Board game "Harpoon"

board game

TOYS, GAMES & PUZZLES
Saml. Gabriel Sons and Co.
USA, NY, New York
1955
paper; other
box 9-3/4 x 19-3/4 x 1-1/2 in.

Board game "Harpoon"; new and unused in original box; copyright 1955 by Saml. Gabriel Sons and Co., New York; includes folding game board, "WHALE MOVE" spinner, "SHIP SPEED" spinner, and plastic game pieces: 4 whaleboats (red, yellow, white, and black), 4 whale factory ships (red, yellow, white, and black), 4 whales (1 white, 3 black), and 1 plastic whale stand. Box cover printed in color with illustration of whale factory ship, and whaleboat with 6 men aboard one of whom is standing in bow ready to harpoon a whale; printed "THE NEW ACTION-PACKED GAME/ HARPOON" and "The game that takes you on a real whale hunt." Printed lower right is "Parents' Magazine" seal. Printed in red on both short ends of box "T-456".

2005.37