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Crandall's Mammoth ABC Nesting Blocks
Artist/Maker

Crandall's Mammoth ABC Nesting Blocks

1880-1890
Place madeMontrose, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Place madeNew York
Wood, paper
Overall (Nested): 6 1/2 × 6 5/8 × 6 3/4 in. (16.5 × 16.8 × 17.1 cm)
The Liman Collection
2000.241
DescriptionTen wooden nesting alphabet blocks (hollow) covered in paper, each progressively smaller than the next, nesting into each other; each block printed with sequence of five letters in alphabet, one on each side, grouped as A-E, F-J, and each printed with illustrations of various colors related to the letter such as a cat for "c"; largest block printed on one side, "J.A.CRANDALL's/ MAMMOTH/ ABC/ PATENTED JUNE 28TH 1888".
Markingslithographed: on the largest block: "J.A.CRANDALL's/ MAMMOTH/ ABC/ PATENTED JUNE 28TH 188".
ClassificationsTOYS
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