The Strong
Play Partners:
National Toy Hall of Fame Online Collections
Alphabet Blocks | Atari® 2600 Game System | Baby Doll | The Ball | Barbie® | Bicycle | Big Wheel® | Blanket | Candy Land® | Cardboard Box | Checkers | Crayola® Crayons | Dollhouse | Dominoes | Duncan® Yo-Yo | Easy-Bake® Oven | Erector® Set | Etch A Sketch® | Frisbee® | The Game of Life® | G.I. Joe® | Hot Wheels® | Hula Hoop® | Jack-in-the-Box | Jacks | Jigsaw Puzzle | Jump Rope | Kite | Lego® | Lincoln Logs® | Lionel® Trains | Marbles | Monopoly® | Mr. Potato Head® | Nintendo Game Boy® | Play-Doh® | Playing Cards | Radio Flyer® Wagon | Raggedy Ann and Andy™ | Rocking Horse | Roller Skates | Scrabble® | Silly Putty® | Skateboard | Slinky® | Star Wars action figures | Stick | Teddy Bear | Tinkertoy® | Tonka® Trucks | View-Master®
Dominos
dominoes
ca. 1930
The oldest domino set is dated around 1120 A.D., but modern dominos as we know them originated from China and were made of ivory and ebony. In the early 18th century, the game migrated to Italy and the name "Domino" was born. The name comes from the pieces' resemblance to Venetian Carnival masks known as "domini", which were white with black spots. These masks were so named because they resembled French priests' winter hoods, being black on the outside and white on the inside.
| Manufacturer | Halsam Products |
|---|---|
| Material | cardboard | paper | printed | wood | dyed | embossed |
| Origin | Chicago, IL |
| Style | matching |
| Object ID | 90.1407 |
All artifact images, interpretive information, and website text
© The Strong.
Online Collections by The Strong is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.