Historic
Games:
Print
and play with a game and paper dolls from the late 1800s!
Toboggan Slide Game:
1890-1900
J.H. Singer Co., New York, NY
29.1496.28
By the late 1800s, families had more leisure time to play games
together. Unlike earlier games which were designed mainly to teach
children moral values, the colorfully-printed games of this period
were often made to amuse.
Materials
Needed to Play:
Fun
with Paper Dolls:
Jeannie Paper Doll
ca. 1870
McLoughlin Bros., New York, NY
99.0.34.36
During the second half of the 1800s, young girls enjoyed dressing
inexpensive paper dolls like these in the latest fashions.
Materials
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