Ouija board
Güija
- Date
- 10 de febrero de 1891 · confidence high
- Place
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Credited to
- Elijah Bond, with Helen Peters Nosworthy
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Bond patented the talking board with the help of spiritualist medium Helen Peters Nosworthy, commercially formalizing a practice already widespread in spiritualist camps since the 1880s. In 1901 William Fuld, an employee of the Kennard Novelty Company, took over production under the 'Ouija' trademark, turning it into a mass-market parlor game.
What it led to
- Mass production under William Fuld's Ouija brand (1901)
- Cultural association with occult practices
Built on
- Talking boards used in spiritualist camps since the 1880s