Toy top

Toy top

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Wooden peg top with metal tip.
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Toy blocks

Toy blocks

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Toy blocks with case.
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Cardboard puzzle

Cardboard puzzle

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Cardboard puzzle cards with a large letter on the left and part of a picture of an animal on the right; spilling game; words and pictures form horse, sheep, goat; some extra cards
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Cardboard puzzle "Cut Up History"

Cardboard puzzle "Cut Up History"

Date: unknown
Creator: Parker Brothers
Description: Cardboard puzzle, "Cut Up History: The Revolution". The puzzle is a series of illustrated strips and an illustrated guide showing the various scenes that can be created by piecing them together.
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
[Child playing with croquet mallet]

[Child playing with croquet mallet]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a child playing with a croquet mallet. There is a large building and trees in the background.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
[Children playing a game]

[Children playing a game]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of six children playing "pop-the-whip", outdoors. The children are moving while holding hands. Front of photograph: "#12 Children playing pop-the-whip approximately 1915, Orange, Texas."
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
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