April 25, 2024
CHINESE CHECKERS VINTAGE BOARD ONLY- 1938 BY L G BALLARD MFG TOPEKA KS
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CHINESE CHECKERS VINTAGE BOARD ONLY - WOOD BOARDERS CARDBOARD CENTER..1938 BY L G BALLARD MFG TOPEKA KS -- SIZE 15 7/8 X 15 7/8-- CONDITION GOOD ... BOARD ONLY...GREAT WALL HANGER / OR GET MARBLES AND CAN BE USED FOR GAMES!!!In the 1930s a craze for the board game commonly known as Chinese Checkers swept across America. A Topeka manufacturer took advantage of the nationwide fad by developing his own version of the game.L. G. Ballard called his Chinese Checkers knock-off the Star Checkers game. This wasn't Ballard's first foray into the novelty business. He had found success marketing products such as towel racks, potlifters, and cat-shaped wooden match holders.But Star Checkers was perhaps Ballard's biggest success. By the spring of 1938 the Ballard Manufacturing Company of Topeka was shipping out around 15,000 Star Checkers games a month (including 500,000 to 700,000 marbles) to Woolworth stores nationwide, with preparations underway to produce 4,000 sets daily to meet order demands.
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