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White Pawn (Alice) to play, and win in eleven moves. Through the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There (1871)

This is a diagram of a chess-board, the sort one finds printed in newspapers as puzzles, with a summary of the “game” that also serves as a table of contents for the book. I will add the table of cont [...]

Keywords: games, chess, puzzles, diagrams, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2007-02-19

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The Red Queen and the Red King Through the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There (1871)

‘Here are the Red King and the Red Queen,’ Alice said (in a whisper, for fear of frightening them), ‘and there are the White King and the White Queen sitting on the edge of the shovel – and here are t [...]

Keywords: people, chess, alice, games, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-05

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150.—Horce racing. New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

Two badly-drawn horses are neck-and-neck at the finish line in a horse-race, their jockeys brandishing whips.

Keywords: horses, sport, games, racing, whips, greyscale

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Added: 2012-05-13

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Alice holds the White King Through the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There (1871)

Alice watched the White King as he slowly struggled up from bar to bar, till at last she said, ‘Why, you’ll be hours and hours getting to the table, at that rate. I’d far better help you, hadn’t I?’ B [...]

Keywords: alice, chess, games, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-15

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Page 1: The Enchanted Case and The Magic Box. Conjuring Tricks

The magic box had a (moderately) tightly-fitting inner compartment, so that you could open the outer drawer but leave the inner compartment inside. This construction was a common theme for many of the [...]

Keywords: page images, colour, games, diagrams, hands, magic

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Added: 2010-06-03

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The White Knight is Sliding Down the Poker Through the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There (1871)

Alice looked on with great interest as the King took an enormous memorandum-book out of his pocket, and began writing. A sudden thought struck her, and she took hold of the end of the pencil, which ca [...]

Keywords: alice, chess, games, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2007-06-14

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In the Land of Counterpane A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A boy lies ill in bed in this vintage watercolour painting; he has wooden toy soldiers arranged on the bed-covers. The Land of Counterpane When I was sick and lay a-bed, I had two pillos at my head, [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, toys, games, sickness, beds, play, art, colour

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Added: 2013-02-02

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Page 2: The Marvelous Pedestal and The Wonderful Egg Trick. Conjuring Tricks

The wonderful egg coud be opened in two places; the “egg” was of wood, and hollow, so that you could open the container below it.

Keywords: page images, games, diagrams, magic, colour

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Added: 2010-06-03

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The Young General [George Washington] The American Boy’s Life of Washington (1870)

George Washington, as a boy, stands with a short toy sword and marshalls four other boys into a line as they pretend to be soldiers. It was not to be wondered at that George, who had entered with grea [...]

Keywords: children, games, weapons, george washington, people children, illustrations for children, costume, greyscale

Places shown: Virginia; USA

Added: 2011-02-15

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The Red Queen chastises Alice Through the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There (1871)

“Where do you come from?” said the Red Queen. “And where are you going? Look up, speak nicely, and don’t twiddle your fingers all the time.” Alice attended to all these directions, and explained, as w [...]

Keywords: alice, illustrations for children, chess, games, greyscale

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Added: 2007-07-27

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A Great Huge Game of Chess Through the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There (1871)

For some minutes Alice stood without speaking, looking out in all directions over the country—and a most curious country it was. There were a number of tiny little brooks running straight across it f [...]

Keywords: alice, illustrations for children, games, chess, trees, greyscale

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Added: 2007-10-01

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Page 3: The Famous Card Trick, The Ball Trick and The String Trick. Conjuring Tricks

I don’t think I ever saw the cards, and I don’t think I ever understood the string trick, although I di have the parts.

Keywords: page images, games, diagrams, hands, magic, colour

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Added: 2010-06-03

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