JaxxisR t1_j9d6y96 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 1:35 AM Reply to 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 I learned this from Drunk History. Good times. Permalink 1
JaxxisR t1_j9d6y96 wrote
Reply to 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
I learned this from Drunk History.
Good times.