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Loki-L OP t1_j9d13zf wrote

Reply to comment by ClownfishSoup in TIL that Milton Bradley originally had been in the business of selling pictures of celebrities. After his biggest seller Abraham Lincoln grew his iconic beard and rendered his entire stock of lithographs worthless and had customers demanding their money back, MB switched to selling board games by Loki-L

At least Parker Brothers were two brothers named Parker.

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KypDurron t1_j9d2dwl wrote

No, that was Parker's last name.

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toadhall81 t1_j9d61dl wrote

Mr Brothers? We are Mr Milton and Mr Bradley, how do you do

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