Linen A * B * C Book: First Steps

Classification: 
Date: 
1899
Medium: 
Linen
Dimensions: 
Overall: 8 1/2 x 6 x 1/8 in. ( 21.6 x 15.2 x 0.3 cm )
Description: 
"Linen A * B * C Book: First Steps" children's book with 12 linen pages with lithographed images of objects accompanied by letters and several reading lessons; chromolithographed cover with two girls, one sweeping blocks the other carrying a basket; back cover shows a girl and a rooster; cover inscribed, "LINEN/ A* B* C/ BOOK/ FIRST/ STEPS/ 26512/ COPYRIGHTED 1899 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.780
Marks: 
chromolithographed: on the cover: "LINEN/ A* B* C/ BOOK/ FIRST/ STEPS/ 26512/ COPYRIGHTED 1899 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1899
eMuseum Object ID: 
45010
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The House That Jack Built

Classification: 
Date: 
1891
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 12 x 9 3/4 x 1/8 in. ( 30.5 x 24.8 x 0.3 cm )
Description: 
"The House That Jack Built" children's book with 14 paper pages of chromolithographed images from the story accompanied by lines from the poem; chromolithographed cover of "The House That Jack Built" with two men in the front, one driving two cows; back cover shows the remainder of the house with a woman drawing water from a well; cover inscribed, "THE HOUSE/ THAT JACK BUILT/ Copyrighted 1891,/ by McLOUGHLIN BRO'S/ NEW-YORK."
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.778
Marks: 
lithographed: on the front cover: "THE HOUSE/ THAT JACK BUILT/ Copyrighted 1891,/ by McLOUGHLIN BRO'S/ NEW-YORK."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1891
eMuseum Object ID: 
45009
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Mother Goose Melodies Set to Music

Classification: 
Date: 
1901
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper, textile
Dimensions: 
Overall: 9 1/2 x 7 x 3/8 in. ( 24.1 x 17.8 x 1 cm )
Description: 
"Mother Goose Melodies Set to Music" children's book with 111 pages of songs, each illustrated with a print; chromolithographed cover of a young girl dressed as mother goose with a red cape and pointed cap in an oval above a goose's head; cover inscribed, "MOTHER/ GOOSE/ MELODIES/ SET TO MUSIC/ COPYRIGHT 1901; McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"; cover bound with red fabric.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.774
Marks: 
printed: on the cover: "MOTHER/ GOOSE/ MELODIES/ SET TO MUSIC/ COPYRIGHT 1901; McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1901
eMuseum Object ID: 
45008
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Instantaneous Transformation Picture: Landscape of Ancient Rhymes

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/4 x 15 x 10 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 38.1 x 26.7 cm )
Description: 
"Instantaneous Transformation Picture: Landscape of Ancient Rhymes" picture puzzle with thirteen rectanglular paper covered cardboard strips that show a path and landscape between two houses with representations of seven nursery rhymes including Humpty Dumpty, The Old Woman Under the Hill, Tom the Piper's Son, Litle Boy Blue, Bow-Wow-Wow, Hush-a-Bye Baby, and Old Father Gray Beard; box cover shows the same landscape as the puzzle with the nursery rhymes in medallions; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "INSTANTANEOUS TRANSFORMATION PICTURE./ LANDSCAPE OF ANCIENT RHYMES./ INVENTED AND DRAWN BY WALTER STANDERS/ PUBLISHED BY C. C. SHEPHERD NEW YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.316
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "INSTANTANEOUS TRANSFORMATION PICTURE./ LANDSCAPE OF ANCIENT RHYMES./ INVENTED AND DRAWN BY WALTER STANDERS/ PUBLISHED BY C. C. SHEPHERD NEW YORK"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
45007
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Home Games for Little Girls

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1870
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 9 x 10 3/4 x 1/8 in. ( 22.9 x 27.3 x 0.3 cm )
Description: 
Children's game book "Home Games for Little Girls" with twelve pages with six chromolithographed games including, "Game of Croquet", "Game of Spider and the Fly", "Game of Pearl Fisheries", "Game of Falconry", "Game of Fishing", and "Game of Naval Engagement"; instructions printed on the interior of the front cover.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.341
Marks: 
chromolithographed: on the cover: "AUNT LOUISA'S BIG PICTURE SERIES./ HOME/ GAMES/ FOR/ LITTLE GIRLS/ EXCITING TO/ PLAY:/ NO TROUBLE TO LEARN./ McLOUGHLIN BROS, NEW YORK"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1870
eMuseum Object ID: 
44902
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Aunt Louisa's Cube Puzzles: My Mother

