The Game of Lotto
ca. 1886
19th century
10 1/2 in. x 6 1/4 in. x 2 in.
McLoughlin Brothers & Co.,
Object Type:
Toy
Medium and Support:
lithograph on cardboard, wood, glass
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Mr. Van Buren Lamb
Accession Number:
1974.6.11
The game of Lotto consisting of counters, markers and numbered game cards in a yellow and black box designed to resemble a travel trunk. Trunk Lotto No. 3, 419 in the product catalogue, offered for $1 in 1886.
Advertisements by McLoughlin Brothers for this game appear around 1880, with Loto spelled with a single T. Sales catalogue texts describe the game having originated in Germany.