Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.2
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Blown Up Steamer and Fire Engine Puzzle
Object Number:
2000.392
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The Blown up/ STEAMER/ A FIRE ENGINE/ PUZZLE/ MILTON BRADLEY Co. SPINGFIELD, MASS."
Description:
"Blown Up Steamer a Fire Engine Puzzle" picture puzzle with twenty-six cardboard pieces chromolithographed with an image of a steam-fire engine with all the parts labeled; wooden box with an appled paper label; label lithographed with the inscription, "The Blown up/ STEAMER/ A FIRE ENGINE/ PUZZLE/ MILTON BRADLEY Co. SPINGFIELD, MASS."; paper on canvas complete image of the puzzle folded and place in the bottom of the box.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
