My daughter's class is studying the lives of immigrant children in the years 1880 to 1920. I suspect we can't find much because there isn't too much on the subject.
Any help is appreciated.
It was published in 1923, which is a bit outside your required dates, but many of the games are based on old ones, so says the preface. I've picked just a few amusing ones to whet your appetite. The players stand in a single circle. The one described runs as soon as he recognizes his description. The one questioned chases him, and if he catches the runner before he again reaches his place in the circle, the runner becomes the next questioner.