34.18

Game, Board

1936

Monopoly Game. Material: paper, wood, plastic. (a) Box) Size: 6 1/2" x 7 1/2". Description: white and blue cardboard box; black print: "Monopoly, Registered in U.S. Patent Office, A Parker Trading Game, Parker Brothers Inc., Salem, Massachusetts, New York, Chicago, U.S. Patent 2,026,082, Made in U.S.A."; box contents: cards, money, wood pieces, plastic die. (b) Board. Size: 9 1/2" x 19 1/2". Description: cardboard playing board.

Monopoly game was played by Carl and Dorothy Strand and their eight children. They spent many hours around the dining room table enjoying the camaraderie and competition as they played with this set starting in the middle 1940s. This was probably a Christmas gift from Carl and Dorothy, the parents.