The T Puzzle
name: label: maker
content: Sherms Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Dissection puzzles in the form of letters of the alphabet have been distributed from at least the early twentieth century. The four light blue pieces of this cardboard puzzle can be arranged to form a letter T. The fit in a paper envelope. A mark on the envelope reads: THE T PUZZLE (/) FOUR PIECES- (/) PUT THEM (/) TOGETHER- (/) TO FORM (/) "T".
label: Description
content: Compare MA.335285.
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content: References:
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content: Jerry Slocum and Jack Botermans, <Puzzles Old & New: How to Make and Solve Them</I>, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1986, pp. 20-21.
label: Description
content: “The T Puzzle,” en.wikipedia.org, accessed July 19, 2017.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Bridgeport
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.314637.02613
label: catalog number
content: 314637.02613
label: accession number
content: 314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puzzle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: in envelope: .3 cm x 7 cm x 4.2 cm; 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 21/32 in
label: Measurements
content: puzzle assembled: .1 cm x 5.5 cm x 6.9 cm; 1/32 in x 2 5/32 in x 2 23/32 in