Antique Tail on the Donkey Poster

The donkey party game of putting the tail on the donkey. The funniest novelty of the age Summary Print shows a donkey facing left with 28 tails to be cut out of the bottom half of the print; includes wood engraved illustration of the game in progress with printed "directions", metal pins, and cardboard "medals" to be awarded to the males and females closest to and furthest from the correct position on the donkey. Names Zimmerling, Charles, copyright claimant Created / Published [Place not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [1889] Headings - Pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey--1880-1890 - Donkeys--1880-1890 - Parties--1880-1890 - Parlours--1880-1890 - Adults--Social life--1880-1890 - Awards--1880-1890 Headings Letterpress works--Colour--1880-1890. Wood engravings--1880-1890. Woodcuts--1880-1890. Genre Letterpress works--Colour--1880-1890 Wood engravings--1880-1890 Woodcuts--1880-1890 Notes - 33066U U.S. Copyright Office. - Title from item. - Includes a wood engraved illustration "copyright 1887" attached to the left side of the print, titled "The Donkey Party" that shows the interior of a room where several well-dressed adults are playing pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey; printed below the illustration are the "Directions" for playing the game. - Includes "Pins - For Tails"; 46 metal pins for pinning the tail on the donkey. - Includes cut-out cardboard medals labelled "Gentlemen's Booby Prize", "Ladies' Booby Prize", "Gentlemen's First Prize", and "Ladies' First Prize"; with directions "Remove this card and cut out the medals for presentation to the lucky ones (over.)" The medals are dated 1887 in Roman numerals. The reverse side of the medal shows "Fortuna" holding a laurel crown and a trumpet, also shows a putti holding a sign labelled "Merit"; includes statement "When Fortune Smiles Upon You Be Prompt & Take Advantage". - Printed at top of recto: Lots of Fun! Lots of Fun! Jolly Good Time at Home! The Liveliest Novelty of the Age! Fun for Everybody! - Printed at top and bottom of verso: Universally endorsed by the Press and Public as one of the funniest and most amusing home amusements of the age. Full of bristling fun and innocent pleasure for everybody. Overflowing fun and lots of it of the most enjoyable kind. A world of merriment for old and young. - Publication date based on copyright stamp on item. - Copyright stamp, date, and number appear on upper centre of verso. - Stamped on verso: Nov 14 1889. - Copyright deposit. Medium 1 print on linen : woodcut and wood engraving with colour letterpress ; sheet 124.7 x 88.2 cm. Call Number/Physical Location Unprocessed in PAGA 7, no. 4766 (E size) [P&P] Repository Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Digital Id ppmsca 50049 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.50049 Library of Congress Control Number 2016649820