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Introduction History A Brief History of Mah Jong Timeline History of Mah Jong in the United States Stewart Culin (1858-1929) 1893 - Chinese Games with Dice and Dominoes, by Stewart Culin 1924 - The Game of Ma-Jong, by Stewart Culin Sir William Henry Wilkinson (1858-1930) The Chinese Origin of Playing Cards, By W.H. Wilkinson Game Rules Game Overview Traditional Mah Jong Filipino/Taiwanese 16 Tile Mah Jongg Sap Tim Pun (10 1/2) Vintage Photos & Prints 1924 American Mah Jong Law Committee 1920's Flappers playing Mah Jong Invatation to Play Mah Jongg with Mr. & Mrs. Babcock 1923 Newspaper Photo of Mrs. Babcock & Miriam Cordell, star of "Rain," playing Mah Jongg at the Babcock's apartment Painting of Wizards Playing Mah Jong Painting of Chinese Women Playing Mah Jong Painting of Wizards Playing Mah Jong Painting of Wizards Playing Mah Jong Picture of Joseph P. Babcock Picture of Mrs. Joseph P. Babcock Playing Mah Jong Picture of Mrs. Joseph P. Babcock Playing Mah Jong Picture of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Babcock Playing Mah Jong Vintage Documents The Rage of Mah Jong, by R. F. Foster, Vanity Fair, March 1923 "The Game of a Hundred Intelligences, by L. L. Harr, Asia, August 1923 Mah Chang: The Game and Its History, by J. B. Powell, Living Age, September 1, 1923 How Old is "Mah-Jong"?, by R. F. Foster, Asia, March 1924 "Making Mah Jongg Tiles is an Important Chinese Industry", Current Opinion magazine, March 1924 Some Fundamentals of "Mah-Jong", by R. F. Foster, Asia, April 1924 Clearing a Suit At "Mah-Jong", by R. F. Foster, Asia, May 1924 "Mah-Jong" End Games, by R. F. Foster, Asia, September 1924 1920's Importers and Manufactures Vintage Advertisements 1923 Mah Jongg Sales Company of America Catalog 1923 Mah Jongg Sales Company of America Catalog II 1923 Pung Chow Catalog Page from 1923 Parker Brothers Mah Jongg Catalog Pages from 1923 Pung Chow Price Guide Ad for Queen of Norway Pung Chow Set Material Identification Traditional Tile Sets #001 Chinese Traditional Set with Rosewood Box #002 Chinese Traditional Set with Rosewood Box #003 Chinese Traditional Set with Oak Box #004 Chinese Traditional Set with Ebony Box #066 Chinese Traditional Set with Pine Box #072 Chinese Traditional "Mah-Lowe" Set with Black Painted Box #079 Chinese Traditional Set with Rosewood Box #084 Chinese Traditional Set with Pine Box #085 Chinese Traditional Set with Rosewood Box #087 Chinese Traditional Set with Oak Box #088 Chinese Traditional Set with Rosewood Box #111 Pung Chow Style 376 Set with Painted Box #113 "Lung Chan" Set with Dark Oak Box #160 Green Leather Covered Set with Mother of Pearl Inlay #161 Original Mah Jongg Sales Company of America Set #166 Chinese Traditional Set with Rosewood Box #172 Pung Chow Style 500 Set with Leather Covered Box #230 1930s Civil War Traditional Set with Black Painted Box #264 Chinese Traditional Set with Rosewood Box #272 Chinese Traditional Set with Black Cloth Covered Box #273 Chinese Traditional Set with Rosewood Box #274 Chinese Traditional Set with Rosewood Box #275 Chinese Traditional Set with Rosewood Box #277 Chinese Traditional Set with Rosewood Box #278 Chinese Traditional Set with Rosewood Box #279 Chinese Traditional Set with Rosewood Box #282 Chinese Traditional Set with Walnut Box #283 Chinese Traditional Set with Black Painted Box #285 Chinese Traditional Set with Rosewood Box #286 Chinese Traditional Set with Stained Pine Box #289 Chinese Traditional Set with Rosewood Box Travel Tile Sets #005 Trumpet Cased Set with Bakelite Tiles #006 Trumpet Cased Set with Bakelite Tiles #007 Leather Travel Case with Bakelite Tiles #008 Brown Cardboard Travel Set with Bakelite Tiles #018 Leather Zippered Travel Case with Synthetic Tiles #056 Trumpet Cased Set with Bakelite Tiles #057 Leather Trumpet Cased Set with Bone & Bamboo Tiles #058 Trumpet Cased Set with Bakelite Tiles #064 Brown Cardboard Boxed Set with Bakelite Tiles #092 Leather Zipper Travel Case with Bone and Bamboo Tiles #162 Trumpet Cased Set with Blue/Green Synthetic Tiles #206 Trumpet Cased Set with Bakelite Tiles #207 Leather Zipper Travel Case with 3 Tiered Synthetic Tiles #224 Leather Travel Case with Bakelite Tiles #287 Black Clip Top Travel Case with Plastic Tiles #288 Trumpet Cased Set with Bakelite Tiles #290 Leather Travel Case with Bakelite Tiles Small Boxed Sets #050 "The Ancient Game of China" #052 "Pung Chow" Style 302 #067 "The Ancient Game of China" #070 "Ma Chong/Kong Chow" Tin Boxed Set with Bone & Bamboo Tiles #071 Red Tin Boxed Set #077 "Ma Chong/Kong Chow" Tin Box Set with Bamboo Tiles #083 Black Chinese Cardboard Box Set with Bone & Bamboo Tiles #086 Red Chinese Cardboard Box Set with Bone & Bamboo Tiles #091 Black Wood Slide Top Boxed Set #114 "Ma Chong" Green Cloth Covered Box Set with Bone & Bamboo Tiles #115 Parker Brothers "Tuxedo" set with Bakelite Tiles #116 Parker Brothers "Tuxedo" set with Ivoroid/Boxwood Tiles #117 Mahogany Slide Top set with Bone & Bamboo Tiles #119 "The Ancient Game of the Mandarins" #128 Red Tin Boxed set with Bamboo Tiles #158 Rosewood Slide Top Boxed set with Bone & Bamboo Tiles #165 "Pung Chow" Rosewood Boxed set with Celluloid/Boxwood Tiles #231 Mahogany Hinged Cover Custom Boxed Set #232 "Pung Chow" Cardboard Boxed set with Pyralin Tiles #249 Babcock's Black Slide Top Boxed set with Bone & Bamboo Tiles #256 Lacquered Slide Top Boxed Set with Bone & Bamboo Tiles #262 "The Ancient Game of China" #276 Leather Chinese Small Boxed set with Bone and Bamboo Tiles #280 Black Wood Slide Top Boxed Set with 1930's Civil War Tiles #281 Paper Covered Snap Front Boxed Set with Bamboo Tiles Beginners & Childrens Sets #009 Mah Jongg "Junior" #011 Parker Brothers Deluxe Mah Jongg #014 "Ma Jong, The Popular Old Chinese Game" #061 "The Ancient Game of China" #062 "The Ancient Game of the Mandarins" #090 Mah Deuck "The Ancient Chinese Game (Sparrows)" #109 "Ma Chiang" Hillson's Chinese Game Know in China as Ma Chiang #118 Ming Ma-Jong - Black Cardboard Boxed Set with Slide Top Tiles #122 Mah Jongg "Midget" #124 "Ning Po" Green Cardboard Boxed Set #159 "Ma Cheuck" - Hillsons Chinese Game Known as Ma Cheuck #216 Pung Chow - Educator Set #261 Pung Wo Junior #284 Paper Covered Boxed Set with Boxwood Tiles #296 "Fu Manchu" Cardboard Boxed Set with Boxwood Tiles #300 "Chinese Game" Beginners Set with box wood tiles #304 "Tung Wa" Beginners Set with box wood tiles #316 The Traditional Chinese Game of Mah Jong Unique & Rare Sets #012 Mah Jongg "The Fascinating Chinese Game" Tin Boxed Set #089 White Jade "Flower Scattering Nymphs" Set #112 Sacramento Gambling Set #121 "San Go Iam I" Tiles in