Monopoly Game Patent Drawing
by Carlos Diaz
Title
Monopoly Game Patent Drawing
Artist
Carlos Diaz
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Digital Art - Digital Art
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Monopoly Game Patent Drawing By Carlo Diaz
The history of Monopoly can be traced back to 1903, when American anti-monopolist Elizabeth Magie created a game through which she hoped to be able to explain the single tax theory of Henry George. It was intended as an educational tool to illustrate the negative aspects of concentrating land in private monopolies. Magie took out a patent in 1904. Her game, The Landlord's Game, was self-published, beginning in 1906.
By 1933, a variation on The Landlord's Game called Monopoly was the basis of the board game later sold by Parker Brothers. It was first sold by Parker Brothers beginning on February 6, 1935.
Several people, mostly in the midwestern United States and near the East Coast, contributed to the game's design and evolution, and this is when the game's design took on the 4×10 space-to-a-side layout and familiar cards were produced. Cartoonist F. O. Alexander is credited with creating the "Go to Jail" Officer Edgar Mallory, Jake the Jailbird, and mascot Milburn Pennybags characters.
U. S. patent was issued to Charles Darrow on December 31, 1935 for the game board design and was assigned to Parker Brothers Inc. The original version of the game in this format was based on the streets of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1936–1970
In 1936, Parker Brothers began licensing the game for sale outside the United States. In 1941, the British Secret Intelligence Service had John Waddington Ltd., the licensed manufacturer of the game in the United Kingdom, create a special edition for World War II prisoners of war held by the Nazis. Hidden inside these games were maps, compasses, real money, and other objects useful for escaping. They were distributed to prisoners by British secret service-created fake charity groups.
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