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Alphabet Blocks

Collection Type

  • Toys and games

GUSN

GUSN-251024

Description

Alphabet blocks with images of animals and their names: "FROG" and "WREN"; the third block is narrower than the other two and depicts a cat, without a name. The blocks are wider than they are deep; appear to be wood covered in printed paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

alphabet blocks
wood (plant material)
printing (process)
paper (fiber product)
early childhood education
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Education
Childhood
Block, Alphabet

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.795.1-3

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