https://themonopolist.net/2016/03/03/the-card-game-of-the-monopolist/https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/p10605281.jpgP1060528https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/p1060530.jpgP1060530https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/p1060529.jpgP1060529https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/p1060527.jpgP1060527https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/p1060526.jpgP1060526https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/p1060525.jpgP10605252025-07-06T04:16:50+00:00monthlyhttps://themonopolist.net/2016/08/25/reproduction-1936-capitol-novelty-stock-exchange-add-on/https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070173.jpgP1070173https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070172.jpgP1070172https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070171.jpgP1070171https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070170.jpgP1070170https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070169.jpgP1070169https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070168.jpgP1070168https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070167.jpgP1070167https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070166.jpgP1070166https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070164.jpgP1070164https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070165.jpgP10701652025-07-06T04:15:09+00:00monthlyhttps://themonopolist.net/2023/02/22/ruthless/https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ruthless_2800x1576-1-resize-1400x0-50.jpgRuthless_2800x1576-1-resize-1400x0-502023-02-28T13:49:03+00:00monthlyhttps://themonopolist.net/2016/05/20/complete-darrow-round-board-1933-style-reproduction-monopoly-game-set/https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/screen-shot-05-19-16-at-01-14-am-png.jpgScreen Shot 05-19-16 at 01.14 AM.PNGhttps://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1060835.jpgP10608352022-10-13T14:32:52+00:00monthlyhttps://themonopolist.net/2021/12/20/the-toys-that-built-america/https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/fullscreen-capture-12202021-32905-pm.bmp_.jpgFullscreen capture 12202021 32905 PM.bmpIn the series, George S. Parker adds the metal tokens to the Monopoly game... using, possibly, one of my handmade Round Game board recreations(!), and with illustrations of metal tokens taken from the later Monopoly patent. In real life the tokens were introduced to the game by a group of children, and Darrow liked them so much that he suggested that Parker Brothers use them in the game, once they took over. He had wanted to use them, but could not find a supplier, according to his son, William Darrow.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/fullscreen-capture-12202021-31624-pm.bmp_.jpgFullscreen capture 12202021 31624 PM.bmpAccording to this series, Darrow sells out to Parker in 1934. It was actually 1935.2022-11-21T16:31:16+00:00monthlyhttps://themonopolist.net/2021/11/29/the-fortunes-of-fortune/https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211129_204058.jpg20211129_204058https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211129_204043.jpg20211129_204043The Fortune board compared to a Darrow Black Box board.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211129_203812.jpg20211129_203812Fortune's utensils box is smaller than a contemporary Parker Brothers Monopoly box, but larger than a Darrow Black Box.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211129_194627.jpg20211129_194627Standard turned wood tokens were used. These are also found in other contemporary Parker Brothers sets.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211129_194621.jpg20211129_194621There are 16 Chance and 16 Community Chest cards.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211129_194613.jpg20211129_194613Parker Brothers saved money on colored ink, and simplified the printing process for these Title Cards, which use symbols instead of colors to denote the various property groups. Parker also began using symbols on their Monopoly rules sheets in 1936, to identify to their employees which set went with which version.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211129_194609.jpg20211129_194609Darrow Type 2 play money was used. The total amount was $9,000-- the same as the Darrow and early Parker Brothers sets.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211129_194545.jpg20211129_194545This 1935 Fortune board and utensils box have been reunited at last, making this a complete set.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211129_194510.jpg20211129_194510Interestingly, Parker put the Fortune board logo on a diagonal, many years before this was done with Monopoly.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211129_194405.jpg20211129_194405Fortune's rules were nearly identical to Monopoly but were somewhat rewritten by the Parker staff, at around the same time that revisions were being made to help clarify the Monopoly rules.2021-11-30T04:18:40+00:00monthlyhttps://themonopolist.net/2016/05/10/reproduction-darrow-round-board-style-cards/https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1060774.jpgP1060774https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1060773.jpgP1060773https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1060772.jpgP1060772https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1060771.jpgP1060771https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1060770.jpgP1060770https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1060769.jpgP1060769https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1060768.jpgP1060768https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1060767.jpgP1060767https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1060766.jpgP1060766https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1060765.jpgP10607652021-11-29T04:36:07+00:00monthlyhttps://themonopolist.net/2016/05/05/reproduction-1930s-style-play-money/https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/screen-shot-05-05-16-at-07-52-pm-png.jpgScreen Shot 05-05-16 at 07.52 PM.PNGThe only information I can find about these bills online comes from <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Catalog-Picture-Television-Advertising/dp/0786420375" target="_blank">Show Me the Money! The Standard Catalog of Motion Picture, Television, Stage and Advertising Prop Money</a></em> by Fred L. Reed.