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Antique Questions Forum / Re: proof of origin of game
« on: October 24, 2011, 07:53:37 am »
Thanks everyone for your help.
I have googled Arthur Gueydan and found reference to him as an artist and inventor of game Escalado. Also seen a diagram of his game on his patent granted 28 Dec 1928.
I have two copies of my great uncles patent specification headed improvements in or relating to Race Game Apparatus ( Horse-cards and Course-Cards) dated 30 March 1933. It looks like his patent was completed 30 March 1933.
I am not sure if the two games are the same because I do not know the full details of Escalado.
My uncle William R Cullimore was a prolific inventor, writer and painter but has had no recognition for anything. I have a carrier bag of 20-30 invention with patents and letters. It looks like the game was the only one which made him a small amount. I have samples of his inventions which he made in cardboard and I have loads of his paintings in the shed, where they have been for nearly 30 years !
What to next ?
I will try and get him the credit for Alternardo because on the designer and artist it says unkown.
I know he would be delighted to have his name on it.
After that - well maybe I will take a look at some of the other things.
He seems to have invented flip-flops and the baby changing table (although he called it a hygiene table) in the 1940's as well as a fold-away steel chair and loads of fiddly things.
I believe he wrote a book relating to UNRA, but the only one I could find does not mention him. I have a hand-written copy of an unpublished book about bombs.
The game Also Ran is the follow-up ame from Alternardo created by Chad Valley in 1946, when they gave several different tracks.
I have googled Arthur Gueydan and found reference to him as an artist and inventor of game Escalado. Also seen a diagram of his game on his patent granted 28 Dec 1928.
I have two copies of my great uncles patent specification headed improvements in or relating to Race Game Apparatus ( Horse-cards and Course-Cards) dated 30 March 1933. It looks like his patent was completed 30 March 1933.
I am not sure if the two games are the same because I do not know the full details of Escalado.
My uncle William R Cullimore was a prolific inventor, writer and painter but has had no recognition for anything. I have a carrier bag of 20-30 invention with patents and letters. It looks like the game was the only one which made him a small amount. I have samples of his inventions which he made in cardboard and I have loads of his paintings in the shed, where they have been for nearly 30 years !
What to next ?
I will try and get him the credit for Alternardo because on the designer and artist it says unkown.
I know he would be delighted to have his name on it.
After that - well maybe I will take a look at some of the other things.
He seems to have invented flip-flops and the baby changing table (although he called it a hygiene table) in the 1940's as well as a fold-away steel chair and loads of fiddly things.
I believe he wrote a book relating to UNRA, but the only one I could find does not mention him. I have a hand-written copy of an unpublished book about bombs.
The game Also Ran is the follow-up ame from Alternardo created by Chad Valley in 1946, when they gave several different tracks.