Lizzie J. Magie, of Brentwood, Maryland, submitted this drawing of her improvement of game-boards in 1904. The object of the game was to amass a much wealth and money as possible. The game was designed to illustrate the principle of a single-tax idea being proposed for use in the United States. Monopoly, patented in 1935, was based on this game.
Farmerettes float in the Independence Day Parade, New York City
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
