Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- “Bobby & Betty’s Trip to the New York World’s Fair” commemorates the New York World's Fair held in Queens 1939-1940. The lid of the box has a stylized Trylon and Perisphere, abstracted fair attractions and visitors, and a silhouette of Bobby and Betty. The board game itself has a photo of Bobby and Betty, as well as an aerial illustration of the fairgrounds.
- This game comes with 26 destination cards of exhibits or places around the 1939 World’s Fair, as listed on the board. After drawing 5 cards, players’ objective is to stop at all of their selected spots using a roll of the dice. Players strategize the best route to get around the board; whoever completes their route first and gets to the finish line wins.
- The game was produced by Parker Brothers Inc., who produced other games such as Monopoly. An advertisment for Monopoly and other games is included in the box.
- Location
- Currently not on view (box)
- Currently not on view (parts)
- Credit Line
- The Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the New York World's Fair 1939-1940
- 1939 - 1940
- ID Number
- 1990.0542.1459
- accession number
- 1990.0542
- catalog number
- 1990.0542.1459
- Object Name
- board game
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19 1/2 in x 11 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 49.53 cm x 29.845 cm x 3.4925 cm
- Place Made
- United States: New York, Queens
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Family & Social Life
- 1939 exhibit
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Expositions and Fairs
- Games
- related event
- New York World's Fair (1939)
- Record ID
- nmah_1315494
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-ea4b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
