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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Musical garland and landscape alphabet |
| Date | c.1833 |
| Record ID | 521355 |
| Collection Name | Games Collection |
| Reference | (MWA)521355(OCoLC)ocn908992131 |
| Box | 83 |
| Folder | 6 |
| Theme | Leisure and Play Education and Didactic Texts |
| Library of Congress Subject | Alphabet Landscape prints Toys Educational toys Songs |
| Description | Set of twenty six cards, and explanatory card within a leather slipcase. Each card represents a letter of the alphabet, hidden within a landscape scene. The letter represents the first letter of a popular song, also seen within the scene. Surrounding the scene is a floral border, with the flowers representing notes in the song. Examples: A for "Auld Lang Syne," and S for "Smile again my bonny lassie." |
| Document Type | Card Game |
| Book Type | Landscape prints Toys |
| Size | 1 game (1 sleeve, 27 cards) ; in case 12 x 9 x 2 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Engraved by John W. Hill. Publisher, date and engraver taken from advertisement in Literary journal and weekly register of science, Providence, 1833, p. 62. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy has ink stamp: Gansevoort-Lansing Collection. MWA |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |