Game Night 1963

Image caption:
Dave Wright explains game strategy to Jan and Bruce Carpenter, and wife Wendy.

Valley Times article summary:
When things get dull this summer with television reruns and crowded drive-in movies, try fighting and winning a war or solving a murder case. It won't be necessary to wear a uniform or a trenchcoat, in fact it won't even require leaving your dining room table. All it takes is between three and seven dollars and the ability to read. The money buys one of dozens of adult table games, and the reading ability comes in mighty handy for deciphering instructions. Adult games are big business today, with special sections set aside in department stores and multimillion-dollar corporations trying to come up with the game that will capture the nation's fancy as 'Monopoly,' the money-property acquisition game, did in 1935.

Photographer: George Brich, Valley Times Photo Collection/Los Angeles Public Library

Photographs dated June 6, 1963