"The Newport Yacht Race"
board game
TOYS - GAMESMcLoughlin Brothers
USA, RI, Newport; USA, RI, Block Island
After 1891
box 12-1/2 x 11 x 1 in.
Board game entitled "THE NEWPORT YACHT RACE"; consisting of box (A) with lid (B), gameboard (C) and indicator or spinning card (D); missing 2 yacht pieces; copyrighted 1891, by McLoughlin Brothers, New York; lid of box has color illustration of yachts under way as seen through life preserver ring and also title of game; printed on inside of lid are directions for playing; gameboard shows course from Newport around Block Island & back to Newport, with illustrations of various yachts & steamboats.
1989.2.A-D