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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
3f4635276
label
New dissected map of the United States
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3f4635276
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
New dissected 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_011675
creators
McLoughlin Bros.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
United States
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 box : color ; 21 x 31 x 5 cm
notes
Cover of a puzzle box. Contains a map of the United States and a puzzle of the map.
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no
dcId
3f4635276
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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