Collection Highlights
Terms of Surrender
Date:
April 9, 1865
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Grant
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bliss Alphabet Blocks
Object Number:
2000.510
Date:
1889
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
Each (block): 3 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 in. (8.3 x 4.4 x 1.3 cm)
Description:
Twenty-eight paper covered rectangular alphabet blocks; each block represents a letter with a caption and an image on the obverse such as "A/ A PAGE AT THE CASTLE" with an image of a page chromolithographed in the center; dominos chromolithographed on the reverse; the two extra blocks represent "&" and the manufacturer's label.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
