1890 McLoughlin Golden Eagle Anagrams (Earliest Known Set) hunter green Blocks measure 1 1/16" cubed

Blocks measure 1 1/16" cubed

receiving 75 cents per day worked and loosing $1 per idle day

Sound and sturdy and works great

did a series of drawings late in life of floating forms composed of faces in profile

1890 McLoughlin Golden Eagle Anagrams (Earliest Known Set) hunter green Blocks measure 1 1/16" cubedA rare survivor, this I believe is, technically, the first set of Anagrams produced Milton Bradley produced a a game called "Words and Sentences" in 1885 with similar cardboard letters, but I believe McLoughlin coined the name "anagrams" with this, its first set, and copyrighted it. (Reference: The New York Historical Society). I've been on a scrabble tear lately, which these certainly laid the groundwork for, but much easier not to carry around a