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Blown Up Steamer a Fire Engine Puzzle

Blown Up Steamer a Fire Engine Puzzle
Title
Blown Up Steamer a Fire Engine Puzzle
Object name 
Picture puzzle
Date 
ca. 1885
Medium 
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions 
Overall: 1 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 3.8 x 19.7 x 13.3 cm )
Description 
"Blown Up Steamer a Fire Engine Puzzle" picture puzzle with twenty-three cardboard pieces chromolithographed with an image of a steam-fire engine with all the parts labeled (three pieces missing); wooden box with a metal hinge and an appled paper label; label lithographed with the inscription, "The Blown up/ STEAMER/ A FIRE ENGINE/ PUZZLE/ MILTON BRADLEY Co. SPINGFIELD, MASS."
Credit Line 
The Liman Collection
Object Number 
2000.391