Title & Author:

The great American Centennial Exhibition puzzle blocks, in sectional parts [toy].

Publication:

[1875] (New York : George H. Chinnock)

Description:

5 picture puzzles (137 pieces) : wood and paper, col. ; in wooden box 28 x 56 x 7 cm. + 5 chromolithographic design sheets (col. ; 18 x 54 cm. or smaller)

Notes:
Comprises 5 views of the Exhibition: art gallery, morning view; machinery hall, sunset view; horticultural hall, night scene, illuminated; agricultural hall, storm view; main building, day scene, grand opening.
"Registered in the Patent Office at Washington D.C. in the year 1875."
"Patent pending 1875."
"Brett Litho Co. 116, Fulton St. N.Y."
1. Art Gallery -- 2. Machinery Hall -- 3. Horticultural Hall -- 4. Agricultural Hall -- 5. The Main Building.

Exhibitions:

Puzzle no. 5 exhibited: "Images de villes idéales: les expositions universelles = Civic visions, world's fairs", Centre canadien d'architecture, Mar. 17-Aug. 1, 1993.

Resources:
Image

Subject:

Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Centennial Exhibition
Wooden toys United States Specimens.
Toys United States Specimens.
Jouets en bois États-Unis Spécimens.
Jouets États-Unis Spécimens.
Toys
Wooden toys
United States
Wooden toys (recreational artifacts) United States 1870-1880.
Picture puzzles United States 1870-1880.

Form/genre:

Specimens

Added entries:

George H. Chinnock (Firm)
Brett Lithographing Co.

Holdings:

Location: Library main objects 60983
Call No.: TS2301.T7.W6 G46 1875
Status: Available