BLACKOUT

cover

rules

© 1939 Milton Bradley Company

Milton Bradley Company

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

4605

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«BLACKOUT»

Todays [sic, should be: Today's] Game of Thrills

MADE IN U.S.A. 4605

Copyright MCMXXXIX by
MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

The cover depicts a bridge over a river with vehicles in the foreground and skyscrapers and buildings in the background with lights on; catalog number 4605.

blackout, skyscraper, bridge, river, city

printed under box lid

cardboard box

19 ⅛ inches wide — 9 ⅝ inches high — 1 ⅜ inches deep

60.6 cm wide — 30.2 cm high — 4.1 cm deep

Wraparound label. The top third has a dull gray-blue sky with a lot of black dots. The title, "BLACKOUT" appears in white with black outline, shown concave down on that background. Below is a skyline of buildings, with skyscrapers at far left (black building with yellow lights and an occasional red section, to lower buildings as the skyline continues to the right.

Below the skyline of buildings is a blue river, and a gray bridge with yellow streetlights plus a variety of vehicles traveling on it that connects to the skyscrapers at left and crosses the river to reach the right lower portion of the cover.

"Todays Game of Thrills" is shown in red script at lower left over the river.

At bottom left, "MADE IN U.S.A. 4605" appears.

At bottom right, "Copyright MCMXXXiX by" above "MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY" above "SPRINGFIELD, MASS." is shown.

Rick Tucker