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Trade Catalogs • McLoughlin Bros.

McLoughlin Bros. was founded in 1858 by brothers John and Edmund McLoughlin, originally as book publishers.

McLoughlin Bros. was acquired by Milton Bradley Company in 1920. Thereafter, Bradley continued to sell books under the McLoughlin Bros. brand for many years. Bradley continued to sell some games previously published by McLoughlin Bros., though with the Milton Bradley Co. name on them. Hence, McLoughlin Bros. games were no longer produced starting in 1920.

McLoughlin Bros. catalogs listed here are those that include games and/or puzzles. Additional McLoughlin Bros. catalogs with books but no games nor puzzles can be found on the American Antiquarian Society website.

date • 1867 (printed on first page)

title • List of Toy Books Manufactured for Wm. H. Hill, Jr. & Co.

scope • books, paper dolls, games

sides • (TBD)

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date • between 1871 and 1874? (estimate by American Antiquarian Society)

title • McLoughlin Bros., Publishers of Toy Books & Juvenile Books

address • 73 Duane Street, New York

sides • (TBD)

available

date • 1872 (printed on back cover)

title • Catalogue of Toy Books, Games, &c. Manufactured for Moss & Co.

address • 71 & 73 Duane Street, New York

scope • books, games, valentines

sides • (TBD)

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date • 1875-1876 (printed on cover)

title • Catalogue of Toy Books, Paper Dolls, ABC Blocks, Games, Valentines, &c. for 1875–'76

address • 73 Duane Street, New York

sides • 82

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date • 1876-1877 (printed on page 9)

title • Catalogue of Toy Books, ABC Blocks, Games, Picture Puzzles, Paper Dolls, &c. &c.

address • 71 & 73 Duane Street, New York

sides • (TBD)

available

date • 1879-1880 (printed on unnumbered first page of main product listings)

title • (cover missing)

scope • books, paper dolls, doll houses, card games, board games, puzzles, blocks, scientific and educational products, valentines

sides • (TBD)

available

date • 1880-1881 (printed on unnumbered first page of main product listings)

title • Catalogue of Toy Books, Games, A B C Blocks, &c.

address • 71 & 73 Duane Street, New York

sides • (TBD)

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date • 1882-1883 (printed on unnumbered third and fifth pages)

title • Catalogue of McLoughlin Bros., Toy Books, Games, ABC Blocks, &c. &c.

address • 71 & 73 Duane Street, New York

sides • (TBD)

available

  • digitized original • at American Antiquarian Society
  • digitized photocopy • from AGPI Archives

date • 1884-1885 (printed on title page, unnumbered page 1)

title • Catalogue of McLoughlin Bros., Toy Books, Games, A B C Blocks, &c. for Sale by Peck & Snyder, 126, 128 & 130 Nassau St., New York

address • 71 & 73 Duane Street, New York

sides • 56 sides (all printed)

available

date •  1886 (no date marked; this date is based on an advertisement on page 60 for valentines coming in 1887)

title • Catalogue of Toy Books, Games, Backgammon Boards, Paper Dolls, Christmas, Easter, Valentine, Novelties, A.B.C. Blocks

sides • (TBD)

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date • July 1893 (printed on cover) for 1892-1893 season

title • July 1893 - McLoughlin Bros. Illustrated Catalogue - Toy and Juvenile Books, A. B. C. and Picture Blocks, Backgammon and Checker Boards, Games, Puzzles, &c. &c. (on cover)

title • 1892 1893 - Catalogue of Paper, Linen and Indestructible Toy Books - Half-Bound and Bound Juvenile Books, Games, A B C, Picture and Building Blocks, Backgammon Boards, Checker and Chess Boards, Games, Paper Dolls, Soldiers, &c. &c. (on title page)

address • 874 Broadway, New York (salesrooms); South 11th & Berry Streets, Brooklyn, New York (factory)

available

  • searchable PDF • high resolution (28 MB) • derived from Princeton's Cotsen Library copy
  • digitized original • at Princeton's Cotsen Library (114 total sides, including 9 blank sides)
    • Includes: cover; inside front cover (blank); 2 blank sides; title page; 3 pages of indices; the catalog starts on page 1 (unnumbered or torn off); toy books start on page 1; linen books start on page 15; half-bound books start on page 18; indestructible books start on page 27; cloth-bound books start on page 29; painting books start on page 30; paper dolls, soldiers, furniture and other amusements to be cut out are on page 31; games start on page 32; A B C and picture blocks start on page 68; nested A B C and picture blocks start on page 82; scroll puzzles, dissected pictures, and novelties (including skill & action games) start on page 84 and end on page 97; 7 blank sides.

