Title

Checker Set (including pieces) - 1955

Creation Date

1955

Description

Ohio Art brand 2-in-1 Chinese and regular checker set. The piece consists of the game board, original box, checker pieces, and Chinese marble pieces. "A" is the game board. It is round, two-sided tin. Painted in red, black and white on one side of the piece are a checker board with illustrations of knights on horses and Fleur-de-lis. Painted in red, blue, white, orange, green, yellow and turquoise on the opposite side is a star Chinese checker board. The space between the board faces is hollow. The tin disc used for the checker board has triangle shaped indentations that fit over triangle shaped holes in the Chinese check board disc. The indentations form storage slots for the marbles. "B" is the packaging box. It is cardboard printed green, black and white. The front side has flaps for holding the game board. Printed on the flaps are the maker's name, game model number, illustrations of the board faces and the text "Chinese & Regular Checkers". Printed on the backside of the package are instructions for playing both games and maker's marks. "C" are the glass Chinese checker marbles. There are 10 green, yellow, red and turquoise marbles and 11 orange and blue marbles. "D" are the plastic regular checker pieces. There are 11 black pieces and 12 red pieces.

Geographic Notes

Bryan/Ohio