Charles Brace Darrow (August 10, 1889-August 29, 1967), has been credited, erroneously, as having invented the "Monopoly" board game. Darrow was a domestic heater salesman from Germantown, a neighborhood in Philadelphia (the part of Germantown he lived in is now called "Mount Airy") during the Great Depression. The house he lived in still stands at 40 Westview Street. While Darrow eventually sold "Monopoly" to Parker Brothers, … Wikipedia
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