Chinese Tin Box #127 German Travel Set with Synthetic/Wood Tiles #129 Cloth Covered Box with Black Bamboo Tiles #168 Genuine Solid Ivory Tiled Set #190 Ma Taio Playing Cards #191 Ma Taio Playing Cards #192 Ma Taio Playing Cards #195 Ma Taio Wood Carved Printing Block, Japanese Museum Print I #196 Ma Taio Wood Carved Printing Block, Japanese Museum Print II #197 Ma Taio Wood Carved Printing Block, Japanese Museum Print III #198 Ma Taio Wood Carved Printing Block, Japanese Museum Print IV #199 Ma Taio Wood Carved Printing Block, Japanese Museum Print V #225 Fully Carved Box with Bone & Ebony Tiles #226 "San Go Ian I" Lacquered Box with Ivory & Ebony Tiles #227 "Flower and Fern" Roll Top Box with Fully Decorated Tiles #228 Original Mah Jongg Sales Company Set with Pattern Tile Carving #229 "Yan-Kee Take-Out" Set with two piece racks #233 "The Ancient Chinese Game" with Hollow Tin Tiles #260 Genuine Solid Ivory Miniature Tiled Set #291 Western Electric - Electrical Mah Jong #307 Mah Jongg "The Fascinating Chinese Game" Tin Boxed Set #318 Shanghai Luck Set with Fully Carved Tiles Playing Card Sets #015 "Majong, The Ancient and Diverting Chinese Game" #016 "Mah Jongg Card Game" #024 Colour Mah Jong Playing Cards #026 Sparrow Playing Cards #028 National Mah Jongg League - Playing Kards #031 "The Ancient Game of China" #043 Man-Chu "The Famous Chinese Game" #063 Mhing Card Game #068 "Ching-Chong" Card Game #179 Royal Paper Mah Jong Playing Cards #183 Plastic Mah Jong Playing Cards #185 Mah Jong Playing Cards #188 Mah Jong Cards Set #190 Ma Taio Playing Cards #191 Ma Taio Playing Cards #192 Ma Taio Playing Cards #194 The Fortune Tellers Mah Jongg #263 Consulate Playing Cards #291 Western Electric - Electrical Mah Jong #298 Modern Mah Jong Playing Cards #299 Modern Mah Jong Playing Cards #301 Four Aces Kard-Jong Game #305 "Panda-Jong" Japan's Mah Jong Museum's Children's Card Game #313 Mah Jongg Playing Kards #315 Chad Valley, Mah Jongg Playing Cards #317 Japanese Travel Playing Cards Modern Tile Sets #017 Plastic Trumpet Case Set #019 Black Plastic Travel Set w/Plastic & Bamboo Tiles #020 Black Plastic Flat Travel Set #021 Black Plastic Travel Set w/Plastic Tiles #022 Hong Kong Travel Set #023 Magic Dragon #024 Colour Mah Jong Playing Cards #026 Sparrow Playing Cards #028 National Mah Jongg League - Playing Kards #030 Sacrifice Mah Jong Set #063 Mhing Card Game #065 Brown Plastic Travel Set #102 Mah Jong Travel Set #120 Modern Bone and Bamboo Travel Set #126 Green Paper Covered Travel Set #169 Green Cloth Covered Travel Set with Bone and Bamboo Tiles #170 Modern Bone and Bamboo Travel Set #171 Mah Jongg Beginners Set #177 Mahogany Travel Set #178 Leather Travel Set #179 Royal Paper Mah Jong Playing Cards #180 Traditional 5 Drawer Set #182 Flat Black Travel Set #183 Plastic Mah Jongg Playing Cards #184 Japan's Mah Jong Museum Tile Set #185 Mah Jong Playing Cards #186 "Pocketable" Mah Jong #187 "Pocketable" Pom Jong #188 Mah Jong Cards Set #193 Large Plastic Mah Jong #194 The Fortune Tellers Mah Jongg #263 Consulate Playing Cards #265 "OXI" Mah Jong #298 Modern Mah Jong Playing Cards #299 Modern Mah Jong Playing Cards #305 "Panda-Jong" Japan's Mah Jong Museum Card Game Miscellaneous Related Items #033 Mah Jongg Serving Tray #034 "Mah Jong" Doubling Card #035 Carvin Score for Ma Jong #036 National Mah