Collection Highlights
A Song for the times, or John Brown
Date:
1860-1870
Object Number:
LIB.SY.B1860.104
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Diamond Picture Puzzles: Birds
Object Number:
2000.407
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 22.2 x 16.5 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "DIAMOND/ PICTURE/ PUZZLES/ BIRDS/ POPULAR EDITION"
Description:
"Diamond Picture Puzzles: Birds" puzzle in a paper covered cardboard box, with cover illustration of a blue bird with an elaborate headdress and flowers; box cover inscribed, "DIAMOND/ PICTURE/ PUZZLES/ BIRDS/ POPULAR EDITION"; twenty-nine strips of cardboard forming different pictures of birds such as a osprey and a falcon.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
