Featuring questions from the New Testament, the 1887 Grandmama’s Sunday Game is a McLoughlin Bros. collectible. The bright colors on the box, showing children gathering around Jesus, make for an attractive addition to any game collection. Interesting to note on the image of this particular production of the game, McLoughlin …
The late 1800’s Game of Bull by J.H. Singer demonstrates a changing time of games. Those of earlier age, like the Mansion of Happiness or the Checkered Game of Life, focused on moral values and provided lessons to life. These types gave way to other, more casual, and leisurely fun games which became …
Playing Grandmama’s Geographical game taught players about the world and people around them. Well-known for their beautifully illustrated games, the colorful box cover of the 1887 McLoughlin Bros. Grandmama’s Geographical game includes an outdoor scene with people gathered together. Between the words, ‘Around the World’ and displayed in front of the …
Part of a six set series, the Grandmama’s Arithmetical game by McLoughlin Bros. is a timeless and fun way to learn math. On the back of the instructions for playing the Arithmetical game, McLoughlin Bros. promotes and lists all the games that are part of the 1887 Grandma’s series of …
Including fourteen different artists and their works, the 1897 Parker Brothers Game of Favorite Art gives a fantastic glimpse at some beloved old images. A wonderful antique game to add to a collection, Favorite Art comprises of 56 cards depicting illustrations by various artists. Playing the game today, they are …
The game of Logomachy by McLoughlin Bros. was a popular parlor game for players of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Originating from the Greek ‘Logos’ for word and ‘Makhia’ for fighting, Logomachy is a game where players fight or compete for the forming of words. It received the “Highest …
The old 1888 game of Just Like Me provides an amusing set of rhymes and responses. Just Like Me is only one of the entertaining games McLoughlin Bros. of New York published in the late 19th century. Known not only for their children books filled with vibrant and colorful illustrations, …
The 1875 game of Life’s Mishaps, along with two others called Domino Rex and Diamond and Hearts, is now a McLoughlin Bros. collectible. Portraying the form of books when closed and out of their slipcase, the three board games discreetly sat on a shelf waiting to be pulled down for …
Part of a six set series, the 1887 McLoughlin Bros. Grandmama’s Game of Old Testament contains 100 Bible questions for players to answer. During a time before television and video games, families would gather together and ask questions to each other. The Grandma’s series of games included six such trivia …
Named ‘The Good Old Game of Proverbs’ in 1893, this game by Parker Brothers could now be called the ‘good OLDER game of Proverbs’ today. Each of the 96 cards, housed within the small game box of Proverbs, includes a well known saying for the time period. Some are still …
