Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Picture Puzzle
Object Number:
2000.295
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Carboard, paper
Dimensions:
Box: 2 1/4 x 12 x 9 in. ( 5.7 x 30.5 x 22.9 cm )
Overall (puzzle completed): 17 1/4 x 22 3/4 in. (43.8 x 57.8 cm)
Marks:
printed: on the box cover: "PICTURE PUZZLE./ McLOUGHLIN BRO's NEW-YORK."
printed: on the image of the ship: "FALL RIVER LINE/ P/ PILGRIM"
Description:
Picture puzzle in box; image of the steamship "Pilgrim" entering New York habor with an image of the Brooklyn Bridge and other steamers in the background; image cut into sixty-eight rectangular and ear-shaped pieces; paper-covered box cover has the same image with the inscription, "PICTURE PUZZLE./ McLOUGHLIN BRO's NEW-YORK.;" sides of the box decorated with images of the shoreline.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
