THE ROUND GAME of TIDDLEDY WINKS

1903 McLoughlin Bros. catalog

McLoughlin Brothers

850 (not marked on box)

[none]

«THE
ROUND
GAME of
TIDDLEDY WINKS»

McLOUGHLIN BROS.
NEW YORK.

Cat wearing yellow dress jumping rope on cover; rules printed under box lid

MCL-24v2 (rules are different, and box is 3�
�" x 4�
�"); MCL-24v1 (rules are different, and box is 3½" x 4�
�)

cat, jump rope, dress, hat, anthropomorphic

25 cents (year: 1903)

printed under box lid

"GAME OF TIDDLEDY WINKS"

cardboard box

3 ⅝ inches wide — 4 ⅞ inches high — 1 ½ inches deep

11.1 cm wide — 14.9 cm high — 14 cm deep

Label: "THE" above "ROUND" above "GAME of" in black at upper left, "TIDDLEDY WINKS" in gold with black shadow below.

Cat with jumprope, wearing a bonnet with red and blue streamers, plus a yellow dress and yellow around the neck at right.

6 anthropomorphic winks with feet at bottom and left, around red cup. "McLOUGHLIN BROS." above "NEW YORK." in black on red cup.

grayish with diagonal silver stripes of two thickness, with small spots of red throughout

same as background, empty.

Nonshiny natural wood cup (1 13/16" top diameter, 1 3/4" bottom diameter, 1 1/2" tall) with side tapering down about 1/8" near wider base.

One copy of the game (copy 1) comes with the following squidgers and winks:

1 bone squidger (1" in diameter) in each of: yellow, greenish yellow, purple, and red.

Bone winks (5/8" in diameter): 6 yellow, 6 greenish yellow, 5 purple, and 4 red.

Another copy of the game (copy 2) comes with the following squidgers and winks:

1 bone squidger (1" in diameter) in each of: yellow, yellowish offwhite, faded purple, and red.

Bone winks (5/8" in diameter): 6 grayish yellow, 9 yellows also partially grayish, 6 purple, and 6 red.

Rick Tucker