Card Game

game

Name/Title

Card Game

Entry/Object ID

2003.12.18a-gg

Description

Boxed card game, "Game of Authors". The box is printed with an illustration of a young boy reading a book to a young girl and an elderly man in front of a large fireplace. The game consists of 31 playing cards, each printed with a portrait of a famous author and the titles of 3 of their works.

Context

Owned by Jean Louise Goodall Balham in Montpelier, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2003.12

Source or Donor

Balham, Jean Louise Goodall (1925-2016)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Russell Manufacturing Company

Date made

circa 1935

Place

City

Leicester

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Game

Nomenclature Class

Game Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall (boxed)

Depth

5-1/4 in

Length

6-1/2 in

Material

Paperboard

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Balham, Jean Louise Goodall (1925-2016)

Related Places

Place

City

Montpelier

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America