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Albany Historical Society Inc > Records

WOODEN CONSTRUCTION BLOCK SET, C1925

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c. 1925

Overview

A child's wooden construction block set contained in a decorated home made packing crate case. The set comprises a large number of milled wooden blocks with finely cut slices to accept flat, square or disc shaped steel pins. The blocks are retained in a home made case reinforced thin strips of sheet metal. The front of the case is decorated with floral emblems fashioned from scrap sheet metal.
Currently on display at the Patrick Taylor Cottage museum.

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Registration number

cwa-org-51-2023.1

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none

Year

Last modified

Tuesday, 18 November, 2025

Completeness

83

Albany Historical Society Inc

Albany Historical Society Inc

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