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GAME: DRAUGHTS BOARDGAME
Overview
A folding cardboard game board, with black chequerboard printing on one side to make a draughts or chess board.
The reverse has the name in black pen of the family's eldest son.
Historical information
One of 6 games boards from the same donor.
The games belonged to donor's husband who grew up in Nedlands. He used the games in childhood in the 1940s, and then passed them down to their 3 children. In the late 1960s and 1970s the games were used at their family home in Shenton Park, and then retained until donated. Eldest child has his name on the back of the draughts board, and the games were also used by his 2 younger sisters.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-43-2024.273.6
Item type
Objects
Material
Cardboard
Ink
Keywords
Recreation - Games
Childhood
toys
Onslow Road [329], Shenton Park
DAWSON Family
Last modified
Monday, 21 October, 2024
Completeness
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