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Image: José Guadalupe Posada, Juego de la oca, ca. 1900

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Description: Juego de la oca (game of the goose). Gameboard shows 63 numbered spaces, or "casillas," each illustrated with people, birds, animals, and objects, arranged in a spiral toward the center. The four corners, outside the game, show scenes of children playing outdoors. Instructions for playing the game are in the center of the spiral. This game with which many generations of Mexican children amused themselves, reached a circulation of approximately five million copies. Relief etching, with text in letterpress. Published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, Mexico City.
Title: José Guadalupe Posada, Juego de la oca, ca. 1900
Credit: This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsc.03447. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.
Author: José Guadalupe Posada
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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