Box of chess black and white wooden chessmen from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Milton Bradley Company, American, founded 1860
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A Milton Bradley box of black and white wooden chess pieces with game instructions.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.51a: Thirty-two (32) Milton Bradley chessmen: sixteen (16) carved, wooden, black pieces and sixteen (16) carved, wooden, natural wood colored pieces.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.51b: A box for Milton Bradley chessmen. The cardboard box has a brown top with red sides and a black bottom. Printed on the top of the box is a large, black graphic of a knight piece, depicted in profile. The name [MILTON BRADLEY] is printed in an arch above the knight, and [Made in U.S.A.] below. To the right of the graphic is the word [CHESSMEN] printed in black block text. On one side of the box is black ink print that reads [MILTON BRADLEY CO. SPRINGFIELD, MASS.]. In the bottom right corner is additional small, black text that reads [4424]. Inside the box is a diagonal divider that separates the black and white chess pieces.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.51c: A Milton Bradley white paper instruction pamphlet. The pamphlet includes the rules of chess, diagrams, and graphics printed in black ink.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, 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: 2011.12.51.2abc
objectType: label: Type
content: boxes (containers)
label: Type
content: chessmen
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on cardboard
label: Medium
content: paint on wood
label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.51.2b): 1 15/16 × 6 5/16 × 3 9/16 in. (5 × 16 × 9 cm)