Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Luce Center
The Sectional Steamer & Hose Puzzle
Object Number:
2000.388
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. ( 2.5 x 19 x 14.3 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The SECTIONAL/ STEAMER &/ HOSE/ MILTON BRADLEY & CO./ SPRINGFIELD MASS"
Description:
Chromolithographed image of five horse-drawn fire engines in three rows in a paper cover cardboard box with firemen and a puzzle section printed on the cover; cover inscribed, "The SECTIONAL/ STEAMER &/ HOSE/ MILTON BRADLEY & CO./ SPRINGFIELD MASS"; two chromolithographed picture puzzles of fire vehicles including a fire pumper and a steam engine cut into eleven rectangular strips each.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
