Block, Alphabet

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Game

Game

Name/Title

Block, Alphabet

Entry/Object ID

2001.001.90

Description

"Soldier Blocks" consisting of wooden disks stamped with numbers and wooden oblong pieces with chromolithographed paper printed with words on one side and soldiers on the other. Oblong pieces and disks interlock to form letters of the alphabet. Bottom of interior of box pasted with diagram showing how to form letters of the alphabet. Cardboard box marked "PATENTED/JAN 18TH/1898".

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

U.S.A.

Dimensions

Height

2 in

Width

9-1/4 in

Depth

6-1/2 in

Material

wood, paper