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Trip Trap Parlor Game Cover

Parker Brothers, Salem, MA

1893

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TRIP TRAP PARLOR GAME COVER

PARKER BROTHERS, SALEM, MA

EARLY AMERICAN GAME, 1893

Chromolithographed Paper on Cardboard

Size: 19 7/8 x 15 in; 50.5 x 38.1 cm

Similar to modern Skee Ball, the object of this game of skill was to project a small ball, via a spring-powered launcher, toward a target grid of cups, each of which had a different point value.

Provenance: Private collection, New York City from whom the current owner obtained the work

Creator: Parker Brothers, Salem

Creation Year: 1893

Size: 19 7/8 x 15 in

Medium: Color Lithograph on Paper, Wood                                            and Cardboard

Movement/Style: Early American Game

Period: Late 19th Century

Condition: Excellent