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Game of Skittles painting (c1680) by Pieter de Hooch of The Netherlands at Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati, OH. | Three games table: billiards on top level; a precursor of modern pinball when lifted open, & an extractable canon game with built in candlesticks (1750-70) from southern Germany or Alsace at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Meissen porcelain lidded box & subboxes with game chips (c1765) painted to mimic playing cards at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | The Mansion of Happiness (1800) by George Fox, a board game inspired by Christian morality at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY. |
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Panorama of Europe race game (c1815) by J.&E. Wallis of London at Museum of Childhood. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Elephant & Castle game (1822) from London at Thirlestane Castle. Scotland. | Historical Pastime game (late 1830s) by J. Passmore of London spans Battle of Hastings 1066 to Abolition of Slavery 1833 at Museum of Childhood. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Only known American copy of Jolly Game of Goose (1851) by J.P. Beach at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY. |
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Naval Engagement (c1870's) board game where children could re-fight the Civil War at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY. | District Messenger Boy or Merit Rewarded board game (1886) by McLoughlin Bros. at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY. | Round The World with Nellie Bly jigsaw (1890) which completed makes a board game themed on the journalist's circumnavigation of the globe at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY. | Vintage jigsaw puzzles & games at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY. |
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The Game of Authors & Game of Peter Coddles at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY. | The Game of Authors (created by Anne Abbott), a card game in which players try to collect sets of four book titles by one author at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY. | Vintage All Aboard for Chicago boxed game by Parker Brothers of Salem, MA at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY. | Animal Ten Pins board game with bagpipe playing rabbit on cover at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY. |
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Pike's Peak or Bust puzzle game (1895) by Parker Brothers of Salem at Museum of Childhood. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Dewey's Victory (1898) board game themed on Admiral Dewey's conquest at Manila at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY. | The Charge (1899) board game themed on Teddy Roosevelt leading the charge up San Juan Hill at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY. | New Game of Motor Tour (c1900) show journey from Edinburgh to London at Museum of Childhood. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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Voyage through the Clouds game with airships racing through Europe (1910) by J.W. Spear & Sons of London at Museum of Childhood. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Zippy Zepps Air Game (c1920's) by Alderman, Fairchild, Rochester, NY based on public interest in the Zeppelin flights of that era at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY. | Aliyah Board Game 1935 designed to familiarize players with emigration route from Germany to Palestine at Jewish Museum Munich. Munich, Germany. | WWII Spot-a-plane board game at Pima Air Museum. Tucson, AZ. |
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Hunt for coal thief board game (c1940) reflecting life in (WWII) Germany at City Toy Museum. Nuremberg, Germany. | Keep 'Em Rolling for Victory (c1941) hand held dexterity game at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY. | Various objects from Paquebot France (1962) except games table from Ile de France (1949) at Musée de la Marine. Paris, France. | Game of chance at Chepstow. Newport, RI. |
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Checker board game corncob pieces in Layton General Store at Old Bethpage Village. Old Bethpage, NY. | Vintage game of Tiddledy-Winks at Sag Harbor Whaling Museum. Sag Harbor, NY. | Hop over game in study gallery in Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. Santa Fe, NM. | Tables, food & games of Shriver's Saloon at Shriver House Museum. Gettysburg, PA. |
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Oysters & games of Shriver's Saloon at Shriver House Museum. Gettysburg, PA. | Table with children's books & games at Brodie Castle. Brodie, Scotland. | Card games & coffee in music room of Moses Myers House museum. Norfolk, VA. | Upstairs games room in Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home. Augusta, GA. |
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Games table in Old State Capitol. Springfield, IL. | Games room of FDR Campobello home. NB. | Games table in library at Scone Palace. Perth, Scotland. | Cabinets with games in Sun lounge on Royal Yacht Britannia. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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Star-Trek & Game of Thrones pinball machines at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY. | Pachinko parlor, a vertical pinball-like gambling game played in Japan. |
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