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Card game - Alibi

Alibi

  • Object:

    Card game

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (published)

  • Date:

    1930s (published)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Tor Productions Ltd (publisher)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Printed card

  • Credit Line:

    Given by C. J. Barton

  • Museum number:

    MISC.66-1978

  • Gallery location:

    In store

  • Image in copyright

This card game has 50 cards with pictures of crime, detection and punishment. Like the game Krimo, also from the 1930s, it is based on the good behaviour games of the 19th century. One assumes that they were designed to lead children away from crime. It could be, however, that they were intended to teach the players how to avoid being found out.

Physical description

50 cards, rules and box. Design: chromolithographs, reverse side printed in dark blue to show the silhouette of a policeman. One card is missing.

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (published)

Date

1930s (published)

Artist/maker

Tor Productions Ltd (publisher)

Materials and Techniques

Printed card

Dimensions

Height: 10 cm box, Width: 6.5 cm box

Object history note

There are a few intriguing games based on the principles of Crime and Punishment, a 20th century version of the good behaviour games of the 19th century. One assumes that they were designed to lead children away from crime, although they may have been intended to teach the players how to avoid detection.
See also Krimo.

Games & Puzzles, CGG, 1991

Historical context note

No. of Players: any
Equipment required: 50 cards showing pictorial representations of crime and punishment with titles and numbers
booklet
card box covered with leather like paper

Descriptive line

Boxed card game, Alibi, published in England by Tor Productions Ltd in the 1930s

Production Note

Entered at stationers' hall, havtor series

Categories

Games; Playing cards & Tarot cards

Production Type

Mass produced

Collection code

BGM

Qr_O26664
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