Collections record Beta

Puzzle

2017-11-24

Cube puzzle featuring six postcards from Litchfield, Connecticut. Plastic box with hinged lid containing 15 square wooden blocks. The blocks have six different images, one adhered to each side. Arranged correctly, the blocks illustrate one of six postcards featuring Litchfield scenes: West Main Street (today West Street), the N.Y.N.H. and H.R.R. station, Armory Hall (1828), the birthplace of Ethan Allen, the county Jail and pharmacy building, and Bantam River. Paper label on the front reads "SIX PUZZLES IN ONE/ CUBE IT PUZZLES/ ANTIQUE POSTCARD COLLECTION". Two other paper labels list the six scenes and describe the product.

Collected by Art Webster, Arethusa Farm.

• Very Unique Studios

1960-1970

Length 5.375", Height 1.5", Width 3.25"

• plastic
• wood