Picture Lotto Game

Name/Title

Picture Lotto Game

Entry/Object ID

2025.FIC.039

Description

Copyright in 1888 by the McLoughlin Bros.

Use

A high-quality game made by McLoughlin Brothers of New York, "Picture Lotto" is packed in a wooden box with a sliding lid. The illustration on the lid shows children playing the game. Lotto became popular in America during the late 19th century as a children's game. This example, for young children, involved matching pieces of whole pictures to the appropriate space on a board showing the whole. Lotto games such as this led to the introduction and popularization of the game Bingo, popular today.

Category

Toys and Games

Made/Created

Manufacturer

McLoughlin Brothers

Date made

circa 1888

Place

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Game, Board

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Game

Nomenclature Class

Game Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects