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CARIBBEAN CHECKERS™

Strategy Game
©1975 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

clear plastic case with press stud fastening, green corner label printed in black to show the title, maker's details and instructions
clear plastic board marked with black lines and black and white dots across the centre
two opposited corners are blocked in white
9 each of white and black counters

Object details

Object type
TitleCARIBBEAN CHECKERS™ (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
moulded and printed plastic
Brief description
Two Game Girls, USA, 1975
Physical description
clear plastic case with press stud fastening, green corner label printed in black to show the title, maker's details and instructions
clear plastic board marked with black lines and black and white dots across the centre
two opposited corners are blocked in white
9 each of white and black counters
Dimensions
  • Square length: 11in
Production typemass produced
Marks and inscriptions
GAME 10.00 (small printed white price label)
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
*looks like a Halma board, referred to as 'delightfully different - super strategy game'
Production
marked MADE IN USA

Reason For Production: retail
Collection
Accession number
B.916-1999

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Record createdJune 22, 2000
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