A series of 3 patent submission forms from the National Archives that illustrates the evolution of the board game Monopoly.

The first patent submission from Lizzie Magie, who created “The Landlord’s Game” in 1904.

Lizzie Magie’s 2nd Landlord patent submission in 1923.

Then along came Charles Darrow who, upon playing Magie’s game, began to distribute the Landlord’s Game under the name “Monopoly” (his patent was filed in 1935).

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