[Incomplete set of "Series C" of "Hidden Book Titles" rebus puzzle card game] [graphic].
Title
[Incomplete set of "Series C" of "Hidden Book Titles" rebus puzzle card game]
Description
Incomplete set of card game (9 of 15 cards) to which "ladies and gentlemen" couples interpreted the pictures on each card to name the title of the book (depicted as a rebus) and for additional credit, the name of the author. Some imagery is racialized. Includes No. 4 showing a framed portrait of a bride + "of" + a lamb + "R" + a three-quarter length image of the left profile of a Black man in a hooded robe holding out one arm and holding a staff with the other = The Bride of Lamermoor; No. 6 showing a map of the Southern portion of the U.S. as well as the Philippine Islands + a cluster of addressed envelopes = American Lands and Letters; No. 8 showing the front profile of a black cat = The Black Cat; No. 9 showing two capital letter Y's + "and" + two lower case letter y's = Wise and Otherwise; No. 10 showing an oblong-shaped globe turned to the side with Greenland, America, South America, and New Zealand visible = The Wide, Wide World; No. 11 showing an open chest + "R"+ a desk on which a series of books with titles beginning "Tales" stand = Old Chester Tales; No. 12 showing a lantern out of which a ray of light shines + a man using a manual lawn mower + "NA" = Ramona; No. 13 showing the front profile of a very round hog + "Rt" + the Pigot Diamond captioned "Exact Size of Pigot Diamond" = The Great Hogarty Diamond; and No. 14 depicting a woman with sunken cheeks lying up in bed and with a tray of food on her lap + an eye + a newspaper ad for a "Blacksmith" = Iliad. One of a series of four "Hidden Book Titles" games, including Series A with thirty cards, and series B and C with fifteen cards, and Series D (Literati) with fifty-five cards., Publication information based on copyright statement: Copyright Oct., 1899, by the Hidden Book-Title Publishing co., Philadelphia, Pa., Housed in envelope., Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program., RVCDC
Date
Oct., 1899
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ephemera - games & toys - Hidden [P.2021.35.1a-i]
The Washington family.
Title
The Washington family
Description
Group portrait of George Washington, his wife Martha, and his two step-grandchildren gathered around a cloth-covered table. A seated George Washington, attired in civilian clothing, rests one arm on the table and the other on the shoulder of his step-grandson and namesake who stands next to a globe, which shows "America." His step-granddaughter, Nelly, stands next to a seated Martha on the other side of the table. Both are pointing at "North America, United States" on a large map unfurled on the table. William Lee, an African American man enslaved by Washington who worked as his valet including during the Revolutionary War, stands in the right background. He is attired in a white cravat and a black jacket and tucks his left hand into his jacket. A curtain is draped open near a column revealing a waterscape scene in the background., Title from item., Names of sitters printed in margin below image., Purchased with Davida T. Deutsch Women's History Fund, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
1873
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Washington [P.2013.23]