Bradley’s Kindergarten Material, No. 5, Fifth Gift

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  Bradley’s Kindergarten Material, No. 4, Fourth Gift

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  One set of wood blocks entitled Bradley's Kindergarten Material, No. 4, Fourth Gift, manufactured by Milton Bradley & Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1900. The set is comprised of 8 wooden 1-inch cube blocks, housed inside a wooden box with a sliding lid. A paper label is mounted to the front side of the box; the label bears the title and manufacturer's name. The cubes were used as models for drawing, and were also used in counting and auditory exercises.

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  Bradley's Kindergarten Material, No. 6, Sixth Gift

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  One set of wooden blocks entitled Bradley's Kindergarten Material, No. 6, Sixth Gift, manufactured by the Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1900. The set is comprised of 17 wide rectangles, 12 square blocks, 6 thin rectangles. The blocks are housed within a wooden box with a sliding lid. A paper label with the title and manufacturer's name is mounted to the back side of the box. Each of the 17 wide rectangles measures 2" x 1" x 1/2" (5 cm x 2.5cm x 1.3cm). The six thin rectangles are half of a wide rectangle, i.e. 2" x 1/2" x 1/2" (5cm x 1.3cm x1.3cm). The 12 square blocks are also a half of the long rectangle, 1" x 1" x 1/4" (2.5cm x 2.5cm x 1.3cm). In addition, there is a cube of 1" per side with the number "2" penciled on a side. Some of the wood blocks appear to be replacements for lost blocks, others seem to have been used for a painting project. One block has blue paint or dye on one side, another black. One use for these blocks was as drawing models.

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  Bradley's Kindergarten Material, No. 3, Third Gift

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  One set of wooden blocks entitled Bradley's Kindergarten Material, No. 3, Third Gift, manufactured by the Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1900. The set is comprised of 8 rectangular blocks, each measuring 2" x 1" x 1/2" (5 cm x 2.5cm x 1.3cm). The blocks are housed within a wooden box with a sliding lid; a paper label bearing the title and manufacturer's information is mounted to the front side.

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  Color Cubes

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  One boxed set of cube blocks entitled The Embossing Company's Color Cubes, No. 4. Box (paper cover fragment, top only extant) contains 16 small cubes bearing solid color and two-toned triangular designs. Suggested designs are shown both on torn cover fragment exterior and interior.

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  Hammett’s Kindergarten Material - No. 475

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  One boxed set of wooden pegs entitled Hammett's Kindergarten Material - No. 475, manufactured by the J. L. Hammett Co., Newark, New Jersey and Cambridge, Mass, ca. 1885. The subtitle reads: "1000 round sticks, Six colors for Primary Peg Board." The set consists of approximately 200 pegs--red, yellow, blue, orange, green and purple--of the original 1000. The pegs are housed within a paperboard box (red) with a gray paper label mounted to the top lid. The pegs are intended for use with peg boards, such as Mrs. B. Putnam's Busy Work Tiles, No. 1 (Box 80, Set 2).

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  Set of six wooden forms manufacturer unknown, circa 1880

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  One set of six wooden forms, untitled, manufacturer unknown, ca. 1880. The set is comprised of a rectangular cube (?), a sphere, a square cube, a ring, an open triangle, and a cone. Each of the forms has either a wooden peg or a peg hole; presumably these forms were fit into a base or each other. All of the forms are painted white. The largest item is the rectangle; it is 8 inches (20.3 cm.) in height and 3 7/8 inches (9.8 cm.) in width; the smallest form is the sphere, which is approximately 3 3/4 inches (9.5 cm.) in diameter. This set may accompany the set in Box 78. Title supplied by cataloger.

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