Knapp (Electronics Laboratories) was another story. Patent number 1,509,312 now belonged to Parker Brothers. Magie-Phillips $500 and agree to publish a few more of her games including The Landlords Game (this was done in 1939 again with very little success). The negotiation over the purchase was an easy one, Parker Brothers would pay Mrs. The two knew each as Parker Brothers had published some of her games in the past and she considered George Parker the "King of Games". George Parker went to visit Lizzie Magie-Phillips to try to acquire her 1924 Landlord's Game patent. Parker Brothers wanted a "monopoly" on Monopoly so they began trying to squash the competition. (For a much more detailed account of the early history read Monopoly: The World’s Most Famous Game & How It Got That Way By Philip E. In 1935 Monopoly again came to attention of Parker Brothers and at this time they decided to purchase and produce the game. Darrow tried to sell the game to Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley in 1934, but neither firm was interested. Two all-inclusive white editions were produced in 1934 and a small black box edition with a separate board was produced in 1935. Soon, demand increased so much Darrow had to enlist the help of a printer to get sets made more quickly. Darrow fell in love with the game and began selling handmade games to his friends. In 1933 Charles Darrow learned the game of Monopoly from Charles Todd, a friend of Darrow’s wife. Raiford taught the game to Charles Todd who took it home with him to Germantown, PA. Jesse Raiford was in this circle of friends. Here she and some friends played the game, changing the names of the properties to local, Atlantic City, street names (some of the spaces were rearranged and some property values were changed). Now, Ruth Hoskins was taught the game by Dan Layman and took it with her to Atlantic City. Electronic Laboratories and then Knapp Electric started publishing Finance in 1932 in Indiana(by 1935 Finance was outselling Monopoly 10 to 1). He was told by his lawyers that the name Monopoly was in the public domain and therefore could not be trademarked, so he decided to publish the game under the name Finance. Layman learned The Landlord’s Game/Monopoly while in school and decided to publish it. Key to this story are four people Dan Layman, Ruth Hoskins, Jesse Raiford, and Charles Todd.
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