“ELECTION ‘68/A GAME OF POLITICAL STRATEGY.”
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Auction #201 - Part I
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Item Description
9.5x18.5x1.25” tall game box. ©1967 by Crea Tec, Los Angeles, Ca. Box top illustration shows elephant/donkey on opposing sides of Capitol as Nixon holds sign “Vietnam/Gov’t Spending/Credibility/Gap.” LBJ is seen at microphone on top of Capitol saying “Come/Let Us Reason Together.” Right side shows RFK with sign “Civil Rights/War On Poverty/The Draft.” Trace of rubs mostly on edges. Box remains intact and sturdy. Fold-over gameboard with illustrations of LBJ as cowboy riding jet with donkey face. Ronald Reagan is seen at bottom left giving a speech from the back of a train. George Romney is seen holding baby beside baby carriage. Gameboard follows map of United States with each state indicated by electoral votes. Gameboard is Mint. Box insert is complete with all pieces and instructions. Two stacks of 12 cards each with illustration of various political figures. One stack is represented by “R” for the Republicans and include: Ronald Reagan, George Romney, Richard Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, John Lindsay, Charles Percy, Jacob Javitz, William Scranton, Barry Goldwater, Everett Dirkson, Margaret Chase Smith and Nelson Rockefeller. Democrats include: Robert Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, George & Lurleen Wallace, Adam Clayton Powell, Wayne Morse, Robert MacNamara, Mike Mansfield, Arthur Goldberg, Jackie Kennedy, Harry Truman, J. William Fulbright and Lyndon Johnson as a cowboy (stain from rubberband across Johnson). Game also includes 2 stacks of 20 cards each, 1 stack is “Issue” cards. Each is numbered. Various issues of the day. Second stack is “Crisis Card” with various crisis situations relevant to the day. An interesting and fun look at the uncertain political road ahead for the 1968 presidential election. Exc.
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