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This picture shows the game of Yahtzee as it was first sold by the E.S. Lowe company in 1956. The game contains 1 dice cup, 1 score card, 5 dice, 20 chips, 2 pencils, and one instruction manual. The name Yahtzee is currently a trademark of Hasbro and the entire game was copyrighted by the E.S. Lowe company in 1956.

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Box: Rectangular box with the word “Yahtzee” in the center, professor logo on the right, and a cup with rolling dice on the lower part. The upper left-hand corner of the box has the phrase “It makes you think while having fun.” Beneath the large word “Yahtzee” are the phrases “An exciting game of skill and chance” and “Fun for the entire family!” The underside of the box is blank tan cardboard. The contents are housed in a green cardboard holder with folded cardboard parts holding the dice and chips. The box measures 14" x 7.75" x 2.75"

Dice: Five transparent red dice with white dots

Pencils: Two short yellow pencils

Chips: Twenty chips, ten red and ten yellow

Score Pad: Score pad printed in black and white with professor logo in the upper left hand corner

Cup: Brown imitation leather-paper cup with an upper and lower metal rim, no identifying label.

Instruction Manual: Yellow manual “How to play Yahtzee” with professor logo beneath and the phrase “The game that makes you think while having fun.” Copyrighted 1956

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I created this image of the Yahtzee game.

This image is of a board game cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the publisher of the board game. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of board game covers to illustrate the board game in question, on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information. To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

[edit] Fair Use For Yahtzee

-This is an image of the original Yahtzee game and is of historical interest.

-The use of this image can in no way be used to inhibit the sale or disparage the reputation of the said game.

-The copyright of the game and its contents was filed in 1956 by the now non-existent E.S. Lowe company.

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