Card game
James Galt & Co. Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
circa 1982
Materials
Cardboard and plastic
Measurements
20 mm (length of cubes); 250 mm (length of cards); 20 mm (width of cubes); 186 mm (width of cards); 20 mm (height of cubes)
Place of origin
Cheadle
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659472
Summary
A Galt educational 'game' (How to Measure) in its original box (circa 1982), consisting of twelve double-sided cards, twenty orange and twenty blue plastic cubes. The object is to lay the cubes along a line by a picture to discover how big things are eg How tall is the teddy?, How long is the fish? Also in the box are the instructions and a 'return' slip. Printed in ink on the box lide and sides is 'GALT how to measure/ A series of 12 cards designed to introduce young/ children to the subject of measure, and the concepts of/ height, width and length'. Total number of items mis fiftyseven
Makers and roles
James Galt & Co. Ltd, maker