The silver bullet, or, The road to Berlin
- Title(s):
The silver bullet, or, The road to Berlin.
- Additional Title(s):
Road to Berlin.
New war game
- Published/Created:
- [London] : R.F. & S. ; [approximately 1914]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game ; 17 x 25 x 3 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsD522 .S5 1914 Copy 1 Flat AYale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957View by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details.Rare Books and ManuscriptsD522 .S5 1914 Copy 2 Flat AYale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12398790
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- Instructions printed on sheet affixed to the bottom of the game.
The Jerry Slocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection identifies the publisher as R. Farmer & Sons.
Jerry Slocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection, 003749
British dexterity puzzle for a juvenile audience, made of wood and glass. The object of the game is to maneuver a metal ball through a winding course, avoiding holes, to the area labelled Berlin. Although the topography of the game suggests the trenches of the Western Front, at the time of the game's creation the troops had not "dug-in." The title, Silver bullet, suggests a quick victory, and supports the view that the British public believed the war would be over by Christmas 1914. - Subject Terms:
- Germany.Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.World War, 1914-1918.
- Form/Genre:
- Dexterity puzzles.
Maze puzzles.
Games -- Great Britain.
Board games (game sets)
Recreations -- Great Britain. - Export:
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