Game, Toy - Crandall's Masquerade Blocks
1874 (Date manufactured/created)
Wood
Child's set of wooden blocks covered on all sides in lithographs which can be arranged into puzzle figures. Inside wooden box with sliding cover. Cover has paper label with "Crandall's Masquerade Blocks (Patented January 27th 1874)" printed on it.
Blocks belonged to Jonathan Willard. Found in Hull attic, the bottom of the box is inscribed "one of my first play blocks 1878 W.S. Hull."
8 5/8" X 4 3/4" by 1 1/2" deep.
Donated by Mary Hull Littell
Blocks belonged to Jonathan Willard. Found in Hull attic, the bottom of the box is inscribed "one of my first play blocks 1878 W.S. Hull."
8 5/8" X 4 3/4" by 1 1/2" deep.
Donated by Mary Hull Littell
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