Alphabet Blocks

blocks

Name/Title

Alphabet Blocks

Entry/Object ID

2003.12.19a-c

Description

Nursery blocks. a= lid b= bottom of box c= blocks a= Green paperboard box with almost full size label glued on crooked, leaving uneven border. Label has red border with picture in center of child playing with blocks and printing: "NURSERY BLOCKS, The Embossing Company No. 74 C, Made in the U.S.A." c= 20 wooden alphabet and number blocks painted in red, yellow, blue and green and imprinted on two sides with figure or scene. Boxed set of 20 alphabet blocks with letters, numbers, and pictures. The blocks are printed in red, yellow, blue, and green. The box is printed with a scene of a young child in a dress and bonnet playing with alphabet blocks beside a window. It is labeled, "Nursery Blocks / The Embossing Company".

Context

Owned by Jean Louise Goodall Balham in Montpelier, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2003.12

Source or Donor

Balham, Jean Louise Goodall (1925-2016)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

The Embossing Company

Date made

1928

Place

County

Albany County

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Block, Alphabet

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Block, Toy

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall (boxed)

Width

5-3/4 in

Depth

1-1/2 in

Length

7 in

Dimension Description

Blocks (each)

Height

1-1/4 in

Width

1-1/4 in

Depth

1-1/4 in

Material

Wood, Paperboard

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Balham, Jean Louise Goodall (1925-2016)

Related Places

Place

City

Montpelier

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America