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Game of Golf in a Tin Box
Description:
Golf as we know it today became popular in the late nineteenth century.
St. Andrew's in Yonkers, NY was the first golf club in America in 1888
(with only three holes). The Chicago Golf Club was founded in 1893 and
was the first 18 hole golf course.
The oldest public golf course, the Van Courtland Golf Course, was
founded in 1895 and is still in existence today in Bronx, NY.
Golf was known mostly as a man's sport, but it was also popular with
the women of the 1890's. Some to the early golf board games depicted
both men and women playing the game. Although the playing pieces are
different from a century ago, the Game of Golf lithograph on this
Vintage Game Tin is an original J.H. Singer box lid from the 1890's J.H.
Singer produced games and toys in the 1890's and was noted for their
colorful graphics. They were among a group of early American game
manufacturers in New York that included McLoughin Brothers, Selchow and
Righter, E.I. Horseman and Clark and Sowdon.
Channel Craft had crated this Vintage
Sporting
Game of commemorate the original game developers of America and share
their timeless designs with you and your family. These reproductions of
America's original games include Vintage Sporting and Travel Tins that
will be enjoyed through the century.
Contents:
4 Golfer Pegs, 1 Golf Die, Golf Course Platform, Scoring Pencil,
Instructions, History
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