Museum Collections
Luce Center
Model Building Blocks
Object Number:
2000.368
Date:
1870
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
box: 3 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. ( 8.3 x 22.2 x 29.2 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "MODEL/ BUILDING BLOCKS/ PATENTED MARCH 22, 1870/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW-YORK"
Description:
"Model Building Blocks" set of 53 wooden building blocks, mostly flat and rectangular, some baluster shaped in a wooden box with a paper label appled to the top; label chromolithographed with a boy and a girl building a castle out of blocks; box top lithographed with the inscription, "MODEL/ BUILDING BLOCKS/ PATENTED MARCH 22, 1870/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW-YORK"; paper intruction booklet.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
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