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Game:Anagrams A Game of Letters

McLoughlin Brothers1890

The Strong National Museum of Play

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester , United States

The word-making game Anagrams was popular during the second half of the nineteenth century. In the 1930s when Alfred Butts invented his word game, eventually called Scrabble, he based it on both crossword puzzles and the classic Anagrams. Like so many other games from this era, it taught spelling and words while it entertained.

McLoughlin Brothers of New York made this version of Anagrams.

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  • Title: Game:Anagrams A Game of Letters
  • Creator: McLoughlin Brothers
  • Date Created: 1890
  • Location: New York, NY
  • Subject Keywords: anagram, word
  • Type: Card Games
  • Medium: cardboard, printed paper
  • Object ID: 107.2743
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