- Accession Number:
- 2017.2
- Description:
- Finger-jointed wooden box with sliding lid, paper labeled glued to top of lid, "CRANDALL'S IMPROVED BUILDING BLOCKS FOR CHILDREN/PATENTED JANUARY 5TH 1867/1 PLAIN"; box contains seventy-two (72) 1.75 x 3" flat wooden blocks with finger joints cut into the short sides, forty-six (46) .75 x 3" blocks of similar design, two (2) rectangular blocks with two grooves cut into both long sides, one turned wooden "turret" piece; and two blocks that apear to come from a different set, a 5 x 1.25" flat block with four grooves cut down one side and a turned piece shaped like a clothespin with finger joints cut into each tip; an inventory dated December 1871 is penciled inside the lid and lists 72 large blocks, 48 small blocks, 4 "turrets", 4 "steeples", and 2 "grooved pieces."
- Height:
- 3.75
- Width:
- 6.25
- Depth:
- 10
- Date Made:
- 1871
- Maker:
- Crandall, Charles M.
- Place of Origin:
- Montrose, Pennsylvania
- Credit Line:
- Museum Purchase, 2017.2.
- Subjects:
- Kindergartens Blind children Education of disabled persons Educational toys
- Dimension Notes:
- overall
- Made:
- Crandall, Charles M.
- Material:
- Wood
- Updated:
- 06/08/2017
