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Jeu géographique de la République Française : présenté à la Convention Nationale /

Jeu géographique de la République Française : présenté à la Convention...

Scales vary. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially on some maps. Consists of maps of the departments of France in a spiral arrangement designed as a game. Includes text of game rules and indexed table of admin... More

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie minamoto no raikō tsuchigumo henge taiji no zu

Utagawa Toyoharu - Ukie minamoto no raikō tsuchigumo henge taiji no zu

Print shows a house haunted by a large demon, a large spider, and many inanimate objects which have now come to life to disrupt a game of go between Minamoto (Raikō) Yorimitsu and another warrior. Title and oth... More

Round the world with Nellie Bly--The Worlds globe circler

Round the world with Nellie Bly--The Worlds globe circler

Board game about journalist Nellie Bly's trip around the world in 1889-1890. Game shows squares for each of the 73 days of her journey arranged in a circular pattern, flanked with images of Bly, Jules Verne, a ... More

[Interior view of room where men and women are playing the board game "go"]

[Interior view of room where men and women are playing the board game ...

No. 656. Illus. in: Views & costumes of Japan by Stillfried & Andersen. Yokohama : Stillfried & Andersen, [ca. 1877, p. 19] In 1877 Stillfried & Andersen purchased Felice Beato's stock of photographs, some may... More

Snake game rules - Print, Library of Congress collection. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Snake game rules - Print, Library of Congress collection. Book illustr...

Print showing a game board with red, gold, and blue spaces, numbered between 1 and 122; on the board are illustrations that are numbered and correspond to the blue "starred" spaces, which are action spots, the ... More

[A Russian civilian gets upset during a game of dai shogi, while his Japanese opponent appears confident of victory]

[A Russian civilian gets upset during a game of dai shogi, while his J...

Signed on block by artist in lower left, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Idenitification of the game... More

The road to Washington. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

The road to Washington. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Print showing gameboard for a game "The road to Washington" with "Washington" at the top and "Grand Central Depot" near the bottom with connecting routes through the cities of "Philadelphia", "Newark", "Baltimo... More