Puzzle, Jig-A-Tee Puzzle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
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 orange 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: An Intelligence Test! (/) JIG-A-TEE PUZZLE. It also reads: MERCHANTS TRANSFER (/) AND STORAGE CO. (/) 920 E Street Northwest (/) National 6900.
label: Description
content: The puzzle advertises Merchants Transfer and Storage Company of Washington, D.C. The company moved to the address given in 1902. The puzzle lists a National 6900 phone number. This number could have been in use in the 1930s.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.314637.2613.
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content: References:
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content: Jerry Slocum and Jack Botermans, <I>Puzzles Old & New: How to Make and Solve Them</I>, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1986, pp. 20-21.
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content: “The T Puzzle,” en.wikipedia.org, accessed July 19, 2017.
label: Description
content: Washington, D.C. city directories.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place distributed
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Mathematical Recreations
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Advertising
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content: 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.335285
label: catalog number
content: 335285
label: accession number
content: 314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Puzzle
label: Object Name
content: puzzle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 7.75 cm x 11.5 cm; 1/32 in x 3 1/16 in x 4 17/32 in