 

date • July 1894 (printed on cover) for 1893-1894 season

title • Illustrated Catalogue - Toy and Juvenile Books, A. B. C. and Picture Blocks, Backgammon and Checker Boards, Games, Puzzles, &c. &c.

sides • (TBD)

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date • 1894-1895 season (printed on cover) • July 1, 1894 (printed on page 1)

title • Confidential Price-List and Telegraph Code

address • 874 Broadway, New York

scope • books, alphabet cards, paper dolls, card games, A B C blocks, picture blocks, lotto games, board games, backgammon, chess boards, checkerboards, scroll puzzles, jackstraws, tiddledy winks, lead soldiers

type • price list

sides • (TBD)

available

date • July 1895 (printed on cover)

title • Illustrated Catalogue - Toy and Juvenile Books, A. B. C. and Picture Blocks, Backgammon and Checker Boards, Lead or "Tin" Soldiers, Games, Puzzles, &c.

sides • 120

available

  • digitized original • at Princeton's Cotsen Library
    • Digitized in monochrome; cover available in color; a portion of pages 1 and 2 are cut out) 

date • 1895 • (date not marked; American Antiquarian Society estimates the date as "1895?"; the catalog shows the game King's Quoits with 1893 copyright on the cover)

title • (cover missing)

sides • (TBD)

available

date • July 1897 (printed on cover)

title • McLoughlin Bros. llustrated Catalogue (on cover)

sides • (TBD)

available

date • 1898 (handwritten on page 3; note that page 83 lists the game of Pussy and the Three Mice as new, though that game has a © 1891 on its rules)

title • (cover missing)

sides • (TBD)

catalogs

  • digitized original • at American Antiquarian Society
    • Removed: top-right portion of pages 59 and 60 torn off
    • Missing: covers

date • 1899 (handwritten on page 3; note that page 82 lists the game of Pussy and the Three Mice as new, though that game has a © 1891 on its rules)

title • (cover missing)

sides • (TBD)

available

  • digitized original • at American Antiquarian Society
    • Missing: covers and pages after page 140)

date • 1900 season (handwritten on page 11; note that page 82 no longer lists the game of Pussy and the Three Mice as new)

title • (cover missing)

sides • (TBD)

catalogs

  • digitized original • at American Antiquarian Society
    • Missing: covers, pages through 10, and index pages starting from mid-M's

date • Season 1901-1902 • (printed on cover) • © 1901

title • McLoughlin Bro's 53rd Annual Catalogue

sides • (TBD)

available

date • Season 1902-1903 • (printed on cover)

title • McLoughlin Bro's Catalogue, 54th Year

address • 890 Broadway, New York

sides • (TBD)

available

  • digitized original • at WorthPoint (1903104320)
    • Includes: only front and back covers, pages 82-83, and another page

date • 1903-1904 (printed on cover) •  © 1903 (on title page)

title • McLoughlin Bro's Catalogue

address • 890 Broadway, New York

sides • (TBD)

available

date • 1904-1905 (printed on cover) •  1904 (printed on title page) • © 1904 (on title page)

title • McLoughlin Bro's Catalogue, 56th Year. Season 1904-1905 (on cover)

cover • full color; depicts a young girl wearing green coat, red dress, red and yellow cape, and brown pointed hat with a blue bow, holding a broom and a red umbrella, sitting in a basket, with the moon below gazing above

company • ⌞McLoughlin Bro's⌟ (on cover); ⌞McLoughlin Brothers⌟ (on title page)

