April 25, 2024
Antique Dr. Busby Card Game with the original 20 Artistic19th Century Cards
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Dr Busby: Card Game (20 Amazing Original Cards). Google HISTORY:Dr. Busby is the first game to sell so many copies, that it is considered as having started the game craze in the United States. According to the March 7, 1843 Salem Gazette newspaper, The Improved and Illustrated Game Of Dr. Busby was first published by W. & S. B. Ives of Salem, Massachusetts and went on sale that date. In the May 1843 Boys and Girls magazine, the components of the first edition were described: a gold embossed thumb-hole cloth (maroon) case with printed instructions card (yellow) and four sets of 5 cards, each set outlined in a different color: brown for the Busby family, red for the Doll (the dairymaid) family, yellow for the Ninny-come-twitch family, and blue for the Gardner's family. More recent versions would describe the now 5 families with just 4 cards each as 1) the Busby Family, 2) the Bull Family, 3) the Melon Family, 4) the Corn family, and 5) The Cod family. The cards are in very nice condition are true works of art depicting an earlier (probably Salem Massachusetts) 1800s life, and come in a plastic box. I try to mail within a day of receiving payment, and gladly combine shipping.
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