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| Title | Designs of architectural models to be erected with Richter's "anchor blocks": no. 4 second stage for building with stones of the large caliber (back of box lid) |
| Author | Richter, Friedrich Ad., d. 1910 |
| Publisher | Friedrich Ad. Richter & Company
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| Publisher Location | United States--New York--New York |
| Publication Date | ca. 1900 |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints
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| Notes | Instruction booklet with color printed relief illustrations and original box with blocks in three colors: tan, red, and blue.
Printed on back of box lid: "Made in Germany, U.S. Patent March 6, 1900." |
| Contextual Notes | Friedrich Ad. Richter was an entrepreneur who purchased the idea of making children's stone building blocks from the Lilienthal brothers and opened a factory to begin producing the blocks in 1880. Richter began selling the blocks with a red squirrel as his trademark label. In 1895, he replaced the squirrel with an anchor. The sets became very popular and were used by both children and adults. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Block building (Children's activity) -- Catalogs; Trade catalogs -- Block building (Education) |
| Category | Activity books
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| Language | English
German
Spanish
Portugese |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0592 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Object Type | Construction toy
Pamphlet
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| Physical Description | viii p., 18 p. of plates: illustrated; 11.5 x 16 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist 15.4 |
