Collection Highlights
Receipted bill, John Vernon to Benjamin White
Date:
1794
Object Number:
MSS.3
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
The New Pretty Village Church Set
Object Number:
2000.232
Date:
1897
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, tin
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 12 x 8 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 30.5 x 21.6 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE NEW/ PRETTY VILLAGE/ CHURCH SET/ COPYRIGHT/ 1897 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Description:
Miniature cardboard village in a box with a foldout town map, four complete buildings including the church, the greenhouse and two homes, ten tin stands and ten paper figures, trees, fences and accessories; box cover lithographed with an image of a boy and girl playing with a village set on a large table while a mother holding an infant looks on; box inscribed, "THE NEW/ PRETTY VILLAGE/ CHURCH SET/ COPYRIGHT/ 1897 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
