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Board game collection

Board game collection

Descriptive Summary

Title: Board game collection
Creator: Unknown
Inclusive Dates: 1890-1976
Language(s): English
Extent: 3 Linear Feet 3 boxes
Collection Number: ms4496
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Scope and Content

This collection includes a game featuring Winnie-the-Pooh, a Holly Hobbie Wishing Well Game, The World Educator game, and a Round the World with Nellie Bly game.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], Board game collection, ms4496, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922
Board games
Winnie-the-Pooh, (Fictitious character) (1924)

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
box
1Winnie-the-Pooh board game, 1933
Published by Parker Brothers
 
box
2Holly Hobbie Wishing Well game, 1976
Published by Parker Playmate
 
2The World Educator game, 1919
Published by W.S. Reed & Co.
 
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3Round the World with Nellie Bly game, 1890
Published by McLoughlin Brothers
Complete first edition board game celebrating Nellie Bly's 28,000 mile trip around the world inspired by Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days. The game includes the game board, three original and four duplicate playing pieces, an eight-page wire-stitched booklet of instructions, and an "indicator" with spinning tin arrow all housed in the original box.