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The Giant Nest of A-B-C and Picture Blocks

c. 1892
19th Century
6 in. x 6 in. x 7 in.

Unidentified,

Object Type: Toy
Medium and Support: lithographed paper on wood
Credit Line: Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Mrs. Woodward H. Griswold
Accession Number: 1968.152.a-k,m
A complete set of 12 lithograph-covered boxes which nest one into another. These blocks sold for approximately $1.95 in 1892. Each block printed with sequence of letters in alphabet, numbers, multiplication tables or the days of the week and the months of the year across the tops, and chromolithographed illustrations of animals, boats, religious vignettes and children in various poses.

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