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Puzzle

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Collection Type

  • Toys and games

Date

1880-1920

GUSN

GUSN-4544

Description

Wooden backed jigsaw-cut pieces with lithograph print glued to one face.

Details

Descriptive Terms

puzzles
ink
paper (fiber product)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Unidentified Paper
Ink
PUZZLE

Inscription

Labelled on one end of cardboard box, ""The Rehearsal""; one piece reads, ""FIDO'S REHEARSAL.""

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Leisure Hour Puzzle Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Melrose?, MA, USA

Dimensions

2.625 x 4.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.752

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly

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