Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Hood's Four-in-One Puzzle
Object Number:
2000.268
Date:
1896
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 3/4 x 7 1/4 x 5 in. ( 4.4 x 18.4 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "Hood's Four=in=One Puzzle/ NAMELY:/ 'Our Country' Puzzle,/ 'Laboratory' Puzzle,/ 'Square' Puzzle,/ AND/ 'Hexagon' Puzzle./ An orignal and unique com-/ bination, fully explained by the/ KEy inside./ PUBLISHED AND COPYRIGHTE
Description:
"Hood's Four-in-One Puzzle" picture puzzle with 35 pieces in a paper covered cardboard box; includes a puzzle of the "Hood Laboratory", a square puzzle with a "Hood" saying, a hexagon puzzle with a "Hood" saying which all make a puzzle of the United States; box cover lithographed with a U.S. flag and inscribed, "Hood's Four=in=One Puzzle/ NAMELY:/ 'Our Country' Puzzle,/ 'Laboratory' Puzzle,/ 'Square' Puzzle,/ AND/ 'Hexagon' Puzzle./ An orignal and unique com-/ bination, fully explained by the/ Key inside./ PUBLISHED AND COPYRIGHTED 1896, BY/ C.I. HOOD & CO., Proprietors Hood's Sarsaparilla, Lowell, Mass., U.S.A.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
