Berkeley Board Game

Name/Title

Berkeley Board Game

Entry/Object ID

1978.002.203

Description

Board game: The Game of Berkeley. Game is in a black cardboard box, top open and all covered/sealed in cellophane. Includes a cardboard board, with round plastic discs to move around board and probably dice. Set up is similar to monopoly...throw of the dice and options to buy/sell real businesses in Berkeley. (Names such as Marriot Hotel, Northbrae Properties, City Hall.) On the outside cellophane is a sticker: "Wheeler-Dealer..." Center of board is gold with text: "Commodity Futures Exch." and lists procedures and costs of businesses. To the left is a logo of the campanile, sailboat, laboratory microscope with text: "This Edition Sponsored by the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce". To the right, under "Noble Subjects of the Realm" is listed the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Around the board on the outside edge are the squares with business names and prices.

Made/Created

Date made

1960 - 1995

Notes

Date: 1960-1995

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Game

Nomenclature Class

Game Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Search Terms

"Board game: The Game of Berkeley"

Dimensions

Width

11 in

Depth

1 in

Length

17 in

Location

Other

B3-4