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(AMERICAN-JUDAICA) Chess-Board. Printed by the Industrial School of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York. Red and white squares each densely printed with text of: “Manual of the Game of Chess with Laws and Observations.” Attractive multi-colored geometric border surrounds the whole. Housed in an older frame. Few tears. Unexamined out of frame. 18 x 18 inches. New York : 1876 “Specimen of Printing Executed by the Inmates of the Industrial School of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York.” The Hebrew Orphan Asylum (HOA) was a Jewish orphanage in New York City founded in 1860 by the Hebrew Benevolent Society. Over the years it experimented with various technical schools to train their young charges. A print-shop commenced operation in 1871. “Specimen of Printing Executed by the Inmates of the Industrial School of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York.” The Hebrew Orphan Asylum (HOA) was a Jewish orphanage in New York City founded in 1860 by the Hebrew Benevolent Society. Over the years it experimented with various technical schools to train their young charges. A print-shop commenced operation in 1871.