Name/Title
RIP VAN WINKLE: A READING GAME ON RIP VAN WINKLEEntry/Object ID
SS.2014.1Description
Game, in a two-part box, comprised of an instruction booklet and a set of printed cards
a. Box lid: Plain brown cardboard with chromolithograph image affixed; rectangular; image of old bald man wearing tattered red suit and white shirt leaning on walking stick and shading his eyes with his left hand; waterfall in background at left; small house in backgroung at center, rocks and vegetation at right; at top right printed: "RIP VAN WINKLE"; at bottom left, printed: " "A Reading Game on Rip Van Winkle" "; at bottom left, printed "4237"; at bottom right, printed: "MILTON BRADLEY CO./SPRINGFIELD, MASS."
b. Box bottom: Plain brown cardboard; on bottom, handwritten in pencil: "Evelyn G. [?] Rowell/ from/ George".
c. Instruction booklet: Folded 15-page booklet printed with instructions and text for game; stapled at binding; printed on cover: "THE GAME OF/ Rip Van Winkle/ A Modern Version/ of An Old Tale/ Milton Bradley Company/ Springfield, Massachusetts/ "Makers of the World's Best Games" "; inside front cover, printed: "Copyright 1909".
d- pp.: Thirty-nine small rectangular cards, printed with the names of common household goods and clothing items; yellow backs, some with pencil notations [ex.: "150", "$1.00"].Collection
Sunnyside Object CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Milton Bradley CompanyAttribution
MakerDate made
1909Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
(See Description)Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
6-3/4 inWidth
5-1/2 inDepth
1-1/8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (17.1 x 14 x 2.9 cm)Condition
Notes
Remarks: Overall signs of wear and overall foxing; (a.) one side of box lid missing; two corners of box lid supported with clear adhesive tape; very worn along upper sides of lid, especially at corners; (c.) foxing to covers; (d-pp.) some cards bent; worn corners overall, pencil notation not part of the original game.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Rip Van WinkleNotes
SubjectRelated Entries
Notes
SS.2021.64 a-m - Game - RelatedGeneral Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Cards are dealt to players. One player reads the text aloud. Blanks in the text are filled in by other players randomly drawing from the cards dealt to them. Random associations provide the humor. The text is deritative of, but is not Irving's text. Possibly designed and printed for the Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909 [Jessa Krick, 4/17/2014].Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 13DNote Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial
