Collection Highlights
Empire State Building, N.Y.C.
1940
1940.978
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Alphabet of Country Scenes
Title
Alphabet of Country Scenes
Object name
Alphabet blocks
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Wood, paper, cardboard
Dimensions
box: 4 3/8 x 10 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. ( 11.1 x 26 x 33.7 cm )
Description
Six paper covered wooden alphabet blocks in a paper covered wood and cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with three images, sheep, cows and a boy feeding a calf; box cover inscribed, "ALPHABET/ OF/