Collection Highlights
George Washington (1732-1799)
Date:
1835
Object Number:
1858.32
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Fire Engine Picture Puzzle
Object Number:
2000.261
Date:
ca. 1920
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall (puzzle completed): 18 x 24 3/4 in. (45.7 x 62.9 cm)
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "FIRE ENGINE/ PICTURE/ PUZZLE/ 5750/ BOOKS AND GAMES/ EDUCATE-AMUSE/ McLOUGHLIN/ EST. 1826/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. Incorporated NEW YORK."
Description:
"The Fire Engine Picture Puzzle" forty-eight piece paper covered cardboard picture puzzle of an impressionistic steam pumper and two firefighters fighting a fire; full size chromolithographed image of completed puzzle folded and placed in the bottom of the box; box cover chromolithographed with the same image and the inscription, "FIRE ENGINE/ PICTURE/ PUZZLE/ 5750/ BOOKS AND GAMES/ EDUCATE-AMUSE/ McLOUGHLIN/ EST. 1826/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. Incorporated NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
