Parker Brothers, Inc.
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1888 - 1985
Functions
Places
- United States (Associated Country)
- Salem (Mass.) (Residence)
- Beverly (Mass.) (Residence)
Languages Used
- English
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Flying the Beam: A Game of Aerial Transport
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 00000039199435]
Identifier: EPH 5045
Scope and Contents
One game designed by Captain William J. Chapman and manufactured by Parker Brothers, Inc. Players spin and move pieces across a board marked to represent the challenges of flying a plane into an airport using only radio signals.
Dates:
Copyright: 1941
The Rough Riders: a Game
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 00000039199492]
Identifier: EPH 5050
Scope and Contents
One simple racing board game for two or four players manufactured by Parker Brothers, Salem, Massachusetts as a part of its ‘Adventure Series.’ The game’s box lid depicts Teddy Roosevelt leading the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War in Cuba. The game board within is designed to represent the battlefield at San Juan Hill and is marked with ten possible routes from ‘camp’ to ‘victory.’ Players spin to advance wooden pawns along chosen routes. The first player to reach ‘victory’ wins...
Dates:
1900
The Yale-Harvard Game Board Game
Collection — Box MSSP10108 Box: [Barcode: 00000039198775]
Identifier: MSSP_10108
Scope and Contents
One board game for two players designed to simulate the annual Yale vs. Harvard football game. The box cover depicts about 12 players in a scrum on a football field. Players wear either blue for Yale or red for Harvard, and the cover features Harvard and Yale pennants on the top left and the top right of the box. The box also features a referee watching the action, a grandstand filled with fans, and a single goalpost.The cardboard game board depicts a football field with cheering...
Dates:
1894