Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Natural History Jingles
Object Number:
2000.418
Date:
1880
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/8 x 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 23.5 x 18.4 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "NATURAL HISTORY/ JINGLES WHEN ARRANGED LIKE THESE/ IN THEIR NATURE CAN BUT PLEASE;/ NONE WHO PURCHASE THEM WILL MEET/ GAME OR PUZZLE MORE COMPLETE;/ LET THE RHYMES BE PLACED AMONG/ EASY LESSONS FOR THE YOUNG;/ SOME MAY WE
Description:
"Natural History Jingles" fifteen picture puzzles in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover illustrated with medallion portraits of a lion, a bird and a butterfly; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "NATURAL HISTORY/ JINGLES WHEN ARRANGED LIKE THESE/ IN THEIR NATURE CAN BUT PLEASE;/ NONE WHO PURCHASE THEM WILL MEET/ GAME OR PUZZLE MORE COMPLETE;/ LET THE RHYMES BE PLACED AMONG/ EASY LESSONS FOR THE YOUNG;/ SOME MAY WELL BE LEARNED AND SUNG./ LYMAN/ & CURTISS/ NEW-YORK/ COPYRIGHT, 1880, BY SEYMOUR LYMAN./ PAT. APPLIED FOR"; sixty-six rectangular cardboard strips making fifteen puzzles with animal representations such as a lion, wolf and parrot.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
