Checkerboard from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Parker Brothers, American, 1883 - 1998
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: The American Junior Red Cross, American, founded 1917
label: Subject of
content: Shailer School, American, 1882 - 1935
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A checkerboard manufactured by Parker Brothers, Inc. The board is made from cardboard covered with red adhesive paper on the exterior and a paper adhesive checkerboard on the interior. The board folds in half. On one side of the red exterior, there is a white adhesive label surrounded by a band of green and white checkers and six (6) black squares with green graphics of chess pieces. Black text in varying fonts, printed in the middle of the label, reads [CHECKERS / MADE BY / Parker Brothers Inc. / SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS · NEW YORK · CHICAGO] / MADE IN U.S.A.]. In the top left corner of the front there is a white adhesive label with red, printed text that reads [THE AMERICAN / JUNIOR RED CROSS] with three lines below. The text [SCHOOL], [CHAPTER], [TOWN] is printed in red just below each line and [FORM 2501] in the bottom right corner. Handwritten black text on the top line reads [Shailer], [Portland] on the second line, and [Portland, ME]. The interior is a green and white checkerboard that is bordered by a black and white meander design.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Toys and Games
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.51.1
objectType: label: Type
content: checkerboards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on pressure-sensitive tape on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Open): 16 9/16 × 16 5/8 × 1/8 in. (42 × 42.2 × 0.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Closed): 16 9/16 × 8 5/16 × 1/4 in. (42 × 21.1 × 0.6 cm)