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Puzzle

Title:
Lake Winnepesaukee
Object Name:
Puzzle
Object ID:
2004.043.227
Place of Origin:
Cambridge, MA
Date:
1930-1940
Description:
Puzzle, jigsaw, view of Lake Winnipesaukee, in original box, never used. Cardboard pieces (0.1" thick) with printed paper face. Color lithographed scene based on a 1910-1920 postcard. Paperboard box; red and yellow cover with red and white checkerboard design. On top of cover: yellow and white block lettering, "PICTURE / PUZZLE"; red lettering, "SEE AMERICA FIRST / Trade Mark Registration Pending U. S. Patent Office / WITH THE / INTERLOCKING FEATURE / OVER 300 PIECES / LAKE WINNEPESAUKEE (sic) / in the / White Mountains of New Hampshire / -55-". On right side of cover: white lettering on red, "KNOW YOUR / OWN COUNTRY". On left side of cover: white lettering on red, "AN INTERESTING SCENE". On one long edge of cover: red lettering on yellow, "Manufactured by Tichn[or Brothers] / 1 University Road, Cam[bridge, Mass.] / U. S. A." Printed sheet of paper inside box, with description of Lake Winnepesaukee (sic).

A. Box cover
B. Box bottom
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-1.5 W-9 D-7 inches
Provenance:
From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
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