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/pic139.jpgpic139This was our starting point in the restoration of part of the image.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/pic138.jpgpic138Our new bills are based on this cleaned-up image of original 1930s play money.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/screen-shot-05-03-16-at-05-45-pm.jpgScreen Shot 05-03-16 at 05.45 PMIn this screen shot, the middle portion has been restored and the sides have not. Quite a difference.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/screen-shot-05-03-16-at-05-35-pm.jpgScreen Shot 05-03-16 at 05.35 PMAfter.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/screen-shot-05-03-16-at-05-32-pm.jpgScreen Shot 05-03-16 at 05.32 PMBefore.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1060758.jpgP1060758https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1060753.jpgP1060753https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1060752.jpgP1060752https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1060751.jpgP10607512021-11-29T04:35:28+00:00monthlyhttps://themonopolist.net/2016/04/23/complete-replica-darrow-tie-box-monopoly-set/https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1060740.jpgP1060740https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060642.jpgP1060642https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060678.jpgP1060678https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060684.jpgP1060684https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p10606891.jpgP1060689https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060690.jpgP1060690Cat not included, sorry.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060680.jpgP1060680https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060700.jpgP1060700https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060699.jpgP1060699https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060697.jpgP10606972021-11-29T04:34:56+00:00monthlyhttps://themonopolist.net/2021/04/21/1933-charles-darrow-copyright-application/2023-12-18T07:34:23+00:00monthlyhttps://themonopolist.net/2021/02/24/late-1933-darrow-large-white-box-set/https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/earlydwbscrip.jpgearlyDWBScriphttps://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/earlydwbrules3.jpgearlyDWBRules3https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/earlydwbrules2.jpgearlyDWBrules2https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/earlydwbrules.jpgearlyDWBruleshttps://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/earlydwbhouseshotels.jpgearlyDWBHousesHotelshttps://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/earlydwbcommunitychest.jpgearlyDWBCommunityChesthttps://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/earlydwbchance.jpgearlyDWBChancehttps://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/earlydwbcards4.jpgearlyDWBCards4https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/earlydwbcards3.jpgearlyDWBCards3https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/earlydwbcards2.jpgearlyDWBCards22025-01-31T19:23:16+00:00monthlyhttps://themonopolist.net/2021/02/23/plastics/https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/compositetokens.jpgCompositeTokensA set of 10 composite Monopoly tokens, in use from 1936 to 1945.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20210223_220801.jpg20210223_220801This plastic house has deteriorated somewhat.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20210223_220747.jpg20210223_220747The first plastic houses used with deluxe US and UK Monopoly sets in the late 1930s.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20210223_220741.jpg20210223_220741"Grand Hotels," used in the most expensive US and UK Monopoly sets in the late 1930s.2023-08-30T15:46:55+00:00monthlyhttps://themonopolist.net/2021/01/12/1920s-monopoly/https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_8384.jpgIMG_8384The backs of some of the property cards.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_8381.jpgIMG_8381Property cards.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_8380.jpgIMG_8380The railroads. Two have the original names from the Landlord's board, and two have been changed.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_8323.jpgIMG_8323The backs of the rate cards. One was printed on photo paper, which was popular at the time.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image5.jpgimage5The backs of the property cards have rent information and the rates for owning various amounts of the utilities.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image4.jpgimage4https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image3.jpgimage3There are 12 more cards, which appear to be a second set of Chance cards. This is even more evidence that these pieces are from two slightly different games.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image2.jpgimage2Play money is found in just three denominations, made by using rubber stamps on card stock.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image2-1.jpgimage2 (1)The set includes dice made of bone.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image1.jpgimage1There is a set of 16 Chance cards.2024-12-17T19:17:53+00:00monthlyhttps://themonopolist.net/2017/05/10/thun-monopoly/https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/laymanmonopoly.jpglaymanmonopolyhttps://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/thun.jpgThunAnother fuzzy picture of the Thun board.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/getimage2.jpggetimageThe Thuns play Monopoly on their 1920s game board. Notice the poker chips.https://themonopolist.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/getimage1.jpggetimageNotice the bits of Berks on this Monopoly board, owned by the Thun family, which dates to the 1920s: In one corner, a man sits on a bench in City Park reading the Reading Eagle, and Reading Railroad makes tracks through the middle of the upper row of properties on this hand-drawn, home-fashioned plywood 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