The photograph on the left is of a Pocket Edition of the game of Scrabble. This copy was donated to the Museum in 1978. The edition was produced by Selchow & Righter Co. It is smaller than other Scrabble editions, and enables a user to store it in a smaller space such as luggage or a "pocket".
The blue plastic container on the top right of the photograph is an envelope 11cm long x 18cm wide. The envelope has a 3/4 fold over flap and uses metal dome fasteners for closing. A black plastic tray (not in the photo) 9.5cm long x 16.7cm wide is used like a small table to hold the tiles during play of the game.
The 4 "racks" (on the left of photograph) are used to hold a player's tiles. Racks (5.5cm wide x 9.5cm long) are made of rigid plastic. The "tiles" (in a sheet beneath the envelope in the photo) are made of plastic and covered with a type of vinyl. There are the standard 100 American English tiles stamped with a letter and a value. Each tile is 1cm square, and is pressure sensitive - that is - when pressed against the rack, the tray, or the board - they stick!.
The board, when folded in half, is 17cm long x 10cm wide x .3cm thick. When open, the board is 17cm long x 19.7cm wide x .1cm thick. It is a standard Scrabble board in that it is divided into 225 cells or a matrix of 15X15.
Last update April 23, 2006