ATHLETIC TARGET PRACTICE GAME BOX

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"ATHLETIC TARGET PRACTICE" GAME BOX

Entry/Object ID

2004.52.1.1

Description

Color: Red; White A box top (a) and bottom (b) for the "Athletic Target Practice" game, manufactured by T. R. Brien Specialty Company, Westfield, Massachusetts, 1925. The cover of the top has a red glued label with the product name, an image of it, and the manufacturer's name and place of business. The cardboard top has a cloth wrapper. The bottom is plain, without any identifying characteristics and also has a cloth wrapper over cardboard. Items .2-.12 comprise the rules, scorecard, target, base, base stake, and six metal rings for the game. With adhesive material, dented corners, heavy soiling, pencil markings, stains, and label tears on a), the condition is generally poor.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Games

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Boxes [Containers], T. R. Brien Specialty Company, Outdoor games

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Boxes [containers]