Collection Highlights
New York City Hall, front elevation
Date:
1802
Object Number:
PR.040.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Brooklyn Bridge Block Ball Puzzle
Object Number:
2000.730ab
Date:
1883-1900
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 18 x 1 in. ( 15.2 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm )
Inscriptions:
lithographed: on the cover and the interior: "B B B B PUZZLE/ BROOKLYN BRIDGE BLOCK BALL PUZZLE/ THE B. B. B. B. PUZZLE."
Description:
Long, rectangular mechanical puzzle with twenty-five balls and twenty-five blocks; lithographed image on the cover and inside of the Brooklyn Bridge with steamships and sailing vessels in the harbor below; cover and interior inscribed, "B B B B PUZZLE/ BROOKLYN BRIDGE BLOCK BALL PUZZLE/ THE B. B. B. B. PUZZLE."
Gallery Label:
This challenging combination puzzle depicts New York's majestic Brooklyn Bridge, opened for surface traffic in 1883, and the East River teeming with steamships and sailing vessels.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
