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Produced by the most successful game maker of the time, this jigsaw puzzle was another method of making geography fun and interesting. Designed as learning tools, the earliest puzzles, known as "dissected maps," did not contain randomly cut pieces, but rather followed country or state borders. Jigsaw puzzles with random pieces eventually replaced this practice. In this puzzle dating from 1887, a child would become familiar with United States geography. The puzzle is housed in a decorative box depicting symbols of America, including a seated Columbia holding an atlas, and a Native American in indigenous dress.
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Document identity
localId
3f463525n
label
Map of the United States
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3f463525n
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of the United States
description
Produced by the most successful game maker of the time, this jigsaw puzzle was another method of making geography fun and interesting. Designed as learning tools, the earliest puzzles, known as "dissected maps," did not contain randomly cut pieces, but rather followed country or state borders. Jigsaw puzzles with random pieces eventually replaced this practice. In this puzzle dating from 1887, a child would become familiar with United States geography. The puzzle is housed in a decorative box depicting symbols of America, including a seated Columbia holding an atlas, and a Native American in indigenous dress.
date
["1887"]
year
1887
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_011676
creators
McLoughlin Bros.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Jigsaw puzzles
United States--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York
publisher
McLoughlin Bros.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
38
schema:longitude
-98
extent
1 jigsaw puzzle (40 pieces) : col. ; 31 x 47 cm., in wooden box 21 x 31 x 5 cm. + 1 map (col : 25 x 42 cm.)
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
Label on box lid depicts a seated female figure representing Columbia instructing a standing Native American figure from a large book she holds in her lap. The Native American wears the dress of a Plains Indian. The figures are shown on the edge of a cliff beneath an evergreen tree. The sun is setting in the background.
Includes a map of the puzzle image.
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no
dcId
3f463525n
type
map
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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6314e0aad9da9151