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1888
Medium: 
Wood, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 2 5/8 x 9 7/8 x 11 5/8 in. ( 6.7 x 25.1 x 29.5 cm )
Description: 
"Aunt Louisa's Cube Puzzles: My Mother" puzzle blocks in a wooden box with a sliding lid; chromolithographed image of a woman looking at a child in a bassinet; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "AUNT LOUISA'S CUBE PUZZLES/ MY MOTHER./ McLoughlin Bros., N.Y."; four chromolithographed images of the completed puzzles; wooden blocks covered in paper and chromolithographed with six images of a woman looking in a bassinette, a seated woman snugging an infant, a seated woman playing with a toddler, a woman comforting a injured girl, a woman dirrecting the study of three children and an old and a young woman strolling arm in arm.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.273
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "AUNT LOUISA'S CUBE PUZZLES/ MY MOTHER./ McLoughlin Bros., N.Y."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1888
eMuseum Object ID: 
44403
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

The Ideal Puzzle Cubes

Classification: 
Date: 
1892
Medium: 
Wood, paper
Dimensions: 
box: 2 3/4 x 11 x 16 in. ( 7 x 27.9 x 40.6 cm )
Description: 
"The Ideal Puzzle Cubes" with twenty-four wooden puzzle blocks in a paper covered wood and cardboard box; four groups of six blocks make up six puzzles each including 'The Maiden with Beauty and Grace', the maiden finding a dead robin, 'The Dog', 'The Woodman', 'The Cat with Lantern Jaws', 'The Robin with Breast so Red', 'Puss in Boots' with a boy, "Little Red Riding Hood" with the wolf, an old woman looking in a bare cupboard, 'The Three Bears', a seated giant, three girls reading in front of a fireplace, three girls playing in a field, three girls playing ina parlor one grinding coffee, two girls petting a rabbit, a girl holding a cat, dog and a doll, three children building a snowman, a kitten leaving his home, an injured kitten returning home, a cat and dog fighting, a dog demanding money from a cat, cat attacking a rooster, and a cat and dog toasting; nine chromolithographed images printed on sheets of paper; box cover lithographed with three of the puzzle images and the inscriptions, "THE/ IDEAL/ PUZZLE/ CUBES/ COPYRIGHT 1892./ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S NEW YORK".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.276
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ IDEAL/ PUZZLE/ CUBES/ COPYRIGHT 1892./ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S NEW YORK"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1892
eMuseum Object ID: 
44401
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Six Puzzle Pictures: Dame Trott and Her Cat

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1880
Medium: 
Wood, paper
Dimensions: 
Container (box): 2 1/2 × 7 5/8 × 10 3/4 in. (6.4 × 19.4 × 27.3 cm)
Description: 
"Six Puzzle Pictures: Dame Trott and Her Cat" in a wooden box with a sliding lid; lid chromolithographed with an image of Dame Trott with a basket and an umbrella in one arm and a cat in the other; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "Six Puzzle Pictures/ DAME TROTT AND HER CAT/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S N.Y"; six twenty piece puzzles with applied chromolithographed images of "Dame Trott Buys the Cat" the box cover image, the cat serving Dame Trott a fish titled "Puss Brings a Fish", the cat pouring a cup of tea a a green clothed table titled, "Puss Making Tea", the cat and dog dancing with dame Trott in the background titled "The Dancing Lesson", the cat dressed in a blue jacket and red skirt looking at a seated dog titled, "Puss in Full Dress" and an image of Dame Trott greeting the dog which jumps to her waist with the dressed cat tumbling to the ground titled, "The End of the Ride"; image of each of the puzzles chromolithographed on sheets of paper with the nursery rhyme "Dame Trott and her Cat" printed on the underside.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.231
Marks: 
lithographed: on the lid: "Six Puzzle Pictures/ DAME TROTT AND HER CAT/ McLOUGHLIN BRO'S N.Y"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
44400
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Picture blocks

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1900
Medium: 
Wood, paper
Dimensions: 
Each (block): 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (3.2 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm)
Description: 
Fifteen paper covered wooden picture blocks in a wooden box bottom; blocks chromolithographed with images of steam ships in a harbor with children playing in the foreground, military troops at a camp site; a woman with a menagerie of animals including a dog and monkey with a crowd looking on, a shepherd and shepardess grazing cattle and sheep, calvary troops riding horse and shooting guns in a tropical setting, and troops climbing a snow covered mountain.
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.239
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
44398
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

ABC Cubes

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1885
Medium: 
Wood, paper, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. ( 4.4 x 16.5 x 13.3 cm )
Description: 
"ABC Cubes" alphabet blocks paper covered wooden box with a metal hook and eye closure; chromolithographed image on the box top of two seated children holding a wreathand a flower; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "ABC/ Cubes".
Credit Line: 
The Liman Collection
Object Number: 
2000.424
Marks: 
lithographed: on the box cover: "ABC/ Cubes"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1885
eMuseum Object ID: 
44397
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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