Game Pieces Once Owned by Olive C. Hazlett, Ching Gong Oriental Checkers
date: label: date made
content: after 1935
name: label: maker
content: Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company
notes: label: Description
content: This set of game pieces is for a game of Chinese checkers. A cardboard box divided into three sections holds fifteen red, fifteen yellow, and fifteen green wooden pieces. The box also holds a booklet of instructions.
label: Description
content: A mark on the lid of the box reads: Ching Gong (/) ORIENTAL CHECKERS (/) [. . .] SAML. GABRIEL SONS & COMPANY - NEW YORK MADE IN U. S. A. No. 99. The term "Ching Gong oriental checkers" was trademarked by Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company November 23, 1935.
label: Description
content: Another mark on the lid reads: O.C. Hazlett. This is the signature of the mathematician Olive C. Hazlett.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Mathematical Recreations
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Women Mathematicians
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Hermitage of St. Joseph
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0027.11
label: accession number
content: 2015.0027
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0027.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: game pieces
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (pieces material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.5 cm x 19.7 cm x 10.2 cm; 1 3/8 in x 7 3/4 in x 4 1/32 in