How to Play Dominoes - Rules
Date
circa 1880
Format
- Finished Work 18
- Information Graphics 78
- Print 301
- Typography 66
Type of Work
- Finished work 5601
Publishers
Media
- paper 1805
Techniques
Locations Made
- United States 955
- New York 416
- Albany County
This eight-page Z-fold instruction booklet was produced by The Embossing Company of Albany, New York between 1875 and 1905. Printed using 19th-century letterpress techniques, it features ornate woodblock borders, traditional serif typesetting, and marketing language that reflects the industrial shift in American toy manufacturing. The instructions were adapted from “The Modern Pocket Hoyle,” a popular game rules manual of the time. Each copy varies slightly due to the print methods of the era, making it a unique example of period ephemera.
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