Jongg League Standard Hand Card 1964-65 #037 National Mah Jongg League Standard Hand Card 1965-66 #038 National Mah Jongg League Standard Hand Card 1990-91 #039 National Mah Jongg League Standard Hand Card 1991-92 #054 Metal Washer Counter Racks #059 National Mah Jongg League Standard Hand Card 1941 #060 Standard Hands and Rules "Ther American Game of Chinese Tiles" 1942 #073 Four Black Tile Racks #076 National Mah Jongg League Standard Hand Card 1976-77 #078 Tile Racks, Three Black, One Red #080 Mah-Jongg Score Card #096 1924 Score Sheet and Rules for Mah-Jongg #097 National Mah Jongg League Standard Hand Card 1955 #098 1940 New Handy Mahh Jongg Hands and Rules #099 Doubling Card #103 Wood/Metal Washer Counter Racks #104 Metal Washer Counter Racks #105 Tile Racks, One Yellow, Three Black #106 "Tung Foon" Metal Washer Counter Racks #110 Mah Jongg Tile Racks #130 Tile Racks, Two Flip Top Racks #143 "Tung Foon" Metal Washer Counter Racks #144 1923 Life Magazine "Pa and Ma Jongg" #145 Pung Chow Score Meter #146 Score Rulers #147 Counter Holders #164 Tile Rack, One Orange Flip Top Rack #173 National Mah Jongg League Standard Hand Card 1944 #175 Mah Jongg Score Sheet #176 Sheet Music "Since Ma is Playing Mah Jong" #208 National Mah Jongg League Standard Hand Card 1973-74 #209 National Mah Jongg League Standard Hand Card 1995-96 #213 M.S. Cowen Co, Score Sheet #215 Queen of Norway's Pung Chow Set #222 Invatation to Tea and Mah Jong with Mr. & Mrs. Babcock #223 Newspaper Cliping of Mrs. J. P. Babcock #239 The Milton C. Work Ma Jong Score Pad #244 Mah Jong Score-o-Meter #245 Foster's Mah Jong Score Card #246 1940 National Mah Jongg League Standard Hand Card #266 Commemorative Medal from the Chinese Mah Jong Museum #267 Commemorative Medal from the Japanese Mah Jong Museum #292 Two Green Tile Racks #293 Mah Jongg Sales Company Racks #294 Four tile racks with storage bag #297 "Mah Jongg" Leather Score Book with Score Pad #319 Chad Valley Score Pad Mah Jong Books #040 Mah Jong Anyone? #041 The Game of Mah Jong Illustrated #042 Mah Jong - The Rules for Playing the Chinese Game #069 Mah Jongg - The Fascinating Chinese Game #074 Directions for playing Mah-Jong #075 Directions for playing Mah-Jongg #081 Standardized Mah Jong #093 Pung Chow #094 How to Play Pung Chow #095 Mah Jong - One Step at a Time #101 Improve Your Mah Jong #132 Foster on Mah Jong #133 Mah Jong and How to Play It #134 Ma Cheuk as Played by the Chinese #135 Mah-Jongg Up-To-Date #139 Modern Mah Jong #140 Mah Jongg - Wright Patterson Rules #141 Mah Jong for Beginners #149 Mah Jong for Beginners #150 Mah Jong for Beginners #151 The Laws of Mah Jong for 1924 #152 Pung Chow in Ten Minutes #153 Standard Rules for the Chinese Domino Game of Mah Jong #154 Directions for playing Mah-Jong #155 Ma Chiong - Admiral Oriental Line Rulebook #181 Your Future Revealed by the Mah Jongg #201 Mah Jongg - Wright Patterson Rules #211 Mah Jong, Anyone? #212 Mah Jong Research #237 How to Play Mah Jong #240 How to Play Mah-Jong #241 Ma-Jong Book of Instructions #242 How to Play Mah Jong #247 Mah Jong Rules #248 The World Rule of Mah Jong #254 Mah-Jongg Basic Rules & Strategies #255 Mah Jong - One Step at a Time #308 Snyder's "Ma-Jung" Manual #314 Hoyle's Standard Games Linking your site to the Mah Jong Museum Mah Jong Museum Downloads Mah Jong Museum Links Email