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OBJECT TYPE: GAME
DATE: 1928
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0346.001

MANUFACTURER: PARKER BROS.
MODEL: TOURING
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 94
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: COATED PAPER.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 8.9 cm
Width: 5.8 cm
Height: 2.9 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: PARKER
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THESE CARDS WOULD HAVE BEEN USED C. 1928 +. "TOURING" GAME PUBLISHED 1906- 1975.
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO DETERMINE PROGRESS OF PLAYERS OF BOARD GAME.
Technical: THESE CARDS ILLUSTRATE THE PUBLIC FASCINATION WITH THE AUTOMOBILE, AND ITS EVOLUTION INTO A CULTURAL ICON THATUNDERSCORES THE MOBILE CHARACTER OF CONTEMPORARY 20TH CENTURY CULTURE. (AS PER D.W. MONAGHAN)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Cards marked variously "GO" (14 cards); "GASOLINE/ A GO CARD MUST BE PLAYED/ ON THIS TO CONTINUE TOUR" (8); "OUT OF/ GASOLINE/ A GASOLINE AND A GO CARD/ MUST BE PLAYED ON THIS/ TO CONTINUE TOUR" (2); "CITY/ LIMITS/ NOT OVER 15 MILES AN HOUR" (4); "COUNTRY/ CAN MAKE 30 MILES AN HOUR" (5); "PUNCTURE/ NO DELAY IF IN CITY LIMITS/ DELAY 15 MILES IF IN COUNTRY/ A GO CARD MUST BE PLAYED/ ON THIS TO CONTINUE TOUR" (2); "HAULED IN/ A GO CARD MUST BE PLAYED/ ON THIS TO CONTINUE TOUR" (7); "COLLISION/ DELAY 15 MILES IF IN CITY/ DELAY 30 MILES IF IN COUNTRY/ A HAULED IN AND A GO CARD MUST/ BE PLAYED ON THIS TO CONTINUE TOUR" (3); "30/MILES" (11); "15/MILES" (10)' "3/MILES" (9); AND "1/MILE" (19).
Missing: EACH CARD IS COMPLETE IN ITSELF. THE COMPLETE "TOURING" GAME OF WHICH THEY ARE PART CONSISTS OF A DECK OF 99 CARDS, WITH INSTRUCTIONS & GAME BOX.
Finish: WHITE CARD HAS BLACK TEXT & ILLUSTRATION ON FACE; WHITE WITH RED AUTOMOBILE ILLUSTRATION & WHEEL OR HUB MOTIF ON REVERSE.
Decoration: EACH CARD HAS IDENTICAL ILLUSTRATION OF OPEN TOURING CAR AND GEOMETRIC PATTERN RESEMBLING WHEELS OR HUBS ON BACK. CARD FACES DEPICT VARIOUS AUTOMOBILES IN SETTING APPROPRIATE TO CARD VALUE IE) AT GARAGE; IN COLLISION; IN TOWN OR COUNTRY, ETC.

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PARKER BROS., Card, circa 1928, Artifact no. 1996.0346, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0346.001/

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