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Day 154 / 365
Nobody ever reads the rules for Monopoly except when an argument breaks out. 🙂
Interesting Fact: Charles Darrow was from Philadelphia, and he first developed the Monopoly game in 1933. The first pieces were made from materials from Darrow’s home. A piece of oilcloth covered the board, the cards were handwritten, and the houses and hotels were made from wooden scraps. The shiny pieces were inspired by Darrow’s nieces. The first Monopoly die-cast tokens were metal charms from the girls’ charm bracelets. ( http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/25-facts-monopoly-80-years/story?id=28405806 )
Through Open Lens 
This will touch so many people’s memories. Here are two of mine: When I was about ten, my brother and I made our own set; when it was clear she was losing my grandmother always accidentally sent the board flying.
Wow those are really fun memories. Thank you for sharing them, and I am super happy that my post made those awesome memories resurface for you. 🙂
Thank you Lukas
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I would like to add this infromation. The first US game was based on names from Atlantic City, (1935).
Indigo: Mediterranean Avenue, Baltic Avenue
Cyan: Oriental Avenue, Vermont Avenue, Connecticut Avenue
Purple: St Charles Place, States Avenue, Virginia Avenue
Orange: St James Place, Tennessee Avenue, New York Avenue
Red: Kentucky Avenue, Indiana Avenue, Illinois Avenue
Yellow: Atlantic Avenue, Ventnor Avenue, Marven Gardens
Green: Pacific Avenue, Nth Carolina Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue
Blue: Park Place, Boardwalk
Railway Stations (Railroads): Reading Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, B&O Railroad, Short Line
Utilities: Electric Company, Water Works
Sales Tax: Luxury Tax
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game)
A photographer took pictures of all the Streets in Atlantic City http://www.scoutingny.com/what-the-monopoly-properties-look-like-in-real-life/ .
That’s awesome! Thank you for sharing this information with us. 🙂
oh the memories 🙂 we always had fun with monopoly. The game just seemed to never end!!
I am glad that my post can take you back in time. Some time we the game lasted for days, we would stop it and continue it the next day. 🙂
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