title • McLoughlin Brothers' Fifty Sixth Annual Catalogue of Paper and Linen Toy Books, Half-Bound and Bound Juvenile Books, Card and Board Games, A B C Blocks, Picture and Building Blocks, Backgammon Boards, Checker and Chess Boards, Scroll Puzzles, Dissected Maps Novelties Paper Dolls Soldiers Furniture etc. Flags, Lead Soldiers, and Pictures for Framing and Advertising Purposes etc. Also Valentines and Easter, Christmas, New Year, Birthday, and Religious Cards - 1828 1904 (on title page)

back cover • black and white plus color; the upper left has a black-and-white illustration of "Art Works in Brooklyn, South 11th & Berry Streets." "5-Acres of Floor Space"; across center is a golden-colored web filigree design; the lower right has a girl in fancy clothes and hat (green, red, and more) on a sled (marked "Copyright 1901 by McLoughlin Bros., New York.")

address • 890 Broadway, New York; South 11th & Berry Streets, Brooklyn (art works)

scope • books; crafts; games; cubes; soldiers; dolls; doll houses; blocks; jigsaw puzzles; toys; toy villages; valentines; greeting cards; pictures; flags

available

  • digitized original • Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation website
    • Incomplete: 31 sides including 1 blank side (inside back cover)
    • Includes: front cover, title page (page 1), table of contents (page 2), 9, 21, 35, 46, 47, 80, 81, 86, 87, 91, 94, 95, 98, 99, 102, 121, 123, 129, 132, 133, 137, 142, 143, 144, 145, 149, inside back cover, back cover
  • digitized original (not online) • Henry Ford Museum
    • Available: contact the AGPI for more information
    • Complete (with cut-outs): 192 sides including 2 blank sides (inside front and back covers)
    • Includes: full color front cover, blank inside front cover, unnumbered title page (page 1), page 2 (unnumbered) with table of contents, page 3 (unnumbered) with "Toy Books", numbered pages 4 through 188, page 189 (inside back cover) blank, and full color back cover
    • Removed: portion of page 139 and 140 (valentines) cut out; portion of page 147 and 148 (valentines) cut out; portion of page 151 and 152 (valentines) cut out; portion of page 157 and 158 (valentines) cut out; portion of page 161 and 162 (valentines) cut out; portion of page 165 (valentines) and 166 (pictures for framing) cut out
    • Provided the AGPI with a digitized PDF of all pages, which is not online

date • 1909 (printed on cover) • © 1909

title • McLoughlin Brothers 81st Annual Catalogue - Games, A.B.C. Picture and Building Blocks, Backgammon, Checker and Chess Boards, Scroll Puzzles, etc. (on cover)

address • 890 Broadway, New York

sides • (TBD)

available

  • digitized original • from AGPI

date • 1910 (printed on cover) • © 1910 (on page 1)

title • McLoughlin Brothers 82nd Annual Catalogue - Games, A.B.C. Picure and Building Blocks, Backgammon, Checker and Chess Boards, Scroll Puzzles, etc. (on cover)

title • McLoughlin Brothers' Eighty-Second Annual Catalogue of Paper and Linen Toy Books, Half Bound and Bound Juvenile Books, Paper Dolls, Soldiers, Furniture, etc. (on page 1, not cover)

address • 890 Broadway, New York

sides • (TBD)

available

  • digitized original • at Yale University Library
    • Includes: cover and all pages
  • digitized original • at American Antiquarian Society
    • Missing: covers, front pages before page 1, and the end pages starting after the flags page following the index
  • digitized original • at American Antiquarian Society
    • Missing: covers, front pages through page 2, and end pages starting after index

date • 1911 (printed on cover) • © 1911 (on page 1)

title • McLoughlin Bros Annual Catalogue of Games (on cover)

title • McLoughlin Brothers' Eighty-Third Annual Catalogue of Paper and Linen Toy Books, Half Bound and Bound Juvenile Books, Paper Dolls, Soldiers, Furniture, etc. (on page 1, not cover)

address • 890 Broadway, New York

sides • (TBD)

