LET’S MAKE A DEAL

Monopoly has given Trump wanna-bes thrills since 1935, when the beloved board game was patented by Philadelphia heater salesman Charles Darrow. But years before Americans were landing their thimbles on Baltic Avenue, a Quaker woman named Elizabeth Magie created The Landlord’s Game, a 1904 forerunner to the Parker Brothers’ standard. Her intention? To teach the theories of political economist Henry George, who advocated a uniform federal tax on all land. The first edition of The Landlord’s Game sold out by 1915, and homemade versions—such as this one, fashioned in Pennsylvania by Joseph Buckwalter in 1920—were common. Magie eventually sold her gaming rights to Parker Brothers for a criminal $500—a deal any modern-day Trump disciple would applaud. The game is on view at Forbes Galleries (62 Fifth Ave at 12th St, 212-206-5548).

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