Nesting Alphabet Blocks

Item Information

Title:
Nesting Alphabet Blocks
Description:
Square box-shape with one open end for nesting graduated-sized blocks; pine carcasses covbered with white printed paper depicting children at play and verses in polychrome, on the sides of each box; letters of the alphabet printed in red on a gold ground are on the tops of each: .1 - A, .2 - B, .3 - C, .4 - DEFG, .5 - HIJK, .6 - LMNO, .7 - PQRS, .8 - TUVWXYZ.
Date:
1885
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
pine (wood)
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
alphabet blocks
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
alphabet blocks
poetry
early childhood education
Education
Childhood
Alphabet
Places:
Maine > York (county) > South Berwick
Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.)
Extent:
.1 measurements given (smallest block).8 = 16 5/8" H., 6 1/2 " W., 6 1/2" D. (largest block): 6 in. x 2 5/8 in. x 2 5/8 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/250669
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Place of origin:
Probably North America (North and Central America) [general region]
Notes:
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
Accession #:
1949.757.1-8
Identifier:
250669