Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Indoor & Outdoor Game - Hide n Seek

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When they began sailing across the Atlantic to the New World in the 1600s, British American colonials brought with them memories of games...

Outdoor Games - Tag

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When they began sailing across the Atlantic to the New World in the 1600s, British American colonials brought with them memories of games...

Outdoor Games - Ring Around the Rosie

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When British American colonials began sailing across the 17C Atlantic to the New World, they brought with them memories of games played f...

Thread the Needle

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British publisher John Newbery (1713-1767) was the 1st to create books specifically for children. His work reflected the changes in attitu...

Tip Cat

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British publisher John Newbery (1713-1767) was the 1st to create books specifically for children. His work reflected the changes in attitu...

Train Banding

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British publisher John Newbery (1713-1767) was the 1st to create books specifically for children. His work reflected the changes in attitu...

Trap Ball

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British publisher John Newbery (1713-1767) was the 1st to create books specifically for children. His work reflected the changes in attitu...

Games for Tables - Squares

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British publisher John Newbery (1713-1767) was the 1st to create books specifically for children. His work reflected the changes in attitu...

Outdoor Game - Chuck Farthing

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British publisher John Newbery (1713-1767) was the 1st to create books specifically for children. His work reflected the changes in atti...

Games for Tables - The Earliest Board Game - Royal Game of Ur or Game of 20 Squares

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Game of Ur. (British Museum) The Royal Game of Ur is a Sumerian version of the ancient Middle Eastern game generically called The Gam...

Outdoor Games - Lewis & Clark Play Prisoner’s Base

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Prisoner’s Base  This English game of chase and tag that was banned in the 1300s by King Edward III. Object of the Game: The team with the m...

New York's Saratoga Springs Spa & Ballston Spa

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 Congress Spring, Saratoga, 1849 The mineral springs in upstate New York were valued by Native Americans for their medicinal properties. In ...
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Croquet in the Garden & the Fashions that Followed

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 Johann Mongles Culverhouse (Dutch-born American painter, 1825-1895) Croquet Croquet is, like pall mall, trucco, jeu de mail & kolve...