Chess-Board. Printed by the Industrial School of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York.

(AMERICAN-JUDAICA)

New York

1876

Red and white squares each densely printed with text of: “Manual of the Game of Chess with Laws and Observations.” Attractive multi-colored geometric border surrounds the whole. Housed in an older frame.

“Specimen of Printing Executed by the Inmates of the Industrial School of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York.” The Hebrew Orphan Asylum (HOA) was a Jewish orphanage in New York City founded in 1860 by the Hebrew Benevolent Society. Over the years it experimented with various technical schools to train their young charges. A print-shop commenced operation in 1871.