Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dissected Map of the United States
Object Number:
2000.549
Date:
1887
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/8 x 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 2.9 x 26 x 19 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "DISSECTED/ MAP/ OF THE/ UNITED STATES/ McLOUGHLIN, BROS., NEW YORK"
Description:
"A Dissected Map of the United States" picture puzzle with 49 pieces (missing New Mexico) and a printed, folded illustration of the puzzle in a cardboard box; cover lithographed with an illustration in various colors of Liberty dressed in a blue gown with draped flags, laurel leaves, oak and acorn and a U.S. shield holding a sword in one hand a a golden ball in the other; box cover inscribed, "DISSECTED/ MAP/ OF THE/ UNITED STATES/ McLOUGHLIN, BROS., NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
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