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1920s
Product catalogues: Clothing, jewelry, and gifts: Gifts and toys
GUSN-268304
Toy building block sets are described, made by the firm of F. Ad. Richter & Cie., Rudolfstadt, Thuringia, Germany. They are sold and distributed by Block House, Inc. There is a separate supplement of colored drawings of the block structures in various settings. There is a note on both items that states they were removed from the Bowen House Interpretive File.
advertising
business (commercial function)
toys (recreational artifacts)
building blocks
blocks (toys)
trade catalogs
1 trade catalog, 16 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 9 1/4 x 6 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.12.007.002.004
9 1/4 x 6 (HxW)(inches)
Thuringia (Germany)
New York City (New York state)
Block House, Inc. (Publisher)
F. Ad. Richter & Co. (Manufacturer)
trade catalogs
F. Ad. Richter & Cie.
Block House, Inc
Item
Product catalogues: Clothing, jewelry, and gifts: Gifts and toys
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