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Columbus Card Game
Columbus Card Game
Columbus Card Game

Columbus Card Game

Periodca. 1875-1890
MediumPaper, ink, metal
DimensionsBox: 2 × 10 × 10 in. (5.1 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm)
ClassificationsToys & Games
Credit LineGift of Mrs. J.Amory Haskell, 1942
Object number1639
DescriptionA handcrafted card game, housed in a painted wooden box that reads "COLUMBUS / or the discovery of America / an amusing and historical game." The game features an instruction booklet, a deck of colorful cards depicting historical scenes with Christopher Columbus, and a round spinner with a printed world map and colored circles numbered 1 through 14."
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