Toy Block Set with Wooden Box
Date1892
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Pat Hunter, 1975.
Object number1975.056.006
Label TextThrough children played with homemade blocks for centuries, they started to be manufactured for wholesale in the late 18th-century. The toy blocks were marketed as tools to help children learn shapes and letters and variations are still used today.
NameBlock, Alphabet
January 1891
