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FULD, William (1870–1927). Ouija Board. Baltimore: William Fuld, 1919. Wooden Ouija Board. Directions printed verso. 12 3/8 x 18 3/8". Scattered scuffing, surface abrasions, light staining. Good.“This board represents the first generation of Ouija produced in William Fuld's specialty-built factory located at 1508-1514 Harford, Lamont, and Federal streets in Baltimore, Maryland, which Fuld famously claimed in a 1919 interview with The Baltimore Sun to have built after “The Ouija board told me to prepare for big business." The move was a fortuitous one, as the end of the twin tragedies of the Great Influenza epidemic and World War One ushered in a time of national mourning and rekindled interest in Spiritualism, helping propel Ouija to the apex of its cultural popularity the following year, and making this design among the most iconic ever produced by the company." – Brandon Hodge, The Mysterious Planchette