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pit

Card Game
copyright 1919 (published)
Place of origin

Design: chromolithographs; face side shows a stockmarket scene in purple; reverse side shows boats in a harbour


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titlepit (manufacturer's title)
Brief description
Gambling, Pit
Physical description
Design: chromolithographs; face side shows a stockmarket scene in purple; reverse side shows boats in a harbour
DimensionsSize: 3½in x 2½in; box 5½in x 4in x 1in
Object history
LId originally was printed with the word QUIT which has been partly covered with a printed P in black and white over the QU
Advertising sheet for other Parker Bros. games.
Historical context
Rewards: n/a
Forfeits: n/a
No. of Players: any
Equipment required: 63 cards arranged in 7 suits of 9; each suit has the name of a crop and a number, printed in red
2 cards, one showing a bear and the other a bull, both marked copyright 1904
instruction sheet marked Copyright 1919
box, red covered card, divided into two compartments


Rules:
RULES FOR THE GAME OF PIT
It is a lively trading game played with special cards. It is trademarked and copyrighted by Parker Brothers.

Players attempt to collect sets of cards representing commodities traded on the American Corn Exchange:- wheat, barley, corn, rye, oats, flax and hay.
The game is made more exciting by the inclusion of bonus and penalty cards:- a bull and a bear.

Cards are exchanged by any two players wishing to trade the same number of cards and as all players are trying to trade at once the game often develops into a happy free for all.
Production
Parker Brothers
Collection
Accession number
MISC.167-1983

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Record createdMarch 4, 2000
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