available

  • digitized photocopy • from AGPI
    • Monochrome
  • digitized original • at American Antiquarian Society
    • Missing: covers, front pages before page 1, and end pages starting after the flags page following the index

date • 1912 (handwritten on page 3)

title • (cover missing)

sides • (TBD)

available

  • digitized original • at American Antiquarian Society
    • Removed: portion of last index page is torn off at right
    • Missing: covers, front pages through 2, pages 21-22, index pages before "Punch and Judy Series", and end pages starting after index

date • not after 1913 (estimated date by American Antiquarian Society)

title • McLoughlin Bros.' Order List (on page 2)

address • 890 Broadway, New York

type • order list

scope • books, paper dolls, flags, but no games nor puzzles

sides • (TBD)

available

date • 1914 (printed on cover) • © 1914 (on page 1)

title • McLoughlin Bros Annual Catalogue of Games (on cover)

title • McLoughlin Brothers' Eighty-Sixth Annual Catalogue of Games; A B C, Picture, and Building Blocks; Backgammon, Checker, and Chess Boards; Scroll Puzzles; Flags; Lead Soldiers; etc. (on page 1)

address • 890 Broadway, New York

sides • (TBD)

available

date • not after 1915? • (no date marked; date estimated by American Antiquarian Society)

title • (none on cover)

title • McLoughlin Brothers' Order List (page headers starting on page 2)

address • 890 Broadway, New York

type • order list including prices

scope • games, puzzles, blocks, novelties, paper dolls, flags

note • printed on orange paper; first game listed (on page 2) is 4150 Uncle Josh

available

date • 1915? • (no date marked; date estimated by American Antiquarian Society)

title • Blocks & Games (on cover)

title • McLoughlin Brothers' Order List (page headers starting on page 2)

address • 890 Broadway, New York

type • order list including prices

scope • games, puzzles, blocks, novelties, paper dolls, flags

note • printed on yellow paper; first game listed (on page 2) is 376A Old Maid Game, No. 0

available

date • 1916 (date printed on cover; handwriting on cover notes "Prices May 5/16")

title • (none on cover)

title • McLoughlin Brothers' Order List (page headers starting on page 2)

address • 890 Broadway, New York

type • order list including prices

scope • games, blocks, puzzles, novelties

note • printed on pinkish-red paper; first game listed (on page 2) is 376A Old Maid Game, No. 0

available

date • 1917 (date printed on cover)

title • Games

title • McLoughlin Brothers' Order List (page headers starting on page 2)

address • 890 Broadway, New York

type • order list including prices

scope • games, blocks, puzzles, novelties, paper dolls

note • printed on bright yellow paper; first game listed (on page 2) is 376A Old Maid Game, No. 0

available

date • 1918 (date printed on cover)

title • Games

title • McLoughlin Brothers' Order List (page headers starting on page 2)

address • 890 Broadway, New York

type • order list including prices

scope • games, blocks, puzzles, novelties, paper dolls

note • printed on bright yellow paper; first game listed (on page 2) is 375 Dime Series, Assorted, 4 kinds

available

date • 1919 (date printed on cover; "5-10-19" printed at lower left on cover)

title • Games

title • McLoughlin Brothers' Order List (page headers starting on page 2)

address • 890 Broadway, New York

type • order list including prices

scope • games, blocks, puzzles, novelties, paper dolls

note • printed on bright yellow paper; first game listed (on page 2) is 375 Dime Series, Assorted, 4 kinds

available

  • digitized original • at American Antiquarian Society
    • Complete: 14 sides including blank next-to-last side

date • 1920 (date printed on cover; "3-26-20" printed at lower left on cover)

title • Games

title • McLoughlin Brothers' Order List (page headers starting on page 2)

address • 890 Broadway, New York

type • order list including prices

scope • games, blocks, puzzles, novelties

note • printed on bright yellow paper; first game listed (on page 2) is 375 Dime Series, Assorted, 4 kinds

available

  • digitized original • at American Antiquarian Society
    • Complete: 12 sides including blank next-to-last side