Object Details
maker
Knapp Co.
Description (Brief)
Electric educational game wherein one touches two posts with electrodes in order to answer a question posed on one of the cards. Includes card holder mounted in lid. Made around 1929-30 and includes the following cards:
“Set A - General Information”
- “No. 21-Characters in Literature” [front] and “No. 22-Historical Discoveries and Explorers” [back]
“Set F - True-To-Life Series”
- “No. 79-Merchant Flags”
“Set H - Prize Winning Contest Cards Series”
- “No. 89-Astronomy by Ruth Seeling, Des Moines, Iowa” [front] and “No. 90-China by Morris Hayes, Palo Alto, Calif.” [back]
- “No. 95-Nature Questions by Louise Ardolino, Yonkers, New York” [front] and “No. 96-Wonder Questions by Elaine Bettman Evanston, Ill.” [back]
- “No. 99-The Life of George Washington by William Callis, Baltimore, Md.” [front] and “No. 100-Proverbs of Benj. Franklin by Gladys Biglow, East Orange, N.J.” [back]
“Set K - Nature Series”
- “No. 113-Wild Flowers Over Hill and Dale” / - “No. 114-In the Inky Depths of the Sea”
- “No. 115-Fruits, Nuts, and Vegetables” / - “No. 116-The World A Million Years Ago”
- “No. 117-The Life of the Ant” / - “No. 118-An Evening with the Microscope”
- “No. 119-A Day at the Zoo” - “No. 120-A Walk by the Water’s Edge”
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
from Harold D. Wallace, Jr.
date made
1929
ID Number
2009.0180.02
catalog number
2009.0180.02
accession number
2009.0180
Object Name
game
board game
educational toy
Measurements
overall: 2 1/4 in x 14 in x 9 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 35.56 cm x 24.13 cm
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Teaching Machines
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1370846