1890 McLoughlin Golden Eagle Anagrams (Earliest Known Set) small plate Passamaquoddy and Penobscot)

Passamaquoddy and Penobscot)

Hinges are in very good condition

Executed on sturdy cardstock/board

but completely charming I think

1890 McLoughlin Golden Eagle Anagrams (Earliest Known Set) small plate Passamaquoddy and Penobscot)A rare survivor, this I believe is, technically, the first set of Anagrams produced Milton Bradley produced a a game called "Words and Sentences" in 1885 with similar cardboard letters, but I believe McLoughlin coined the name "anagrams" with this, its first set, and copyrighted it. (Reference: The New York Historical Society). I've been on a scrabble tear lately, which these certainly laid the groundwork for, but much easier not to carry around a