Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Hill's Alphabet Blocks
Object Number:
2000.727
Date:
ca. 1875
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 2.2 x 12.1 x 12.1 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box label: "HILL'S/ ALPHABET BLOCKS/ S. L. HILL WILLIAMSBURGH NY".
Description:
Set of eighteen square blocks (one missing) painted red or white with numbers or letters painted on two sides; cardboard box with an applied label with two children playing with blocks in a nursery; label inscribed, "Second Series./ HILL'S/ No. 1/ ALPHABET BLOCKS/ S. L. HILL WILLIAMSBURGH NY".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
