Image of a maze-based board game with naval scenes of ships, ferries, sailboats, torpedoes, reefs, sharks, cliffs, whirlpools, and harbor of Wilmington, North Carolina, during the American Civil War; notes describe rules of the game in lower margin. Date approximated by cataloger based on dates of American Civil War.
"Charles Magnus' New York Printing Establishment. Offices; 12 Frankfort St., New York, and 520 7th St., Washington., D.C."--text, bottom center margin.
"Purchase the new Article: Magnus' illustrated Ballads on Note paper. Assortment immense. Special list will be sent on request."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 etching : hand colored ; overall 58.1 x 68.26 cm (22 7/8 x 26 7/8 in.)
Gameboards--Pictorial works Naval battles--Pictorial works Ships--Pictorial works Wilmington (N.C.)--Harbor--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Intaglio prints--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Games. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Large Size American Civil War The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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