Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1916-1922
1954.164
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Hill's Alphabet Blocks
Title
Hill's Alphabet Blocks
Object name
Alphabet blocks
Date
ca. 1875
Medium
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions
box: 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 2.2 x 12.1 x 12.1 cm )
Description
Set of eighteen square blocks (one missing) painted red or white with numbers or letters painted on two sides; cardboard box with an applied label with two children playing with blocks in a nursery; label inscribed, "Second Series./ HILL'S/ No. 1/ ALPHABET BLOCKS/ S. L. HILL WILLIAMSBURGH NY".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.727
Marks
lithographed: on the box label: "HILL'S/ ALPHABET BLOCKS/ S. L. HILL WILLIAMSBURGH NY".
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
