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OUIJA
Kennard Novelty Company
Design on wood 1891
This is THE
Ouija board that
started it all from Kennard Novelty Company. It was assembled of five
separate boards joined side by side and braced by two vertical slats on
the back. Stamped on the reverse side is the patent date: Feb 10th 1891.
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OUIJA
William Fuld
Design on wood 1917
This board is from
William Fuld's North Central Avenue factory in Baltimore, MD. A large and
a small version were available. |
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MYSTIC
BOARD
Haskelite Manufacturing
Corp.
Design on paper-wood
1940's
This is easily one
of the most beautiful talking boards ever made. Notice the lavish Egyptian
scene right out of a Hollywood movie. It is the most sought after of all
talking boards. |
OUIJA
William Fuld
Design on paper-hardboard
1950
This Ouija design,
first introduced in the 1950's by William Fuld, is the standard for all
current Parker Brothers boards today. |
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This is a
particularly fine example of a pretty maple automatic writer circa 1875 by
Selchow and Righter. The instructions state that Planchette
the Mystic of Mystics is the
"scientific planchette from the original pattern, first made in
1860." Although the phantasms on the front of the box are obviously
not of this world, there is no mention of spiritual communion of any kind. |
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around 1910, William Fuld planchettes sported a fancy new circular window
to improve the viewing of the letters. In the 1920's patent dates signaled
other design changes like the metal ring surrounding the viewing window.
Many manufacturers of talking boards sold less expensive boards in
addition to their premium models. William Fuld was no exception. His
Mystifying Oracle was
a Ouija board
in all respects except for the name and the price. In other words, it was
the same only different. |
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