Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Puzzle
Object Number:
1953.53a-ccc
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
Each (cube): 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (4.4 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm)
Marks:
printed: at bottom of lithograph affixed to lid and on each of five loosed lithographs: "Druckn Verlagu Eigenthum .v E. G. May Söhne Frankfurt a M"
printed: on lithograph affixed to lid: "Der Kleine Mikmuthige/ LE PETIT MÉCONTENT/ THE NAUGHTY LITTLE
Description:
Puzzle consisting of forty-eight wooden cubes with square segment of a colored lithograph glued to each face (making six different puzzle solutions possible); in wooden box with sliding lid; print representing one puzzle solution is affixed to lid of box, and five others are loose inside.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Graham Brush
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
