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    "label": "New dissected map of the United States",
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    "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,
    "citationUrl": "https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:3f4635276",
    "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": [
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    "pubPlace": "New York",
    "publisher": "McLoughlin Bros."
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    "extent": "1 box : color ; 21 x 31 x 5 cm",
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        "Cover of a puzzle box. Contains a map of the United States and a puzzle of the map."
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