"Touring" Automobile Card Game, 1947
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Players race to win in this 1947 version of Parker Brothers' Touring: The Famous Automobile Card Game. Players collect mile cards to advance, but "Tire puncture," "Collision" or "Out of gas" cards can slow the tourist down. A version of this game has been around since 1906. Parker Brothers purchased the rights to this game in 1925.
Players race to win in this 1947 version of Parker Brothers' Touring: The Famous Automobile Card Game. Players collect mile cards to advance, but "Tire puncture," "Collision" or "Out of gas" cards can slow the tourist down. A version of this game has been around since 1906. Parker Brothers purchased the rights to this game in 1925.
Artifact
Card game (Game set)
Date Made
1947
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
90.129.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Widdicombe Schmidt.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Color
Light green
Dark blue
Orange (Color)
White (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 1.25 in
Width: 4 in
Length: 5.25 in
Inscriptions
on box top: IMPROVED EDITION / TOURING / THE / FAMOUS / AUTOMOBILE / CARD / GAME / REG. US. PATENT OFFICE / (script) PARKER BROTHERS, INC. / SALEM, MASS. / NEW YORK, LONDON / MADE IN U.S.A. Box sides: TOURING Instructions: COPYRIGHT 1937, 1947 By PARKER BROTHERS, INC., Salem, Massachusetts
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