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1888 Presidential Election Board Game

Title: The Game of Politics or, The Race for the Presidency
Author: Clarke, Jeanie P.
Description: Includes chromolithographed board, folding, measuring 18½x18½"; 48 playing cards illustrated with political and patriotic scenes, each with a popular vote value; 36 (of 42) small playing pieces printed on card stock with the state names and number of electors from that state; 8-page instruction booklet; 1 (of 3) small wooden markers; small flyer for contest relating to the game.Rare and captivating game centering on American presidential politics, first issued at the time of the 1888 presidential election, capitalizing on the electoral frenzy. The board is surrounded by portraits of the U.S. Presidents from George Washington to Benjamin Harrison, with pictures of the White House and the Senate chambers, etc. The lithography is by the Forbes Co., Boston.
Heading: (Game of Politics)Place Published: Boston
Publisher: Horace, Partridge & Co.
Date Published: 1888