Collection Highlights
Fire engine condenser case of the Clinton Fire Company No. 41
Date:
ca. 1842
Object Number:
1937.1631
Medium:
Wood, oil paint, gilding
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Blown Up Steamer a Fire Engine Puzzle
Object Number:
2000.391
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 3.8 x 19.7 x 13.3 cm )
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-three cardboard pieces chromolithographed with an image of a steam-fire engine with all the parts labeled (three pieces missing); wooden box with a metal hinge and an appled paper label; label lithographed with the inscription, "The Blown up/ STEAMER/ A FIRE ENGINE/ PUZZLE/ MILTON BRADLEY Co. SPINGFIELD, MASS."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Place Made:
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
