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[title THE NEW GAME
OF
WATER POLO]

FOR 2 OR MORE PLAYERS.
EASILY PLAYED. SIMPLE RULES.
EXCITING & NOVEL.

COPYRIGHT.

water polo

red folding leaflet (3 sides)

4 inches wide — 2¾ inches high — 1¼ inches deep

10.2 cm wide — 7 cm high — 3.2 cm deep

29.0 grams

1 ounces

The top label has an offwhite border, and then a dark blue/green line frame, offwhite frame, then a dark blue/green frame.

The main illustration has a wavy blue/green background, representing water.

"THE NEW GAME" above "OF" above "WATER POLO" above "FOR 2 OR MORE PLAYERS." above "EASILY PLAYED. SIMPLE RULES." above "EXCITING & NOVEL." (in a font where each letter appears with many zigzags for every stroke) covers most of the cover.

"COPYRIGHT." appears at bottom center.

The lower left and lower right corners each show an illustration of blades of a grass-like plant.

dull dark green

The game includes a bifold cardboard game board (8 1/4" horizontal by 16 1/4" vertical). "The New Game of" (brown) appears on a pale orange banner at top, with "WATER POLO" (red, on a wavy baseline) below on a white banner. Well-dressed men and women are seated in the top corners.

At the bottom of the board, "Registered Stationers' Hall" (brown, on a wavy baseline) appears on a pale orange banner over red and pale orange flourish. Additional well-dressed men and women are seated in the bottom corners, though they are upside-down compared to the "Registered Stationers' Hall" banner.

Most of the board depicts a swimming pool, with "GOAL" on each end adjacent to upright goal. Each "GOAL" reads upright from the nearest end of the board. 7 men are shown in the pool on each side, with one side wearing black and white striped tops and the other, red and white. One man is adjacent to each goal, and then another just above, connected with a line. Thereafter, a man is shown both at left and right further into the pool, also connected with lines. Then, a single man at center, connected with two lines to the previous two men. Then again one man each at left and one at right, connected with lines. These last two then connect to the center of the pool, marked with a ball. At center right, a man is standing outside the pool, holding a black flag and a red flag.