1900 · Salem, Massachusetts
Salem, Massachusetts: Parker Brothers, Inc, 1900. Good to very good. Wear to extremities of box, light toning/dust soiling, a couple short tears to instructions sheet. Tape repair to box.. A clever boxed party game published by Parker Brothers, based on rebuses. A rebus is a puzzle using pictures or glyphs to represent words or phrases. For example, if there is a picture of a cube next to the letter "A", the answer would be "Cuba". To play the game, one player is made the leader and time keeper. They shuffle the cards, then show them one by one to the remaining players. The answers are recorded in the instructions sheet. The player with the most correct answers wins. This set is complete, containing all thirty (30) cards, printed instructions bifolium, and the original illustrated box. Some example answers: Salem; Arkansas; Panama; Mohawk; Rome; and Cape Horn. Each card measures approx. 3.25" by 5.25". Printed instructions measures 3.5" by 4.5", and the box measures approx. 5.25" by 6.5" by 1.25
(Inventory #: 28015905)