SALE! Vintage Milton Bradley Game of States 1940 Excellent Condition Bold Black & White Graphics Vintage Decor

Vintage Game of States Board Game by Milton Bradley Company, made in 1940. James J. Shea, a Springfield businessman, had taken over presidency of the company at the production time for this game. This is a beautiful piece of Americana representing the early board game industry and American business production and transportation of goods from each state.

Condition: EXCELLENT! This game does not appear to have been used more than once, as only two of the paper cards have small folds on the corners. One green wooden counter disk is missing but everything else looks in new condition. Colors: Very Bright. Board: Excellent condition. Both sides look bright and no marks or stains. Some production printing lines run over the left side of the board face. Box: Top in in Good Condition for age of game (78 years!) with corner splits and some stains on top right hand corner, some cracking at folds, and one corner has been taped. The inside of the box top is in Very Good Condition, with directions printed clearly and some yellowing around perimeter. The base of the box is in Very Good Condition with inserts still intact and in great shape, the printed area features several very lively market scenes in black outlines with the words "BUY!" and "SELL!"

Description: The game playing cards list the population of each state followed by the year 1930, which was the last census date when the game was produced.

Size: 19.25 inches across X approximately 10 inches tall.

"The Object of the Game: is to make the greatest profit in moving a truck through several States, taking on a load of products and selling these products on return to starting point." One player will ast as scorekeeper.

From Wikipedia:
"Milton Bradley (November 8, 1836 – May 30, 1911) was an American business magnate, game pioneer and publisher, credited by many with launching the board game industry, with the Milton Bradley Company."

"Milton Bradley was an early advocate of Friedrich Froebel's idea of Kindergarten. Springfield's first kindergarten students were Milton Bradley's two daughters, and the first teachers in Springfield were Milton, his wife and his father.[6] Milton Bradley's company's involvement with kindergartens began with the production of "gifts," the term used by Froebel for the geometric wooden play things that he felt were necessary to properly structure children's creative development. Bradley spent months devising the exact shades in which to produce these materials; his final choice of six pigments of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet would remain the standard colors for children's art supplies through the 20th century."

"In 2004, he was posthumously inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame along with George Ditomassi of Milton Bradley Company."

In 2006, Bradley was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame."

This product will ship securely packed, waterproofed and padded in a USPS Priority Mail Large Flat Rate Game Board Box.

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