Board game, "Life Savers"

board game

TOYS - GAMES
Milton Bradley Co.
USA, MA, Springfield
After 1904
1.00 x 12.00 x 0

Board game manufactured by Milton Bradley Company, Springfield MA; "Life Savers"; game copyright 1905; comprised of cardboard box cover [97.1.2.1A], depicting rescue scene, surf boat launched to assist sinking steamship visible at upper left; printed in red across sky "LIFE SAVERS GAME"; at lower left is printed "AN EXCITING / GAME/ 4020"; directions for playing printed inside box lid; box bottom [97.1.2.1B] serves as playing course: lithographs of lifeboats lighthouses and lifesaving stations, same design as 97.1.1.1B; carboard spin dial with metal arrow [97.1.2.2] with circular arrangement of numbers 1-4, printed "Spin the hand/ by a quick stroke/ of the finger"; round cardboard game pieces [97.1.2.3-8]; round painted wood playing pieces [97.1.2.9-13]; handwritten in pencil on underside of box bottom "Minnie/ From/ Harold Chase".

UNIDENTIFIED lifeboat
1997.1.2.1-13