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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BaseballGames, post: 4537194, member: 7826&quot;]Hey, in case anyone here is still even slightly interested, we have an update, a clarification, on the wooden box.&nbsp; The box lid&#039;s interior (sorry, Mr Ransom) is <i>not</i> mahogany, but instead probably pine, same as the box bottom, but covered with mahogany-pattern contact paper (that is, adhesive shelf liner).&nbsp; That stuff became hugely popular starting in about 1970, although it may go back to around the 1930s.&nbsp; Of course, that doesn&#039;t mean the contact-paper lining was original to the game&#039;s box -- it could have been added to a box actually made in the 1880s (or the 1480s for that matter) at any point after 1970 (or the 1930s -- the origin of contact paper is strangely difficult to pinpoint).&nbsp; So, additional new information gets us exactly not a single Angstrom unit closer to putting a date to the box.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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