Bobby and Betty's Trip to the New York World's Fair Game
date: label: Date made
content: 1939 - 1940
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: “Bobby & Betty’s Trip to the New York World’s Fair” commemorates the New York World's Fair held in Queens 1939-1940. The lid of the box has a stylized Trylon and Perisphere, abstracted fair attractions and visitors, and a silhouette of Bobby and Betty. The board game itself has a photo of Bobby and Betty, as well as an aerial illustration of the fairgrounds.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This game comes with 26 destination cards of exhibits or places around the 1939 World’s Fair, as listed on the board. After drawing 5 cards, players’ objective is to stop at all of their selected spots using a roll of the dice. Players strategize the best route to get around the board; whoever completes their route first and gets to the finish line wins.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The game was produced by Parker Brothers Inc., who produced other games such as Monopoly. An advertisment for Monopoly and other games is included in the box.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (box)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (parts)
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, Queens
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: Subject
content: Games
label: related event
content: New York World's Fair (1939)
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: 1939 exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the New York World's Fair 1939-1940
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0542.1459
label: accession number
content: 1990.0542
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0542.1459
objectType: label: Object Name
content: board game
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 1/2 in x 11 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 49.53 cm x 29.845 cm x 3.4925 cm