Bobby and Betty's Trip to New York World's Fair Game
Date
Credits
- Parker Brothers 12 Producer
Format
- Board Game 29
Media
- paper 1267
Dimensions
Locations Made
- United States 664
- New York 357
- Queens
The game was designed during the early 1900s Art Deco era and was produced by Parker Brothers Inc.. 1 Its influence is most notable through the use of sleek, simple shapes such as the cone, sphere, and arch on the box cover. The women and the cone and sphere are used to balance the sides of the box.
The cone and sphere represent Trylon and Perisphere, two famous modernistic structures of the New York World's Fair. 2 They symbolize the modernist movement and the fair's theme: "The World of Tomorrow". 3 Although the title focuses on Bobby and Betty, they are not real people. Instead, their names are synonymous with placeholder names like Jack and Jill.
1. “Board Game:Bobby and Betty’s Trip to New York World’s Fair - Parker Brothers Inc. - Google Arts & Culture.” Google, Google, artsandculture.google.com/asset/board-game-bobby-and-betty-s-trip-to-new-york-world-s-fair-parker-brothers-inc/gAF30zlAXpi4XA.
2. Bobby and Betty's Trip to the New York World's Fair Game. 1939–40, Board Game. National Museum of American History, D.C. https://www.si.edu/object/bobby-and-bettys-trip-new-york-worlds-fair-game%3Anmah_1315494
3. "Trylon and Perisphere." Architectuul, 16 July, 2017, https://architectuul.com/architecture/trylon-and-perisphere
