Osher Artifact Collection

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Boake Carter's Game: Star Reporter
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Date/Date Range: 1937
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Dimensions: Box 26.5 x 51 x 4 cm; board 49.4 x 49 cm; cards 7.6 x 6 cm; planes 1.7 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm; 3 x 2 x 2.7 cm; phones 1.5 x 2 x 1.8 cm; pins 3 cm
Physical Description: 1 game: (1 board, 2 dice, 6 telephones, 6 planes, 4 pins, 63 news cards, 9 disaster cards, 8 catastrophe cards), cardboard, color. Planes and phones made of lead. Handle with gloves.
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OCLC: 696186662
Accession Number: OS-1937-47
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Boake Carter's Game: Star Reporter

Star Reporter
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Date/Date Range: 1952
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Dimensions: Box 26.3 x 51 x 4 cm; board 49.5 x 49 cm; cards 7.8 x 5.9 cm; planes 2 x 3 x .3 cm; phones 2.2 x 1 x 1 cm; dice 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm; pins 4.5 cm
Physical Description: 1 game: (1 board, 2 dice, 6 telephones, 6 planes, 8 pins,  63 news cards, 9 disaster cards, 8 catastrophe cards), cardboard, color. Playing pieces made of lead. Handle with gloves.
Historical Context: Based on controversial British born American reporter Harold Thomas Henry "Boake" Carter.
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OCLC: 696187358
Accession Number: OS-1952-37
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Star Reporter

We: The Magnetic Flying Game
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Date/Date Range: 1928
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Dimensions: Box 21 x 42 x 2.5 cm; flying fields 16.5 x 16.5 cm; poles 40 x .5 cm; magnets 4 x 2 cm; planes 2.5 x 3 cm
Physical Description: 1 game: (6 board pieces, 16 pieces, 4 poles, 3 magnets), cardboard, color
OCLC: 694899812
Accession Number: OS-1928-50
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We: The Magnetic Flying Game

The United States Air Mail Game
Date/Date Range: 1929
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Dimensions: 44 x 70 cm in box 37 x 46 cm
Physical Description: 1 game: (1 board, 4 dice, 4 pieces, 4 shakers, 36 cards), cardboard, color
Accession Number: OS-1929-58
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The United States Air Mail Game

The Game of Travel
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Date/Date Range: 1894
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Dimensions: Box and board 35.3 x 53.5 x 2.5 cm; tickets 8 x 3.2 cm; steamships 3 x 5.5 cm; supports 1.5 x .6 cm; playing pieces 2 x 1.4 cm
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Physical Description: 1 game: (3 steamships, 2 ship supports, 2 original playing pieces, 27 cards), cardboard, color. Missing one steamship and two supports.
OCLC: 696219933
Accession Number: OS-1894-44
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The Game of Travel

Lowell Thomas' Travel Game: World Cruise: Land-Sea-Air
Date/Date Range: 1937
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Dimensions: 67 x 67 cm in box 68 x 35 cm
Physical Description: 1 game (1 board, 2 dice, 6 pieces, 52 cards, paper money), cardboard, color
Accession Number: OS-1937-48
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Lowell Thomas' Travel Game: World Cruise: Land-Sea-Air

Across the Continent
Date/Date Range: 1952
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Dimensions: 44 x 83 cm in box 29 x 46 cm
Physical Description: 1 game: (1 board, 4 pieces, 4 shakers, 8 dice, 30 cards), cardboard, color
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Accession Number: OS-1952-38
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Across the Continent

Ace of Aces: A New Game of Skill
Date/Date Range: 1938
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Dimensions: 91 x 61 cm in box 32 x 37 cm
Physical Description: 1 game: (1 board, 8 pieces), color
Accession Number: OS-1938-36
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Ace of Aces: A New Game of Skill

The Flying Four: Great International Airplane Race
Date/Date Range: 1927
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Dimensions: 42 x 42 cm in box 23 x 44 cm
Physical Description: 1 game: (1 board, 4 pieces, 1 spinner), cardboard, color
Accession Number: OS-1927-49
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The Flying Four: Great International Airplane Race

The United States Game: Across the Continent
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Date/Date Range: 1935
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Dimensions: Box: 29 x 45.5 x 5 cm; board: 44 x 82 cm; trains: 6 x 1 x 1 cm; tickets: 7.7 x 3 cm; shakers: 6.5 x 2.5 cm; dice: 1.2 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm
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Physical Description: 1 game: (1 board, 4 pieces, 4 shakers, 8 dice, 20 cards), cardboard, color
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OCLC: 696214410
Accession Number: OS-1935-40
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The United States Game: Across the Continent