Vintage Die-cut Questions

[aquarius31]

Hi Butch, thanks for the great information. I perhaps assumed too quickly that those pieces came from a board game although if they did not come from a board game, I'm curious to see how they were distributed and for what purpose. These are not embossed die-cuts (or at least they don't look to be) so not sure if they would be affixed in scrap books such as the 1888 Scrapps or the R&S Artistic Series.

A few years back, I do recall someone seeing the complete set of Boston players on eBay. And perhaps my memory is not that good but I do recall also seeing these items mounted on very similar wooden stands at a local show in the Boston 2 years ago and being told that they were came from McLoughlin Brothers board game. I guess the mystery continues.