Name/Title
"HOME GAMES AND PARLOR AMUSEMENTS"Entry/Object ID
2000.38.1.1Description
Color: Gold; Green
"Home Games and Parlor Amusements: Games, Conundrums, and Forfeits designed for The Parlor, The Hearth, Lawn Sociables, Etc." (Chicago: Shrewesbury Publishing Co., 1925), 126 pp. A hardcover book in green cloth with gold lettering for the title on the top center. On the spine, in black lettering is, "Home Games." The book is a guide providing family and party entertainment instructions for games, magic tricks, and short plays designed for both indoors and outdoors. Some of the titles of the activities are "My Aunt's Garden"; "Hunt the Slipper"; "Blind Man and the Candle"; "The Secretary"; "The Magic Wand"; "Buz"; and "The Dumb Orator." With stains and abrasions on the cover, fading of the gold lettering, foxing, and overall surface soiling, the book is in poor condition.Lexicon
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EntertainingSearch Terms
Three-dimensional, Books, Shrewesbury Publishing Co., Amusements, Family recreation
